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Kosher and halal dining options began to pop up in the dining halls and other spots on campus over the past few years. Why? A big reason was a joint multiyear effort by a number of groups on...

In four decades at UMBC, W. Edward Orser’s research and teaching have helped uncover American triumphs and tragedies in city neighborhoods, small towns and parklands. By Richard Byrne ’86...

With Karin Readel, Senior Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Systems You never know when or where extreme thirst might occur. Exploring ancient ruins in the Amazon, you drop your canteen...

In a developing world awash with suffering, Jeffrey Wilkinson ’89, interdisciplinary studies, has used his medical skills to focus on a very specific problem for African women: a hugely...

After 9 a.m. – and until the last classes of the day – UMBC is a busy place. The Commons and Quad and Academic Walk bustle with students and faculty and staff going busily about the business of...