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Undergraduate research and creative achievement has always been a hallmark at UMBC. In 1996, the uni...
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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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The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was selected as the university mascot in founding years of the universi...
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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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Calvin B. Lee was selected as UMBC's new president -- a position then known as "Chancellor"...
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UMBC's reputation as a university that makes important contributions to environmental studies in the...
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John Dorsey was named as UMBC's third president (a title then-known as "chancellor") in 19...
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A production by UMBC's Theatre Department of five plays by Irish Playwright Samuel Beckett appeared ...
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The silo on UMBC Boulevard suggests a connection between the university and farming. What was that p...
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Why was the Hillcrest Building torn down? What was the history behind this structure? —Perry Alexa...
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It's 2016 -- UMBC's 50th Anniversary. We've dedicated this year to telling stories about UMBC's Grit...
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On October 9, 2015, alumni volunteers and donors joined with UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, II...
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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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UMBC Athletics history has few stories of Grit and Greatness that are more impressive than the 2013 ...
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2012 was a watershed moment for the arts and humanities at UMBC when the first phase of the universi...
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Giving makes a difference at UMBC. In 2011, the university successfully concluded its "Exceptio...
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UMBC's commitment to innovation in pedagogy took a leap forward in 2010 with the debut of a new init...
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Chess has been an integral part of the UMBC story, and one of the greatest teams in university histo...
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2008 was finally the moment when UMBC’s men’s basketball team got to the "Big Dance" -...
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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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Why does UMBC not have a football team? Did the university ever consider having one? —Lisa Price ...
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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 40th anniversary in 2006 had fireworks and parties, but one of its best remembered moments wa...
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UMBC has always looked to the future -- and the founding of the Erickson School of Aging Studies in ...
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UMBC Retrievers Athletics found a new home in 2003 by joining the America East conference. It has be...
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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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Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...
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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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Professor of chemistry and biochemistry Mike Summers (left) is one of the STEM pioneers who have bui...
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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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In the fall of 2003, Kevin Yang ’07 computer science and financial economics and Katelyn Niu ’05...
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In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...
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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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In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...
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The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...
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One of the most notable theatrical movements in UMBC history was Shakespeare on Wheels -- a travelin...
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The very first cohort of UMBC's groundbreaking Meyerhoff Scholars Program gathered in 1988. The init...
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UMBC President Michael Hooker, engineering chair Bino Koh, and computer science chair Samuel Lomonac...
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Do you remember Dr. Ramachandra "Ram" Hosmane?
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Do you remember these dancers?
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We've had a busy weekend moving students into their dorms, and we can't wait for the new school year...
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The first day of classes is here! Here I am on what I believe was mine, six years ago today. I was r...
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