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REMINDER: SSF Lecture - Geography & Environmental Systems

Wednesday, April 28th @4 pm

Join us this Wednesday at 4 pm for the last SSF lecture of the semester! Tracey Osborne Associate Professor of Management of Complex Systems, University of California-Merced Playbook...

Posted: April 26, 2021, 12:02 PM

SAPH Statement

Along with so many others in our community, we breathed a sigh of relief for a moment this week as we heard that the police officer who murdered George Floyd had been convicted. However, even as...

Posted: April 23, 2021, 1:38 PM

Meet Samar Ahmed

INDS Spring 2021 Graduate Highlight Series

B.A. INDS: Environmental Impacts on Public Health Degree Mentors Dr. Dawn Biehler, Geography and Environmental Systems Kelsey Donnellan, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials...

Posted: April 23, 2021, 10:52 AM

Research and Data Fellow for Candidate in Baltimore

Hi Political Science Students, Democrat candidate China Terrell is running for Delegate of District 40 and is looking for a Research and Data Fellow to aid her campaign. Here is the link to her...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 1:13 PM

URCAD Sneak Peek: Sydney Fryer

Decriminalizing Baltimore's ‘Squeegee Kids’

***Repost from the Department of Undergraduate Research*** Decriminalizing (and Re-Humanizing) the ‘Squeegee Kid’ Sydney Fryer Mentor: Dena Aufseeser, Geography and Environmental Systems...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 12:53 PM

Prof. Short explores city social dynamics and sustainability

Publ. new article in journal Frontiers

Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short has published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. In the article, he explores three intersecting concepts of cities: cities...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 12:08 PM

Check out our student presentations from URCAD!

SAPH would like to highlight our 2021 URCAD student presenters!  Anthropology Students: Camille Blackford - Wellbeing of UMBC Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Mentors Bambi Chapin...

Posted: April 22, 2021, 11:53 AM

Additional CITI training module

FERPA added to Information Privacy and Security course

***Reposted from the ORPC*** The ORPC has obtained for the campus community a CITI training module that describes investigators responsibilities for research using Family Educational Rights and...

Posted: April 21, 2021, 2:06 PM

40 @4 Webinar Series: May 5, 2021 @4pm

Presented by The Erickson School of Aging Studies

The Global Longevity Economy and the Critical Role of Entrepreneurs May 5, 2021   4 p.m. ET 40 @ 4 Webinar Series The Global Longevity Economy and the Critical Role of Entrepreneurs In...

Posted: April 20, 2021, 2:42 PM