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WINTER COURSE: POLI 409-Russian Politics Propaganda

Time to figure out what all this Russia stuff is about?

If the 2016 election wasn’t enough reason, consider these: It is the largest in the world. It has more natural gas than any other country on Earth. It has one of the greatest militaries in the...

Posted: November 7, 2017, 1:36 PM

Classifying Hurricanes

Samantha Durbin, class of 2017, environmental science, discusses issues with how hurricanes are categorized in this Capital Weather Gang article for The Washington Post.

Posted: November 7, 2017, 8:51 AM

REMINDER: Mid-tenure Reviews: Dr. Anson and Dr. Blake

Input needed from POLI students

This year, two Political Science assistant professors—Dr. Ian Anson and Dr. William Blake—are scheduled for their mid-tenure reviews. The faculty have tasked two, two-person student committees to...

Posted: November 6, 2017, 1:14 PM

Twelfth Night, directed by Eve Muson

Thursday, Nov 9 – Sunday, Nov 19 Proscenium Theatre

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Directed by Eve Muson Thursday, November 9 – Sunday, November 19 Proscenium Theatre Performing Arts and Humanities Building The UMBC Department of...

Posted: November 5, 2017, 11:59 AM

Film Review written by Laura Mateczun (PhD) published

J of Health and Human Experience publishes Laura's review

The Journal of Health and Human Experience just published a film review she wrote on Hidden Figures, in which she stress the important role of women of color in STEM. Please find the article...

Posted: November 3, 2017, 2:41 PM

$tart $mart: A Salary Negotiation Workshop

Nov 6th @noon in the Women's Center

You've probably heard about the wage gap. You know, the part where men and women often get paid differently for doing the same job? The gap is even bigger for people of color and people with...

Posted: November 2, 2017, 3:13 PM

UMBC & Salisbury Percussion Ensembles

Music Box (151 Performing Arts and Humanities Building)

Friday, November 3, 3 pm The Department of Music presents the UMBC Percussion Ensemble and Salisbury University Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Tom Goldstein and Eric Shuster....

Posted: November 1, 2017, 4:06 PM

SPECTRUM: 2017 VISUAL ARTS FACULTY EXHIBITION

Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC)

Opening Reception: Thursday November 2, 5 - 7pm Exhibition on view November 2 – December 16 The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture presents Spectrum: 2017 Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition,...

Posted: November 1, 2017, 4:03 PM

Apply for a Dresher Center 2018 Summer Faculty Fellowship

UMBC Faculty should apply by February 15, 2018

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites applications for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships (SFRF). Funding is intended to...

Posted: November 1, 2017, 1:03 PM

CFP: Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture

CfP: 24 Annual Conference on Language, Interaction, and Culture  April 5th – 7th, 2018 at UCLA Plenary speakers: H. Samy Alim, UCLA Anne Charity Hudley, UCSBBarbara Fox, UC Boulder...

Posted: November 1, 2017, 11:46 AM