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Cocaine and the Cold War

Podcast #5 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Jon Campf and David Gleyzer   This podcast is about David Bowie's song "Heroes." Written while Bowie was in Berlin, "Heroes" became an unofficial anthem of resistance on both sides...

Posted: October 22, 2017, 2:34 PM

Shariece Johnson: CHPPD Excellence in Program Planning award

Two years in a row, Shareice chosen for planning award

Public Policy doctoral student Shariece Johnson was awarded the Community Health Planning and Policy Development (CHPPD) Section Excellence in Program Planning Award for the second...

Posted: October 20, 2017, 1:22 PM

CFP: ELO 2018

CALL FOR PAPERS - ELO 2018 Mind the Gap! Thinking Electronic Literature in a Digital Culture: Explorations and Interventions http://elo2018.org/   The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO)...

Posted: October 19, 2017, 8:15 PM

CFP: Showing Up, Making Space, and the Political Imagination

TU Communication Studies Symposium

Call for Papers: Towson University Communication Studies Symposium: Showing Up, Making Space, and the Political Imagination of Diversity - April 27, 2018 Sara Ahmed’s 2012 On Being Included:...

Posted: October 19, 2017, 12:30 PM

Event: Power Speaker Series - Monumental Moments

MFA in Community Arts @ MICA Place

Join speakers for a community dialogue about these monuments and the removal process — examining the spaces where these monuments stood, gathering information about these sites and exploring...

Posted: October 19, 2017, 12:23 PM

Reminder: Spring 2018 Dissertation Fellowship Applications

Due Friday, October 27, 2017

The UMBC Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship Application Deadline:  Friday, October 27, 2017   The Dissertation Fellowship is designed to provide doctoral candidates at UMBC an opportunity to...

Posted: October 19, 2017, 12:17 PM

Sylvia Trent-Adams chosen for Florence Nightingale Medal

American Red Cross recognizes Trent-Adams, PhD. 06

Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N, Acting Surgeon General for U.S. Public Health Services, has been awarded the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal for her work in disaster...

Posted: October 18, 2017, 7:50 PM

Professional Item Writing Opportunity

Center for Applied Linguistics

The Center for Applied Linguistics is recruiting experienced Item Writers to develop content for a large-scale K-12 English language proficiency test. Item Writers will write original passages and...

Posted: October 18, 2017, 8:23 AM

Chris Haffer, PhD '93 joins Senior Executive Service

Chris Haffer to move to EEOC as Chief Data Officer

Chris Haffer, PhD '93 (Public Policy) After 25 years with CMS, Dr. Haffer will be moving in November 2017 into the Senior Executive Service and to become the first Chief Data Officer and Director...

Posted: October 17, 2017, 12:02 PM