UMBC's growth as a university hit a milestone in the 2014 Fall Semester: The school finally hit the ...

When I first visited UMBC on Just for Juniors day in 2009, months before I started applying to schoo...

The silo on UMBC Boulevard suggests a connection between the university and farming. What was that p...

Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...

UMBC's 40th anniversary in 2006 had fireworks and parties, but one of its best remembered moments wa...

2008 was finally the moment when UMBC’s men’s basketball team got to the "Big Dance" -...

In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...

As a standout player in women’s lacrosse who also excelled in the classroom, Kelly Fiorani Marriot...

In 2013, UMBC women’s soccer team capped a stunning reversal from last place in the conference to ...

We're well-known for our chess success, but do you know who's in this photo?

On October 9, 2015, alumni volunteers and donors joined with UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, II...

Chess has been an integral part of the UMBC story, and one of the greatest teams in university histo...

For a young university, traditions are important. Since 2005, UMBC's Homecoming Bonfire has been a p...

Giving makes a difference at UMBC. In 2011, the university successfully concluded its "Exceptio...

One of the landmark moments in making UMBC a greener campus came in 2007, when UMBC President Freema...

A dive into the archives of The Retriever Weekly doesn't just excavate the history of UMBC, but it a...

Why was the Hillcrest Building torn down? What was the history behind this structure? —Perry Alexa...

Parking and traffic have always been on the front burner at UMBC -- especially when the campus was a...

One of the most notable protests in UMBC history occurred in spring 1970, when students sat in at va...

It's 2016 -- UMBC's 50th Anniversary. We've dedicated this year to telling stories about UMBC's Grit...

UMBC Retrievers Athletics found a new home in 2003 by joining the America East conference. It has be...

UMBC's dormitories had numbers instead of names until 1978, when resident students chose Maryland Wa...

When did UMBC become a national college chess powerhouse? —Valerie Kilgallon ’87, English Accord...

Who was the most famous performer or group to play a concert at UMBC? —Eric Messner ’01 UMBC has...

The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...

UMBC has always looked to the future -- and the founding of the Erickson School of Aging Studies in ...

Why does UMBC not have a football team? Did the university ever consider having one? —Lisa Price ...

In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...

The roots of today's UMBC's Women's Center run deep in the university's history, as this headline fr...