UMBC 1974-1978 student attire. Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

The first students at UMBC were 750 pioneers who arrived on September 19, 1966 and found three acade...

UMBC won "medium-sized" at last year's Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore, taking home th...

UMBC campus 1974-1978 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

Do you remember when campus looked like this? There's a lot more of it to walk around now, needless ...

The silo on UMBC Boulevard suggests a connection between the university and farming. What was that p...

UMBC students eat dinner together in Louise Wolfkill's room in Dorm 2, Second Floor. Photo taken dur...

Were you at Quadmania 1998? You'll certainly remember seeing M. Doughty and his band Soul Coughing a...

UMBC's 40th anniversary in 2006 had fireworks and parties, but one of its best remembered moments wa...

2008 was finally the moment when UMBC’s men’s basketball team got to the "Big Dance" -...

In 2004, the UMBC men’s swimming made Retrievers proud when the team took home its first America E...

"One of the earliest pieces of public art remaining on campus is Double Helix, a work in Tennes...

UMBC has always been looking to the future, and our archive of master plans and documents is proof p...

UMBC library 1974-1978 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

As a standout player in women’s lacrosse who also excelled in the classroom, Kelly Fiorani Marriot...

In 2013, UMBC women’s soccer team capped a stunning reversal from last place in the conference to ...

The Alumni House staff take Halloween pretty seriously. This photo was taken outside of Alumni House...

In 2007, UMBC women’s basketball team earned its first NCAA tournament bid. Where you there to wat...

For a lot of UMBC students in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the Albin O. Kuhn Library never had a towe...

UMBC classmate during 1976-1977 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

Is it true that you have to run around the Loop Road to get rid of the calories in one donut? I hear...

What’s the real story behind True Grit? Why was a Chesapeake Bay retriever chosen as the school’...

Chess has been an integral part of the UMBC story, and one of the greatest teams in university histo...

For a young university, traditions are important. Since 2005, UMBC's Homecoming Bonfire has been a p...

"Some of UMBC’s most notable public art from its earliest days has vanished from view. Today,...

In another moment of victory for UMBC athletics, women’s softball squad beats Liberty, 7-1, in the...

What is the oldest standing building on campus? —Sara Shannon ’05, social work When the Hillcres...

One of the landmark moments in making UMBC a greener campus came in 2007, when UMBC President Freema...

UMBC campus 1974-1978 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

A dive into the archives of The Retriever Weekly doesn't just excavate the history of UMBC, but it a...

Barbara Kupetzky celebrates Halloween in 1976 in Dorm 2, Second Floor Lounge at UMBC Photo provided ...

"One of the most poignant pieces of public art on campus is Mnemonic by artist Marc O’Carroll...

In 1965, UMBC moved from a plan to a reality. Albin O. Kuhn was named as vice president of the so-ca...

Why was the Hillcrest Building torn down? What was the history behind this structure? —Perry Alexa...

Does UMBC have secret underground tunnels? Why? —Bennett Moe ’88 Mention the word “tunnels” ...

Parking and traffic have always been on the front burner at UMBC -- especially when the campus was a...

Barbara Kupetzky on the day of UMBC graduation, June 4, 1978. Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

UMBC Retrievers Athletics found a new home in 2003 by joining the America East conference. It has be...

Barbara Kupetzky's dorm room desk 1974-1977 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

We've got some pretty interesting stuff buried in our archives, and in honor of the 50th, we're dust...

Why was the Conservation and Environmental Research Area (CERA) and its trail created? —Delana Gre...

"One of the key elements of UMBC’s history as a campus has been the institution’s search fo...

Barbara Kupetzky and UMBC classmate painting 2nd floor Dorm 2 lounge during academic year 1976-1977....

UMBC campus 1974-1978 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

When did UMBC become a national college chess powerhouse? —Valerie Kilgallon ’87, English Accord...

This bronze statue of True Grit was commissioned in in the late 1980s by then-President Michael Hook...

A proud moment for UMBC athletics came when women’s track and field phenom Cleopatra Borel ’02, ...

Who was the most famous performer or group to play a concert at UMBC? —Eric Messner ’01 UMBC has...

What was the first computer on campus? —Matt Basch ’08, M.S. ’10 At UMBC, computer science had...

The sparkplug for the UMBC men’s basketball team’s memorable run to the NCAA tournament in 2008,...

How did it come to be that UMBC develop a class schedule with a “free hour” in the middle of the...

UMBC has always looked to the future -- and the founding of the Erickson School of Aging Studies in ...

UMBC graduation on June 4, 1978 Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky

Throughout the last 50 years, our athletes have done some amazing things. One note-worthy moment too...

As a track and field standout at UMBC, Dave Bobb '97 garnered more individual honors than any other ...

Why does UMBC not have a football team? Did the university ever consider having one? —Lisa Price ...

Barbara Kupetzky's room in Dorm 2, second floor at UMBC in 1974. Photo provided by Barbara Kupetzky.

In 2002, men’s tennis standout Oscar Lopez ’00, and M.S. ’02, mechanical engineering, became t...

Were you there when Maryland State Comptroller Louis L Goldstein and Michael Hooker broke ground on ...

Barbara Kupetzky with her diploma after UMBC graduation on June 4, 1978. Photo provided by Barbara K...

It's no small feat to narrow down 50 years of athletics history to some of our most iconic moments, ...