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Sylvia Trent-Adams appointed Acting Surgeon General

Public Policy PhD alum - Alumni of the Year for 2017

Named UMBC Outstanding Alumni of the Year for 2017. On April 21, 2017, Dr. Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD 2006, UMBC, was appointed as Acting Surgeon General.  In this capacity, she serves as the...

Posted: April 24, 2017, 3:59 PM

The Music of the Supremes During the Vietnam War

Podcast #4 from Dr. Johnson's Music and Wartime Class

Podcast by Jonathan Cogdell This podcast discusses the role of African-Americans in the Vietnam War and connects the unpopularity of the war itself with war-related, yet still somewhat...

Posted: April 22, 2017, 5:40 PM

Sedrick Smith: Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun

Sedrick Smith (cohort 18) has recenlty published an Op-Ed titled "Baltimore City College students 'crushed it'" in the Baltimore Sun. In the Op-Ed, Sedrick provides examples of how students in...

Posted: April 21, 2017, 9:38 AM

CFP: Moving from civil rights to human rights

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Oct. 25-28, 2017

The Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) invites you to its 2017 Annual Meeting. As peace scholars, educators, and activists, we are challenged to rise up and present a new vision, a new...

Posted: April 20, 2017, 12:29 PM

Event: Day of Action at UMBC - May 1st, 2017

A day of celebration of our immigrant communities

Join us for a day of celebration of our immigrant communities! [We invite members of our community to share readings, spoken words, music, performance, or your own immigrant...

Posted: April 19, 2017, 5:40 PM

Women's Center's Event: "Women in Activism"

With LLC panelists: Dr. Bev Bickel and Jacki Stone

We invite our LLC Community to the roundtable discussion "Women in Activism", organized by the Women's Center. This discussion features Dr. Bev Bickel, Jacki Stone (cohort 18), and Iman Said...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 2:56 PM

Dr. Christine Mallinson: "The revelatory power of language"

Podcast for the Maryland Council for the Humanities

Dr. Christine Mallinson has recently produced a 5-minute podcast titled "The Revelatory Power of Language," for the Maryland Humanities Council's "Humanities Connection" series for WYPR 88.1. In...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 11:45 AM

Holocaust Remembrance Day Event on April 24th

Prof. Rebecca Boehling: "Remembering Holocaust Victims"

Dr. Rebecca Boehling, Professor of History and Director of the Judaic Studies Program and the Global Studies Program at UMBC and former director of the International Tracing Service (ITS), will...

Posted: April 18, 2017, 11:27 AM

MCS Open Lab Hours Spring 2017

See flyer for information regarding MCS open computer lab hours (Thursdays 2:30-4:30p).

Posted: April 17, 2017, 1:41 PM