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

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

Calvin B. Lee was selected as UMBC's new president -- a position then known as "Chancellor"...

UMBC's Engineering Building was opened in 1992 -- the same year that UMBC created a College of Engin...

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

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

Undergraduate research and creative achievement has always been a hallmark at UMBC. In 1996, the uni...

A production by UMBC's Theatre Department of five plays by Irish Playwright Samuel Beckett appeared ...

Were you ever involved in a theatre production with Xerxes Mehta?

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

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

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

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

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...

After years of planning and conflicts with faculty and local residents, UMBC's research park (bwtech...

Darielle and Earl Linehan (center) have played in immense role in the growth of UMBC as a hub for th...

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

Did you see this theatre production?

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

Do you remember these dancers?

UMBC's reputation as a university that makes important contributions to environmental studies in the...

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

Did you see this play?

Do you recognize these actors or the play they're in?

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

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

UMBC's commitment to innovation in pedagogy took a leap forward in 2010 with the debut of a new init...

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

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

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

Do you remember Dr. Ramachandra "Ram" Hosmane?

Do you recognize these actors from the 1994 production of Hamlet?

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

UMBC's Physics building made its debut on campus in 1999, becoming a center for research at the univ...

Professor of chemistry and biochemistry Mike Summers (left) is one of the STEM pioneers who have bui...

2012 was a watershed moment for the arts and humanities at UMBC when the first phase of the universi...