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FULBRIGHT INFORMATION SESSION

Come learn about the Fulbright Program

Have you ever thought about living abroad for a year after you graduate? Are you interested in teaching English? Doing independent research? Enrolling in graduate school? Then come hear about the...

Posted: April 3, 2020, 6:16 PM

Challenges & Suggestions for Balancing Teaching & Self-Care

Shared by colleagues at a virtual FDC session!

On Wednesday, April 1, 22 faculty joined the 5 FDC staff to virtually crowdsource best ideas about balancing teaching and self-care during a Bring Your Biggest Challenge/Bring Your Best Idea...

Posted: April 3, 2020, 11:04 AM

Ruken Isik publishes article in Ahval News

Ruken Isik (LLC Cohort 17) shared a link to an article she just wrote for Ahval News entitled, "Political prisoners set to be kept behind bars despite Turkish coronavirus amnesty."

Posted: April 2, 2020, 2:56 PM

Call for Faculty Working Groups

Apply by May 30, 2020 for Fall 2020

The Center for Social Science Scholarship invites applications for Faculty Working Groups to promote intellectual exchange in the social sciences and across campus. These collaborative scholarly...

Posted: April 2, 2020, 2:48 PM

Social Science Research and Responses to COVID-19

Stay connected - faculty, students, & alumni

Social Science Research and Responses to COVID-19   Members of the UMBC social science community have been leading efforts to research and respond to COVID-19.    A new National Science...

Posted: April 2, 2020, 9:05 AM

Coronavirus Chronicles Archive

Sharing Stories Through Isolation

The Coronavirus Chronicles Archive is a publicly sourced, transnational database of stories about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on everyday life. Based out of the University of...

Posted: April 1, 2020, 5:09 PM

New Data Visualization course offered Summer Session 1

Data Visualization Concepts - open to students of all areas!

This summer, the School of Public Policy is offering a special topics course in Data Visualization. We are partnering with Lee Boot, director of the UMBC Imaging Resource Center (IRC), to offer...

Posted: April 1, 2020, 11:57 AM

Sedrick Smith Successfully Defends his Dissertation!

On March 30, 2020 Sedrick Smith of LLC Cohort 18 successfully defended his dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy. His defense went very smoothly, despite its being the...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 1:47 PM