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Maryland-isms

by David Hoffman and Craig Berger Old Bay, crabs, the loud "O!" during the national anthem, and professional sports teams named for dark birds. We all know the obvious Maryland-isms: the things...

Posted: March 4, 2013, 9:19 AM

Info Sessions for Potential 2013-2014 SGA Candidates

In this guest post, Collin Wojciechowski, SGA's Election Board Chair, discusses the details of the 2013 SGA Election and asks you to make a commitment to the UMBC community and yourself. A...

Posted: March 3, 2013, 7:15 PM

NIH Working Group: Attention Graduate Students & Postdocs

This message came to us from UMBC Chemistry alumna, Dr. LaTese Briggs. Dr. Briggs completed a postdoc at The Broad, a collaborative between Harvard and MIT. She is now a Program Analyst for Faster...

Posted: March 1, 2013, 3:31 PM

Real People Profiles: Frank Salah

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: February 27, 2013, 6:08 PM

Real People Profile Wordles

by David Hoffman Here is years of collected UMBC wisdom in the form of previously published Real People Profiles, smashed to bits and reproduced in Wordle form. Q: In 12 words or less, what...

Posted: February 26, 2013, 7:39 PM

World in Motion

by Craig Berger and David Hoffman When we were in college, things were different. Craig graduated 7 years ago; David, 25 years ago. Each of us lived then in a world that was our only normal....

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:46 PM