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Strange Dance Partners
UMBC researchers are discovering building blocks of hand motions, aiming to improve physical therapy for humans and find better ways to program robots. They’re turning to a novel source material for these gestures: classical Indian dance.
UMBC Magazine
Fall 2025 Issue
ARTS+YOU
Magazine
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A season of change for UMBC’s Class of 2025
Nearly 1,000 Retrievers crossed the stage on December 17 and 18 as UMBC celebrated Ph.D., graduate, and undergraduate Commencement ceremonies. At the heart of these celebrations were the people—the family members who offered…
Quick Posts
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UMBC physicist wins Amazon award to build AI-orchestrated scientific assistant
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UMBC’s Steven Caruso honored for leading authentic undergrad research in the classroom
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UMBC hosts 2025 IEEE Baltimore Technical Colloquium
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Chemical engineering professor Tyler Josephson chosen as Simons Foundation Pivot Fellow
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UMBC sophomore wins first place at NSBE fall regional conference technical research exhibition
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Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awardees continue to drive new approaches to teaching and learning
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Living the mission—UMBC recognized for 16 years as a ‘Great College to Work For’
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Following where curiosity leads them—COEIT celebrates student summer research
Community
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Brown named dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMBC
Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., has been named dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) effective July 1, 2026. Brown joins UMBC from the University of Kentucky where she currently serves as a professor of developmental psychology and associate dean of student engagement and success…
Policy & Society
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After a lifetime of adapting her English to fit the occasion, Ivy Nguyen ’23 pursues further language education abroad with critical funding
Ivy Nguyen’s language chops and ability to teach, lead, and uplift multiple communities earned her two prestigious international opportunities: First, as an alternate for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Taiwan to pursue a master’s in Chinese as a second language; and the second is admission to the National Normal University, a leading institution…
Science & Technology
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‘Why do I need to know this?’ Padhu Seshaiyer, Ph.D. ’98, on why math matters
UMBC alumnus Padmanabhan Seshaiyer’s mission is to make math relevant for students and prepare them for an increasingly data-driven world. His work helps close the gap for students between “how” to solve a math problem and “why” it matters.
Arts & Culture
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Laughing in the dark—UMBC’s Erin Hogan writes about Spain’s cinema after Franco
Asking Erin Hogan, professor of Spanish, to choose her favorite film is like asking her whether she prefers to study Iberian or Latin American films—both of which she researches and fell in love with as an undergrad. The real answer is that Hogan’s favorite film is whatever film she is studying at the time. For…
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‘Why do I need to know this?’ Padhu Seshaiyer, Ph.D. ’98, on why math matters
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Brown named dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at UMBC
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UMBC retains designation as a Carnegie Community Engaged campus
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Students in the Center for Women in Technology succeed by lifting each other up—and are spreading the model around the world