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60 Years of Inclusive Excellence

UMBC’s journey from rural farmland into a top-tier R1 research powerhouse wasn’t an accident. It was built brick by brick, milestone by milestone, by community members like you.

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Visual Arts Ongoing

Lewis Hine in Maryland

All Day Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery

The Albin O.

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8/25

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11/24

Visual Arts Ongoing

Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly

All Day Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC)

The Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture presents Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N.

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10/22

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10/24

Music Ongoing

Livewire 16: We the People

All Day Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The Department of Music presents the Livewire 16: We the People new music festival, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States and the composers and musicians who helped shape our musical landscape.

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Fri

10/23

Music

Livewire 16 — newRUCKUS and the Zohn Collective: Coming Together

7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

The second evening of the Livewire 16 new music festival features the newRUCKUS ensemble and the Zohn Collective, with narrator Nigel Semaj, assistant professor of theatre, in Coming Together, an evening of works by Raven Chacon, Steve Reich, and Frederic Rzewski: Raven Chacon — (Bury Me) Where The Lightning [Will] Never Find Me (2019) Steve Reich — Double Sextet (2007) Frederic Rzewski — Coming Together (1971) Arrive early to enjoy a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m.!

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10/24

Alumni

2026 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Lambda Phi Chapter Reunion

2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Now in its 16th year, the Lambda Phi chapter invites all alumnae initiated in the chapter to join us for our annual social. There is no registration fee; however, all alumnae are encouraged to make a donation when registering to support the Second Generation Scholarship. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages will be served, along with a festive fall mimosa bar.

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2026 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Lambda Phi Chapter Reunion

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“The Meyerhoff Effect”—Alycia Marshall ’95 multiplies opportunities for underrepresented students and faculty

They say a rising tide lifts all ships—the idea that when an ecosystem prospers, everyone within it is propelled upward by the same powerful current. The same can be said…

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