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Michael Hunt ’06, Ph.D. ’25, Outstanding Staff award winner, lifts up students and builds community

When Shaniah Reece ’23, information systems, now a Ph.D. student in computer science at Emory University, was navigating her academic journey at UMBC, there were times she felt like giving up. One...

October 28, 2025 · 4:03 PM

Meet a Retriever—Maxwell Amoh-Mayes, biological sciences major, mentor, and multicultural ambassador

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...

May 16, 2025 · 1:48 PM

A Journey of Growth

International travel offers ample opportunities to stretch yourself—one minute you may be the expert and the next, completely clueless about how something works. Retrievers currently in the...

May 29, 2024 · 2:32 PM

A Journey of Growth

International travel offers ample opportunities to stretch yourself—one minute you may be the expert and the next, completely clueless about how something works. Retrievers currently in the...

May 29, 2024 · 2:32 PM

Meet a Retriever—Monroe Kennedy, III, ’12, mechanical engineering professor at Stanford University

Meet Monroe Kennedy, III, a Meyerhoff Scholar (M20) who earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering from UMBC in 2012 before earning his M.S. in robotics and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and...

May 3, 2024 · 7:17 AM

UMBC students receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for fifth consecutive year

For the fifth consecutive year, multiple UMBC students have been awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Gabriel Otubu ’25, biochemistry, Nathaniel Glover ’25, chemical engineering, and Samuel...

May 2, 2024 · 11:17 AM

Equation of Change

By: Susan Thornton Hobby Illustrations by: Marissa Clayton ’21 At the start of second grade, Freeman Hrabowski’s textbook, wrapped neatly in brown paper, arrived on his desk. His teacher...

May 3, 2022 · 4:24 PM

UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski to retire in spring 2022 after three decades of transformational leadership

After three decades of transformational leadership at UMBC, President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III has announced his plan to retire at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year. [Video]...

August 25, 2021 · 4:55 PM

Creating Technology that Protects Us—Rising Together

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...

June 8, 2021 · 4:12 PM

Career Q&A: Robert Deloatch ’11, M19

Every so often, we chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Robert Deloatch ’11, M19, computer science, has followed his research interests to an exciting job at Apple. We...

May 14, 2021 · 5:03 PM

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