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...

Patti Katowski '81, health science and policy and sociology, and Bob Pfeiff '82, economics, are a cl...

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...

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

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?

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

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...

UMBC Athletics hit peak Retriever Fever in the 2007-2008 season, when the men's basketball team stor...

Life often defines the fruit of our destination with the seeds planted by our journey. It is life th...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

My freshman year roommate and best bud (Kyle Clelan) our first year as RA's in Chesapeake Hall.

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

UMBC's dormitories had numbers instead of names until 1978, when resident students chose Maryland Wa...

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

Chesapeake Hall RA's 2005-2006

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

UMBC changed my life in more ways than I probably even realize. It was an environment that nourished...

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

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III was named as UMBC's president in 1993. In his installation address, he sta...

UMBC's Women's Center was founded in 1991 -- and it has been providing essential services to the cam...