Meghan Colabella Tabbed America East Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week
UMBC freshman forward Meghan Colabella was named the America East Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Week for the week ending Jan. 13, the conference announced Monday.
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Films by Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Eric Dyer '95 Screened at Creative Alliance (1/18)
Two films by Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Eric Dyer ‘95 will be screened prior to the Nana Projects Magic Lantern Show at Baltimore’s Creative Alliance. For more information, visit www.creativealliance.org/events/eventItem1251.html.

Alex Hyland Shatters 3000m Record at Bucknell Gulden Relays
Junior Alex Hyland set a new 3000-meter run record and was one of four Retrievers to capture gold at the Bucknell Gulden Relays on Saturday in Lewisburg, Pa.
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Scott Kecken ’88 Co-directs Jan. 20 Episode of “The Wire”
Scott Kecken ’88, Geography and Environmental Systems, and his wife, Joy, directed the January 20 episode of HBO’s “The Wire.”

Kecken received an M.A. in Visual Anthropology at Temple and currently teaches at Villa Julie.

English Major Alexander Pyles Wins Reese Cleghorn Internship
Alexander Pyles recently won a highly competitive Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association's Reese Cleghorn Internship. Pyles was one of 37 finalists competing for eight paid summer newspaper internships. Currently the sports editor for The Retriever Weekly, Pyles has completed two internships with the Baltimore Sun.

UMBC Swimming and Diving Sweeps Weekly Swimming Awards for Second Time in 2007-08
For the second time this season, UMBC swimming and diving has earned both the men’s and women’s swimming weekly awards as sophomore Rasmus Kutt and junior Tina Cantwell have been named the America East Men’s and Women’s Swimming Performers of the Week for the week ending Jan. 14, the conference announced Tuesday.

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