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LLC Representatives Needed for GSA Senate and LLC GSO

An invitation for new and current LLC students!

Two LLC Representatives Needed for the UMBC Graduate Student Association (GSA) Senate and officers needed for the LLC Graduate Student Organization (GSO) GSA - Senate UMBC's Graduate...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 5:04 PM

Steve Sharkey selected for BizJournal 40 Under 40

Public Policy alumni Steve Sharkey (MPP, '06) was selected as one of the Baltimore Business Journal's "40 Under 40" for 2015. Steve is director of the Baltimore City Department of General...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 2:40 PM

LLC Announces its New Director

The Language, Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program is pleased to announce that Professor Cedric Herring will be its next Director beginning August 23, 2015. Prior to coming to UMBC last year,...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 10:37 AM

Andrew Miller, GES, Highlights UMBC's Environmental Activism

Highlights UMBC's role in the Urban Water Innovation Network

UMBC is a founding member and partner of a new consortium of 14 institutions to develop strategies to keep urban water systems healthy and address challenges that threaten them both nationally and...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:19 PM

Manil Suri, Mathematics, Writes New York Times Op-ed

About abortion policy in India

Mathematics Professor and New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer Manil Suri recently published his latest op-ed about abortion politics and legislation in India. In his column, Suri reacted to...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:17 PM

Orianne Smith, English, Wins Inaugural Book Award

British Association of Romantic Studies First Book Prize

Orianne Smith, associate professor and chair of English, has won the prestigious biennial First Book Prize from the British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS). Smith’s book Romantic Women...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:16 PM

Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference Invitation

September 19th - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

The 2nd Annual Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2015. at the Community College of Baltimore County, on the Dundalk campus from 8 a.m. to 4...

Posted: August 17, 2015, 7:35 PM

Mentors for CBM CARES® Initiative Needed

Orientation on August 19th 6:00 pm

The CBM CARES® National Mentoring Initiative is part of a comprehensive outreach project designed to improve academic and life outcomes for youth enrolled in middle schools nationwide where CBM...

Posted: August 17, 2015, 7:25 PM

Dean Julia Ross outlines UMBC’s commitment to increasing

diversity in engineering at White House Demo Day

The Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) seized the opportunity to outline tangible steps to improve the inclusiveness of engineering education at the...

Posted: August 10, 2015, 11:15 AM

CFP: New Directions in the Humanities

14th International Conference (8 -11 June 2016)

14th International Conference New Directions in the Humanities University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, USA 8-11 June 2016 Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters, or colloquia...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 10:41 PM