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Like most dads, Chris Burk immediately told his 10-year-old daughter that the object she was trying to fish out of Pig Pen Pond was probably trash. Emily was not to be deterred, and Burk said he...

Since fall 2021, UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) has supported master’s students pursuing environmental science research related to Baltimore...

Darcie Adams ’23, political science and gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, came to UMBC unsure of what he wanted to study—but through involvement in student organizations and a passion for...

While Lexi Kay ’25, psychology, may have a flair for the dramatics when she’s acting, she’s taking her talents offstage and implementing them into what will become her life’s work as a therapist....

Meet Maxwell Amoh-Mayes, a junior biological sciences major and Meyerhoff Scholar who is minoring in public health and on the pre-med/Ph.D. track. Maxwell has truly found his people at UMBC, from...