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Dresher Center - Fall Humanities Forum

Fall 2015 events sponsored by the Dresher Center

Each semester, the Dresher Center for the Humanities promotes a series of events of outmost importance for the field of the Humanities and the Social Sciences. There is a great line-up of events...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 7:02 PM

France-Merrick Scholarship Program

Scholarships for Service

2015-16 France-Merrick Scholarship Program Scholarships for Service   The Shriver Center coordinates this undergraduate scholarship program, funded by the France-Merrick Foundation. Now...

Posted: August 5, 2015, 10:37 AM

Kate Drabinski, GWST, Writes About Baltimore's LGBTQ History

Published in City Paper during Pride Week

During Pride Week, Kate Drabinski, a lecturer of gender and women’s studies, wrote a column in City Paper about the work being done to document and preserve Baltimore’s LGBTQ history. In her...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:35 PM

Clifford Murphy, AMST, Selected as National Arts Director

New director of folk and traditional arts for NEA

Clifford Murphy, an adjunct lecturer of American studies, has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to be its new director of folk and traditional arts. Murphy, an adjunct...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:33 PM

Vélez-Hagan, PUBL, Weighs in on Puerto Rico's Fiscal Crisis

Ph.D student explains the severity of the situation

With Puerto Rico currently $72 billion in debt, School of Public Policy Ph.D. student Justin Vélez-Hagan has been in the news recently explaining the severity of the situation and its potential...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:32 PM

Tatarewicz, HIST, Sets Historical Context for Pluto Flyby

In the Conversation, analyzing history of space exploration

On July 21, Joseph Tatarewicz, an associate professor of history, published an article in The Conversation analyzing the history of space exploration in light of the recent NASA New Horizons Pluto...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:30 PM

Dresher Center Announces 2015-16 Residential Fellows

Residential Faculty Research Fellows Denise D. Meringolo, Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History Project: “Radical Roots: Civic Engagement, Public History, and a Tradition...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:27 PM

James Smalls, VArts, Writes on Race, Gender, and Sexuality

Visual Arts professor published in The Conversation

On July 23, James Smalls, professor of Visual Arts and affiliate professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, published an article in The Conversation that discussed the rationale behind his upcoming...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:19 PM

Sunil Dasgupta, POLI, On What Makes A Modern World Power

Published again in ISN News

Sunil Dasgupta, director of UMBC’s political science program at the Universities of Shady Grove, recently published an article in International Relations and Security Network (ISN) News on the...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:17 PM

John Rennie Short, PUBL, Discusses Cities' Impact on Climate

Featured in The Conversation discussing climate change

In the wake of the visit of 65 mayors to the Vatican to discuss climate change, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short wrote an article for The Conversation reflecting on the central...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:12 PM