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Meghan Carpenter is UMBC's Student Regent Nominee

by David Hoffman Meghan Carpenter has been selected as UMBC's nominee for Student Regent for 2013-2014. Meghan is a junior majoring in American Studies and Political Science. She is the...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 1:37 PM

Life as a Work of Art

(by David Hoffman) Patrick J. Canavan, profiled over the weekend in this piece from a Hanover, PA newspaper, was a founder of UMBC's art department, and a popular teacher here (see this photo...

Posted: December 2, 2012, 10:23 PM

Real People Profiles: Alex Lee

We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: November 26, 2012, 7:01 PM

Love and Righteous Anger

by David Hoffman A few minutes before the zero hour, people begin to stir in the large lecture hall. I look around nervously. I want to go to the protest at noon, but that would involve...

Posted: November 25, 2012, 7:23 PM

Real People Profiles: Valerie Koury

We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: November 18, 2012, 9:52 PM

Real People Profiles: Amir Ali

We're asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: November 14, 2012, 3:48 PM

A Portrait Soon to Come to Life

by David Hoffman This is a story of a distant place, and memory, and time. 25 years ago tonight, I stood in a hall full of photographs come to life. I was a senior in college, serving as...

Posted: November 12, 2012, 7:23 PM