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Dear Colleagues, As you prepare for remote instruction, hybrid courses, or face-to face instruction this fall, please remember that the Faculty Development Center staff are here during...

Posted: July 30, 2020, 11:28 AM

Race Stories Reflection with The Association of Black Artist

Joshua Gray: “Framing— and Reflecting— Beauty”

This week, in our discussion with the Association of Black Artists on Maurice Berger’s Race Stories, ABA President, Vice President of Student Orgs, and performing artist, Joshua Gray, has...

Posted: July 29, 2020, 10:11 AM

Dresher Center Rapid Response Awards

Dresher Center Rapid Response Awards Purpose Dresher Center Rapid Response awards offer small grants of up to $1,500 to UMBC faculty (full- and part-time) and graduate students whose...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 9:45 AM

OAH Huggins-Quarles Award for PhD Students

Application Deadline: December 1, 2020

Huggins-Quarles Award DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY DECEMBER 1, 2020 Named for Benjamin Quarles and Nathan Huggins, two outstanding historians of the African American past, the...

Posted: July 28, 2020, 9:20 AM

POLI 409: COVID 19 Politics and Policy

Hi Political Science Students, I hope everyone is staying healthy during these unique times. I am emailing you to let you know about our POLI 409 COVID 19 Politics and Policy course that we...

Posted: July 27, 2020, 12:15 PM

Week 6: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

Framing — and Reflecting — Beauty

“Framing — and Reflecting — Beauty,” this week’s article from Maurice Berger’s Race Stories, looks at African-American artist Deborah Willis’ photography from her exhibition, “Framing Beauty” that...

Posted: July 27, 2020, 10:14 AM

Race Stories Reflection with The Association of Black Artist

Manal Murangi responds to "Holding a Mirror to Race"

We’re so excited to start collaborating with the Association of Black Artists over the next few weeks to further discussion of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories. This week, ABA Vice President and...

Posted: July 22, 2020, 10:14 AM

Keren Herran named Undergraduate Researcher of the Week!

Mental Well-being of Environmental Migrants in Maryland

Keren Herrán is an Individualized Study major with a focus on “Global Health Considering Environmental Factors”, who will graduate in 2021. Affiliations: URA Scholar Meyerhoff Scholar...

Posted: July 21, 2020, 11:41 AM

Week 5: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

"Holding a Mirror to Race"

This week, we’re revisiting Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Holding a Mirror to Race,” which looks at Derek Burrows, Greg French, and Gregory Fried’s interactive website called “Mirror of...

Posted: July 20, 2020, 10:17 AM

Prof. Emeritus Salkever's new Policy Brief

New index for tracking economic well-being

Professor Emeritus David Salkever has written a new policy brief tracking trends in household economic well-being and its disparities among Black, Hispanic, and White Americans.  The brief...

Posted: July 17, 2020, 5:09 PM