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History Prize

2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize

Prof. Michelle Scott has been awarded the 2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize for the best article in African American Women's History from the Association of Black Women's Historians (ABWH)...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 5:21 PM

Thurgood Marshall -50th Anniversary

Free screening of Documentary

The Judge AW Center, in partnership with the University of Baltimore School of Law, will hold a 50th anniversary event to celebrate Thurgood Marshall's elevation to the Supreme Court. Please join...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 5:12 PM

New director for McDaniel writing center

Vanessa Flora-Nakoski has joined McDaniel College as the new writing center director. In this role, she manages the day-to-day operations of the writing center and oversees McDaniel students who...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 2:41 PM

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: October 16, 2017, 1:34 PM

Of Note: Doaa Rashed (Cohort 11)

Doaa Rashed received the Achilles-Harper-Swenson Emerging Researcher Award for her research on “Investigating the Factors Influencing ESL Teacher Professional Identity in Higher Education: A Mixed...

Posted: October 13, 2017, 12:24 PM

Retriever Essentials

UMBC is proud to launch RETRIEVER ESSENTIALS: a new faculty, staff, and student partnership to tackle food insecurity in our university community. Across the United States, a large number of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:48 PM

IRB & Responsible Conduct of Research

Certification Workshop

Workshop Details: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12 noon - 3PM AOK Library 7th Floor Open Area Refreshments will be served. RSVP: https://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/51272   The Office of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:46 PM

Class Schedule Spring '18

Registration Opens October 30th

The LLC has just released the schedule of classes for this coming Spring (see schedule here). Registration begins on October 30th. Keep in mind that these are the classes offered by our...

Posted: October 11, 2017, 5:01 PM

Congratulations to Aarsh Sheth

Recipient of this year's La Noue Scholarship

We are pleased to announce that INDS freshman, Aarsh Sheth, has been selected to receive the La Noue scholarship in order to attend the AIS Conference. Our former director, Patricia La Noue,...

Posted: October 11, 2017, 9:05 AM

Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowships

Phi Kappa Phi Dissertation Fellowships ($10,000 each)

Dissertation Fellowship The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi annually awards ten Dissertation Fellowships of $10,000 each to active members who are doctoral candidates and are completing...

Posted: October 10, 2017, 11:47 AM