UMBC News and Magazine headlines

Lewis on campus in 1992. Photo courtesy of Lewis. “To me, UMBC opened up the world,” says Tamara L. Lewis ’92, psychology. As a student, that meant joining Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.,...

When conductor Robert Gerle raised his arms and gave the downbeat to the Overture to Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner on December 11, 1972, he might not have predicted that the orchestra in...

Helena Mentis Now more than ever, STEM careers are demanding their workforce keep the social impact of their work at the forefront. Interdisciplinary teams at UMBC are researching methods to...

Under normal circumstances, print news like UMBC’s student newspaper The Retriever binds the campus community together. College students reach for the paper because they know their friend wrote a...

UMBC students and staff have shown their resilience in myriad ways during the pandemic, but maybe nothing showcases the Retriever spirit more than the volunteer hours put in to assist in the...