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

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

The True Grit statue was unveiled in 1987. The sculptor was an alumna -- Paulette Raye '87, philosop...

From the earliest days of UMBC, finding one's place didn't just mean growing as a student and a pers...

The Chesapeake Bay Retriever was selected as the university mascot in founding years of the universi...

As an Honors University in Maryland, UMBC has a reputation as a school that takes academics serious...

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

John Dorsey was named as UMBC's third president (a title then-known as "chancellor") in 19...

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

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

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

The Terrace Apartments opened on campus in 1981 -- representing an expansion of the residential life...

One of the most notable theatrical movements in UMBC history was Shakespeare on Wheels -- a travelin...

The very first cohort of UMBC's groundbreaking Meyerhoff Scholars Program gathered in 1988. The init...

UMBC President Michael Hooker, engineering chair Bino Koh, and computer science chair Samuel Lomonac...

"Greek" was the word at UMBC in 1983 -- as this advertisement for a session on "The N...

Do you remember when Reggie Truitt '89 played for the Retrievers?

Did you ever take a class with chemistry professor Robert F. Steiner?

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

In 1981, rumors that the State Board of Higher Education was planning to close UMBC and turn the cam...