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08/28/2026

Four CNMS students completed recent internships at Maryland-based companies and agencies show how local opportunities are helping Retrievers build skills, find mentors, and advance discoveries that matter here and beyond.

Junior biological sciences major Magdalen Ruth at the National Institute of Health said, “I’ve just found myself in a great spot with UMBC. I feel really blessed to have had all the opportunities I’ve had. Being able to do these internships has seriously been great.”

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Magdalen Ruth is one of four CNMS students whose recent internships at Maryland-based companies and agencies show how local opportunities are helping...

08/25/2026

On a typical day this summer, you may have started the morning stirring sugar into your coffee. After checking the weather forecast or making a few calls on your cell phone, you may have then logged into secure networks to access work data or conduct financial transactions. And this summer, four UMBC students learned how they could contribute to the complex choreography that lies behind such seemingly simple actions in the modern world.

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This summer, four UMBC students learned how they could contribute to the economic vibrancy of Maryland, with internships at Domino Sugar, RF Safety Lab,...

08/24/2026

Having a ruff time finding your classes or other buildings? Our Retrievers are pawsitively thrilled to be available at welcome tents throughout campus this week to help be your guide. Grab some snacks and some swag while you're there!

08/24/2026

The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and the fall semester is officially underway! We can't wait to see what this year brings for our entire Retriever community.

08/23/2026

And we're just getting started! It's been a whirlwind few days welcoming our students to campus and we hope to see all new Retrievers today (8/23) at Convocation at 3 p.m. in the Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena. Join us right afterwards for a campus cookout and the men's soccer game.

08/20/2026

Follow the yellow Retriever road! It's our favorite time of year as we welcome new and existing students either for the first time or back to campus. Be sure to tag us in your photos and check out welcomeretrievers.umbc.edu and myUMBC for tons of exciting events to kick off the school year.

08/19/2026

Just a few last-minute reminders from our community as you finish zipping up your bags! We're looking forward to welcoming all of our new and returning Retrievers over the next few days. Don't forget to check out https://welcomeretrievers.umbc.edu for a full schedule of activities for our new students!

A full list of packing suggestions and reminders can be found- https://reslife.umbc.edu/apply/umbc-packing-list/.

08/18/2026

Reese Finnigan, studying the history of the Soviet Union and learning Russian, developed her archival skills working on The Baltimore Sun collection during her first year in the Master of Arts in Public History program. This year, when looking for summer internship opportunities, Finnigan was excited to find that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center in Bowie, Maryland—a museum she had tried to secure a curatorial or research internship with for years—was seeking an intern with her exact skill set.

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08/17/2026

Earlier this summer, a month before the start of fall classes, newly-minted Retrievers were on campus and ready to start working. Part of UMBC’s initiative to scale up work-integrated learning (WIL), more than 100 incoming first-year and transfer students spent a night on campus, connected with an instructor and teaching assistant, and spent a day participating in service on site at five different community partner locations.

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Part of UMBC’s initiative to scale up work-integrated learning (WIL), more than 100 incoming students were on campus and ready to start working.

08/13/2026

In Silvia Escanilla Huerta’s history classroom, music is not background noise but a historical text carrying centuries of migration, colonialism, resistance, and cultural exchange. https://bit.ly/4hxvE6w

History class: Silva Escanilla Huerta, assistant professor, has found that using material culture helps students connect abstract historical ideas with...