John Dorsey was named as UMBC's third president (a title then-known as "chancellor") in 19...

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

Calvin B. Lee was selected as UMBC's new president -- a position then known as "Chancellor"...

"One of the earliest pieces of public art remaining on campus is Double Helix, a work in Tennes...

UMBC has always been looking to the future, and our archive of master plans and documents is proof p...

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

A production by UMBC's Theatre Department of five plays by Irish Playwright Samuel Beckett appeared ...

For a lot of UMBC students in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the Albin O. Kuhn Library never had a towe...

Life often defines the fruit of our destination with the seeds planted by our journey. It is life th...

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

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

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...

The Terrace Apartments opened on campus in 1981 -- representing an expansion of the residential life...

My freshman year roommate and best bud (Kyle Clelan) our first year as RA's in Chesapeake Hall.

UMBC's reputation as a university that makes important contributions to environmental studies in the...

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

Steve Zerhusen '78, UMBC's standout men's soccer goalkeeper who would go on to play for the Fort Lau...

Chesapeake Hall RA's 2005-2006

What was the first computer on campus? —Matt Basch ’08, M.S. ’10 At UMBC, computer science had...

How did it come to be that UMBC develop a class schedule with a “free hour” in the middle of the...

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

UMBC changed my life in more ways than I probably even realize. It was an environment that nourished...

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