Community News

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We are delighted to welcome you for the start of the spring semester. The beginning of a new semester provides each of us an opportunity to reflect on our...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Following recent press reports of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to narrow the federal definition of gender used to enforce...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Today we grieve the tragic murder of eleven people in the sacred Jewish space of Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh. Our hearts are with the victims,...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We welcome you to the start of the fall semester. UMBC is a community of inquiring minds, where we inspire one another to reach our full potential and make...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court released a 5-to-4 decision upholding the Trump administration’s entry restrictions on nationals of Iran, Libya, North Korea,...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, I am writing to let our community know that campus leaders are aware of the recent order from the U.S. Attorney General requiring the U.S. Department of...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community,   We are writing to provide information on President Trump’s proclamation, announcedSunday, imposing restrictions on citizens of eight nations seeking entry...

Dear Our UMBC Community, On Friday, the U.S. Department of Education (DoE) withdrew two documents regarding Title IX: an April 4, 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and 2014 Q&A. These documents...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Following the Trump Administration’s decision today to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program—a pathway to work or college for...

Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Over the weekend, we watched the violent, hate-driven acts that took place in Charlottesville and on the University of Virginia campus. On behalf of the...