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Fall 2021 Culture Course Highlight

ANTH/ASIA 214 - Everyday Life in South Asia

** GEP Culture Credit** Course Description: This course examines how people are making -- and making sense of -- their lives in a changing South Asia. Students will read ethnographic accounts...

Posted: July 26, 2021, 11:14 AM

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Director

of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities

Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon on her appointment of Director of Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities! We congratulate Dr. Mata-McMahon and wish her great success...

Posted: July 22, 2021, 11:16 AM

Duo della Luna CD Debut

Violin professor Airi Yoshioka has released Mangetsu, a debut CD recording with singer and composer Susan Botti for Duo della Luna. Mangetsu (“full moon”) is the title of the work Susan Botti...

Posted: July 21, 2021, 2:27 PM

Prof. Ali is interviewed about citizen oversight of police

Featured in news segment from FOX47 in East Lansing, MI

Last week, Public Policy Professor Mir Usman Ali was featured in a news segment in which he was interviewed about his research on citizen oversight of police.  The story comes from Fox47 in...

Posted: July 20, 2021, 2:39 PM

Dr. Nell Flanders - Visiting Lecturer in Orchestra Studies

UMBC is delighted to introduce and welcome Dr. Nell Flanders to our community as our new Visiting Lecturer in Orchestra Studies to lead our orchestra.    Conductor, violinist, and educator Dr....

Posted: July 20, 2021, 10:44 AM

Prof. Emeritus Brennan publ. analysis of tech policy debate

Reviews Sec. 230 of Telecommunications Act of 1996

In his recent article for the Technology Policy Institute, Public Policy Professor Emeritus Tim Brennan discusses Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 , which protects internet...

Posted: July 14, 2021, 4:39 PM

Graduate Assistant Position Announcement for Sherman Center

Applications Due By: August 4, 2021

Department:  Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities/ Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Program (MECLP) Department Description: The multidisciplinary Sherman Center for...

Posted: July 14, 2021, 11:21 AM

Maryland Teacher Tutors: Hiring Summer Tutors

Where: DC, When: July - August 2021

Maryland Teacher Tutors are hiring summer tutors for school partnerships in DC. Tutoring will occur in July and August and pay is between $40-$55 an hour. Teachers comfortable with ELA/Math for...

Posted: July 14, 2021, 11:16 AM

Prof. Emeritus La Noue publ. commentary on ARPA

Reviews provisions of 2021 COVID relief bill

Professor Emeritus George R. La Noue has published a new commentary piece on legal provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), particularly sections pertaining to the Restaurant...

Posted: July 13, 2021, 7:16 PM

YOUR INPUT NEEDED on FDC programming

Help us to ensure we're meeting your needs this fall!

The Faculty Development Center (FDC) supports faculty in all aspects of their teaching role at the University. In addition to our services and consultations, we provide many programs throughout...

Posted: July 12, 2021, 10:51 AM

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