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While many know that Charm City is home to the wizard of weird himself, John Waters, along with the quirky American Visionary Art Museum, poodle skirts, and flamingos galore, most probably don’t...

December 4, 2025 · 2:42 PM

Engineering confidence—Outstanding Faculty recipient and triple alum Jamie Gurganus is a persistent advocate for students

“There’s a little engineer in all of us. Because the truth is you’re iterating all the time. You’re failing, but you’re learning from those awesome failures.” Jamie Gurganus ’04, M.S. ’11,...

October 27, 2025 · 5:01 PM

Office Hours

Each week during her student-facing office hours, UMBC President Valerie Sheares Ashby meets with students to chat about their lives and experiences at UMBC. Today, she’s speaking with Okechukwu...

November 17, 2023 · 11:24 AM

UMBC’s 2023 commencement speakers represent the best of higher education

This year’s UMBC commencement speakers represent the best of what higher education strives to be, applying insights to meet the needs of humanity. Commencement speakers Keith T. Elder,...

May 16, 2023 · 10:32 AM

An engineer builds community in student housing, with an impact campus-wide

Ify Jacob Degree: B.S., Computer Engineering Hometown: Gaithersburg, MD Post-grad plans: Software engineer at Northrop Grumman Ify Jacob’s mentors describe him as someone who has worked...

May 8, 2023 · 6:08 PM

Meet a Retriever—Xavier Smith ’23, M31, computer engineering, scholar and mentor

Meet Xavier Smith, a senior computer engineering student who is heading to MIT next year to pursue his dreams of earning a Ph.D. and starting a biotech company. As a part of UMBC’s Meyerhoff...

April 3, 2023 · 10:29 AM

Political violence in America isn’t going away anytime soon

Richard Forno, principal lecturer in Computer science and Electrical Engineering, UMBC A warning about the threat of political violence heading into the 2022 midterm elections was issued to...

November 7, 2022 · 2:15 PM

UMBC’s 2022 Fulbright student scholars will travel the world to explore difficult questions

Eight recent UMBC graduates and alumni will soon travel to countries across three continents as 2022 Fulbright U.S. Student scholars. They include emerging leaders in education, astrophysics,...

June 16, 2022 · 3:23 PM

Rising Together—Software that Empowers the Community

Since 2009, as part of its Alumni Awards celebration, the UMBC Alumni Association names one “Rising Star” recipient each year who exemplifies early career and professional achievement. In the...

April 7, 2021 · 12:57 PM

Spotlight on bwtech@UMBC

Alumni Delali Dzirasa ’04, computer engineering, and Andrew Mavronicolas ’14, information systems, were recently featured in a SmartLogic video promoting bwtech@UMBC. Both alumni run companies...

November 2, 2015 · 9:13 PM

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