The Power of Parallels
UMBC’s Multicore Computational Center (MC2) unleashes new energies in the race to make computers faster. By Joab Jackson ’90 Here’s a Silicon Valley secret: Computer microprocessors aren’t...
June 21, 2009 · 4:51 PM
The News – Summer 2009
Sketches to Shovels Right now, the site is marked on campus maps as Parking Lots 9 and 16. But next summer, the university hopes that shovels will be busy breaking that ground to build a new...
June 21, 2009 · 4:48 PM
Plotting Pedagogy – Scott Jeffrey ’81, geography and environmental systems
The importance of community colleges in educating students in Maryland and elsewhere in the United States is often overlooked. So perhaps the Council for Advancement and Support of Education...
June 21, 2009 · 4:46 PM
Over Coffee – Summer 2009
Kosher and halal dining options began to pop up in the dining halls and other spots on campus over the past few years. Why? A big reason was a joint multiyear effort by a number of groups on...
June 21, 2009 · 4:45 PM
Locale Hero
In four decades at UMBC, W. Edward Orser’s research and teaching have helped uncover American triumphs and tragedies in city neighborhoods, small towns and parklands. By Richard Byrne ’86...
June 21, 2009 · 4:43 PM
How To Purify Water With Simple Tools
With Karin Readel, Senior Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Systems You never know when or where extreme thirst might occur. Exploring ancient ruins in the Amazon, you drop your canteen...
June 21, 2009 · 4:42 PM
Fighting Fistula – Jeffrey Wilkinson ’89, INDS
In a developing world awash with suffering, Jeffrey Wilkinson ’89, interdisciplinary studies, has used his medical skills to focus on a very specific problem for African women: a hugely...
June 21, 2009 · 4:41 PM
Early Risers
After 9 a.m. – and until the last classes of the day – UMBC is a busy place. The Commons and Quad and Academic Walk bustle with students and faculty and staff going busily about the business of...
June 21, 2009 · 4:39 PM
Double Threat – Donna Lewis ’86, English
Donna Lewis ’86, English, leads a double life. She earned her law degree at the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore and is currently an attorney with the Department of Homeland...
June 21, 2009 · 4:32 PM
Discovery – Summer 2009
Shakespeare: Page to Stage Michele Osherow is one of UMBC’s rising stars in the humanities. An assistant professor of English, she serves as director of the Humanities Scholars Program and as...
June 21, 2009 · 4:30 PM

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