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Apply for a Dresher Center Summer Faculty Fellowship

Deadline: February 15, 2017 (Info session on Dec. 12th)

The Dresher Center for the Humanities and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) invites applications for Summer Faculty Research Fellowships (SFRF). Funding is intended to...

Posted: December 5, 2016, 9:56 AM

Event: Carole McCann: Figuring the Population Bomb

Malthusian Masculinities and Demographic Transitions

December 7th - 4:00 to 5:30 pm Albin O. Khun Gallery (Library) 10TH ANNUAL KORENMAN LECTURE Carole McCann, Chair and Professor of Gender + Women’s Studies, UMBC On November 11, 1959,...

Posted: December 5, 2016, 8:15 AM

CAHSS Centers Fellowship Proposal Faculty Workshop

Register Now for December 12th Workshop

CAHSS Centers Fellowship Proposal Workshop Monday, December 12, 2016 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. (lunch provided), Commons 331 This workshop is for faculty who are interested in or planning to...

Posted: December 1, 2016, 8:42 PM

Nancy Rankie Shelton receives national book award

A thought-provoking memoir about love, loss, and survival published earlier this year by Nancy Rankie Shelton has received a 2016 Best Book Award. Shelton, a professor of education, is the author...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 9:57 PM

UMBC's Asian American Faculty Council Receives Approval

It’s official, folks. The steering committee for the new Asian American Faculty Council received administration approval! The new group’s aims: to promote the recruitment and retention of faculty...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 3:46 PM

Congratulations to LLC's Latest Candidates!

Candidacy Ceremony on November 10

Congratulations to our doctoral candidates who were honored at the Nov 10th Candidacy Reception sponsored by the Graduate School. [Left to right] Jessica Floyd, Shirley Basfield Dunlap, Tymofey...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 10:05 AM

Aiyda Evans goes "viral" with her Undergraduate Students

We want to share with our LLC community news about a Social Justice Project that Aiyda Evans (Cohort 19) has carried out with her students at Morgan State University in the Department of Sociology...

Posted: November 30, 2016, 9:56 AM

Federal Judge Halts Overtime Rule

What Is The New FLSA Overtime Rule?

What Is The New FLSA Overtime Rule? The rule extends overtime protections to 4.2 million workers who are not currently eligible under federal law. Workers who do not earn at least $47,476 a...

Posted: November 29, 2016, 10:44 AM