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NEW! UMBC International Student Short Film Screening

A SHARED STORY OF DISTANCE (2023) by Giovanna Orfali

JUST ANNOUNCED! Wednesday, November 19, 4PM AOK Library Gallery See the short film "A Shared Story of Distance" by UMBC international student Giovanna Orfali (Visual Arts, '26) before...

November 13, 2025 · 9:30 AM

International Education Week 2025 is almost here!

Let’s bring the world to UMBC- check out our global events!

NEXT WEEK: join the Center for Global Engagement at these international events! International Education Week Expo Wednesday, November 19, 11AM – 2PM, University Center Ballroom...

November 12, 2025 · 4:35 PM

Meet a Retriever—Adriana Torres, an aspiring teacher in the Sherman Scholars Program

Meet Adriana Torres. Adriana is a psychology major who has wanted to be a teacher ever since she was in school at Lakeland Elementary/Middle School. She decided to attend UMBC without ever...

November 10, 2025 · 8:06 AM

UMBC’s Paws & Pivot free webinar series helps federal workers rebuild their careers

In early 2025, thousands of U.S. federal workers were unexpectedly laid off, many living in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia (DMV) area. Patrick Shirdon ’92, economics, a civil servant of...

November 5, 2025 · 3:43 PM

Fine Arts gets a facelift

Strolling through campus, you might have noticed the blend of architectural styles, with a strong leaning toward brick brutalism (nicknamed “brickalism”), normalized in the 1960s; a typical look...

November 5, 2025 · 1:39 PM

Simple wood makes advanced sensors

Picture the most advanced technology and certain qualities probably spring to mind: maybe metallic and sleek, with glowing lights and big digital screens. The researchers at the Center for...

November 5, 2025 · 1:32 PM

Meet a Retriever—Maggie Williams ’24, physics, Quantum Science Institute Graduate Fellow

Maggie Williams ’24, physics, is a second-year physics Ph.D. student, a Quantum Science Institute (QSI) Graduate Fellow, and an officer in the Physics Graduate Student Association (PGSA). In her...

November 5, 2025 · 11:55 AM

Pete Fitzpatrick, pediatric transport nurse, appointed to Maryland’s Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council

Pete Fitzpatrick ’96 completed his paramedic training in a speeding ambulance in West Baltimore over 30 years ago. It wasn’t the career he had envisioned, but after a friend gave him a textbook...

October 30, 2025 · 3:48 PM

Meet a Retriever—Sara Krauss, building bridges between Baltimore and UMBC through the Sherman Center

Meet Sara Krauss, director of Sherman School Partnerships in the George and Betsy Sherman Center. Before coming to UMBC in 2021, Sara served in the Baltimore City Public Schools as a classroom...

October 30, 2025 · 9:27 AM

Meet Corey Carter ’08, M.A.T. ’10—Cultivating community and supporting teachers through the Sherman Scholars Program

Meet Corey Carter ’08, M.A.T. ’10, an award-winning educator, lifelong learner, and the director of the Sherman Scholars Program in the George and Betsy Sherman Center. He takes pride in meeting...

October 30, 2025 · 9:26 AM

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