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By: Susan Thornton Hobby     Illustrations by: Marissa Clayton ’21 At the start of second grade, Freeman Hrabowski’s textbook, wrapped neatly in brown paper, arrived on his desk. His teacher...

It all starts with a seed—a source of hope. Or in this particular case, a handful of seeds in the form of alumna Tamera Davis’ second grade students at Lakeland Elementary/Middle School. The...

By Margaret Moffett ​​For La Jerne Terry Cornish, Ph.D. ’05, language, literacy, and culture, an already remarkable day was about to become unforgettable. There she stood in front of a big...

By Loren Henderson, associate professor, Sociology, UMBC I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild,...

By Charis Lawson ’20 and Randianne Leyshon ’09 Although still a young university, UMBC has unique long-standing traditions, made especially dear to students and alumni because so many of...