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The True Grit statue was unveiled in 1987. The sculptor was an alumna -- Paulette Raye '87, philosop...
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UMBC's growth as a university hit a milestone in the 2014 Fall Semester: The school finally hit the ...
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As UMBC celebrates its 50th, the Imaging Research Center (IRC) will begin celebrating its 30th. The...
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Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...
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UMBC's Engineering Building was opened in 1992 -- the same year that UMBC created a College of Engin...
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UMBC's 40th anniversary in 2006 had fireworks and parties, but one of its best remembered moments wa...
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In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...
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As a standout player in women’s lacrosse who also excelled in the classroom, Kelly Fiorani Marriot...
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Undergraduate research and creative achievement has always been a hallmark at UMBC. In 1996, the uni...
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Were you ever involved in a theatre production with Xerxes Mehta?
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UMBC President Michael Hooker, engineering chair Bino Koh, and computer science chair Samuel Lomonac...
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UMBC Athletics hit peak Retriever Fever in the 2007-2008 season, when the men's basketball team stor...
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For a young university, traditions are important. Since 2005, UMBC's Homecoming Bonfire has been a p...
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One of the landmark moments in making UMBC a greener campus came in 2007, when UMBC President Freema...
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UMBC’s President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III has been UMBC’s leader for more than two decades, but...
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As an Honors University in Maryland, UMBC has a reputation as a school that takes academics serious...
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After years of planning and conflicts with faculty and local residents, UMBC's research park (bwtech...
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Darielle and Earl Linehan (center) have played in immense role in the growth of UMBC as a hub for th...
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One of UMBC's most time-honored traditions is the April Fool's issue of The Retriever Weekly. From g...
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The Terrace Apartments opened on campus in 1981 -- representing an expansion of the residential life...
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Do you remember these dancers?
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Why was the Conservation and Environmental Research Area (CERA) and its trail created? —Delana Gre...
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When did UMBC become a national college chess powerhouse? —Valerie Kilgallon ’87, English Accord...
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Amy Young-Buckler '92, history, first became aware that her now-husband, John Buckler '93, ancient s...
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The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was selected as the university mascot in founding years of the universi...
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Who was the most famous performer or group to play a concert at UMBC? —Eric Messner ’01 UMBC has...
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How did it come to be that UMBC develop a class schedule with a “free hour” in the middle of the...
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Throughout the last 50 years, our athletes have done some amazing things. One note-worthy moment too...
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As a track and field standout at UMBC, Dave Bobb '97 garnered more individual honors than any other ...
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Why does UMBC not have a football team? Did the university ever consider having one? —Lisa Price ...
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We found this photo in our archives from when Memorial Stadium still stood!
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"Greek" was the word at UMBC in 1983 -- as this advertisement for a session on "The N...
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Were you there when Maryland State Comptroller Louis L Goldstein and Michael Hooker broke ground on ...
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From the earliest days of UMBC, finding one's place didn't just mean growing as a student and a pers...
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UMBC's Physics building made its debut on campus in 1999, becoming a center for research at the univ...
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Professor of chemistry and biochemistry Mike Summers (left) is one of the STEM pioneers who have bui...
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Freeman A. Hrabowski, III was named as UMBC's president in 1993. In his installation address, he sta...
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UMBC's Women's Center was founded in 1991 -- and it has been providing essential services to the cam...
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It's no small feat to narrow down 50 years of athletics history to some of our most iconic moments, ...
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