Commuters all know that to find timely parking, they often must arrive to campus 30 minutes ahead of class and search every nook and cranny UMBC has…
The Retriever
Every semester, students have to meet with their assigned advisors before they can register for classes they want to take next semester. While these meetings…
On Feb. 24, the gender and women’s studies department hosted its ninth Joan S. Korenman Lecture in Albin O. Kuhn’s Library Gallery. This year featured Alice…
Lia Purpura, the writer in residence here at UMBC, held a presentation of her work, sponsored by the Drescher Center, on March 1 in the…
Home is “the only battlefield worth fighting for.” This was one of the phrases projected on the floor at the Baltimore Museum of Art’s exhibit…
Today, I talked with sophomore biology student and UMBC bus driver Sean Gamble. Let’s take a ride with Sean! Why did you get into the…
The new Course Materials Initiative was created at UMBC to provide students with “affordable” course materials, which include online textbooks and ancillary materials. If a…
Presidents of MIT and Duke highlight UMBC’s accomplishments At a recent talk given by President Freeman Hrabowski at Duke University, Duke President Richard H. Brodhead highlighted…
China Last Friday the Chinese government officially banned all depictions of homosexuals on television, labeling programs that do so as “vulgar, immoral and unhealthy content.”…
The Ivy League has recently broken major ground in combating concussions in football with the decision to remove full-contact hitting from regular season practices. The…