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Social Sciences Forum Even: Alexes Harris

"A Pound of Flesh: Monetary Sanctions as a Punishment for the Poor" Alexes Harris Professor of Sociology, University of Washington Wednesday, March 7, 2018 4:30-5:30 pm University Center...

Posted: February 2, 2018, 9:55 PM

Story Circle Event - 3 pm - 6 pm

2018 People's State of the Union

A story circle event will take place tomorrow at the Arch Social Club from 3 to 6 pm. Dr. Bev Bickel, Sherella Cupid, Frank Anderson and others will be leading this conversation.  The 2018...

Posted: February 2, 2018, 9:42 PM

Music History Blog Series

Over the course of the term we will be publishing blog posts our students created for Dr. Lindsay Johnson's course MUSC 322 Music History II (1700-1915). For the assignment, first the students...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 11:35 AM

Seeing Red

Author: Stacey Fitzgerald

The onset of the Russian Revolution changed Russian musical style from one that privileged the values and ideals of the aristocrats to one that celebrated the ideals of the Revolution and the...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:17 AM

Musical Prodigies: Why We Love Them, and Why We Should Stop

Author: Daniel Gallagher

Audiences are more appreciative of musical prodigies based on their young ages, rather than on their musical complexity and nuance. Gallagher explains the history of the modern idea of the prodigy...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:12 AM

When Categories Fail

Author: Josh Sharo

Examining Debussy and the notion of impressionism, Sharo concludes that reducing an entire composer's output to a single stylistic term does a disservice to not only that composer, but to...

Posted: February 1, 2018, 10:05 AM

Recent Premiere by Zachariah Thomas ('17 Music Comp)

Over the Summer, Zachariah Thomas' ('17 Music Composition) piece Consolation was premiered by Yoshiaki Horiguchi (Bass Performance '13) and Melissa Thomas (Piano Performance '17) at Bass Works'...

Posted: January 31, 2018, 3:52 PM

Conference Presentation Possibility

Undergrad. Research Conference in PoliSci

PI SIGMA ALPHA  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE  IN  POLITICAL SCIENCE March 28, 11am-1pm,  econd floor Policy Building Did you write anything particularly interesting last semester...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 3:55 PM

UMBC Event Center Open House

EVENT CENTER OPEN HOUSE FREE TO UMBC COMMUNITY

UMBC Event Center Open House Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, January 31 as we celebrate the completion of the UMBC Event Center with an Open House hosted in the new building. The Open House will...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 3:21 PM