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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 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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Giving makes a difference at UMBC. In 2011, the university successfully concluded its "Exceptio...
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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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Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...
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When did UMBC become a national college chess powerhouse? —Valerie Kilgallon ’87, English Accord...
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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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We're well-known for our chess success, but do you know who's in this photo?
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When I first visited UMBC on Just for Juniors day in 2009, months before I started applying to schoo...
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