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The News – Winter 2014

PHONE HOME Once in a while you might get a call asking for your support for UMBC and its mission. The person on the other end of the line? A UMBC student. Five nights a week, UMBC students...

Posted: February 17, 2014, 7:01 PM

Rooms to Grow

UMBC alumni, professors and students find new spaces and places for innovation. Photography by Marlayna Demond ’11 * * * * Much of the journey of creation takes place in the space of the...

Posted: February 17, 2014, 6:59 PM

Moving in Place – Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English

The habitat in central Maryland where Jill Sisson Quinn ’97, English grew up isn’t very different from the habitat in central Wisconsin where she lives now. The birds, insects, and trees are...

Posted: February 17, 2014, 6:57 PM

Launch Pad

Professors Amy Hurst and Shaun Kane have created a community that helps  open up the world for people with disabilities through assistive technology. By Kathryn Masterson Every Monday morning...

Posted: February 17, 2014, 6:55 PM

How to See the Stars

With Andrew Vaché, laboratory specialist, department of physics By Meredith Purvis We are made of star stuff, as scientist Carl Sagan once wrote, so it’s no wonder we are fascinated by the...

Posted: February 17, 2014, 6:54 PM