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Dept. of Music Receives Charlesmead Award

(from left to right: Daniel Pesca, Janice Jackson, Jarl Hulbert, and Alethia Starke) The Department of Music announces the receipt of a Charlesmead award (in the amount of $33,725) to fund a...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 9:53 AM

Dr. Shirley Basfield Dunlap

A virtual reflection and celebration of our dear LLC Alum

We write to share the sorrowful news that we have lost one of our own LLC alums, Dr. Shirley Basfield Dunlap. Dr. Basfield Dunlap, a member of LLC cohort 16, graduated in Spring 2018, with her...

Posted: June 19, 2020, 2:11 PM

Calls to Rename Maryland Dorms, Schools

FOX 45 Interview with Loren Henderson, Associate Professor.

There's a growing cultural shift in the wake of nationwide protests. Quaker Oats is pulling the "Aunt Jemima" brand, which they say is rooted in in a racial stereotype. The University of...

Posted: June 19, 2020, 11:38 AM

Race, Ethnicity and the Covid-19 Global Pandemic volume

Call for Chapters

Call for Chapters    Race, Ethnicity and the Covid-19 Global Pandemic     Editors:    Melvin E. Thomas, Ph. D.  Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina...

Posted: June 15, 2020, 9:36 AM

Public Health Virtual Fair

July 8th - Register Now!

Follow the link below to register!  https://www.careereco.com/Fair/EventDetails?fairId=cec1973e-6ef6-4926-9546-ab1a0155395b

Posted: June 11, 2020, 12:20 PM

A statement in concern and support

From Susan Sterett, Director, School of Public Policy

Dear Colleagues, I am grateful to work at UMBC, with its commitment to equity and inclusion. Our leaders issued a superb statement about the inequality that videos of police and community...

Posted: June 10, 2020, 4:27 PM