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The Last days of The Hour Haus

Droneberg & Goodrich on the end of the Hour Haus era

At midnight on Thursday, July 30th, 2015, the final amps and drum kits were reluctantly lugged out of Station North's longtime music rehearsal space, The Hour Haus.  After 25 years as a music...

Posted: July 31, 2015, 6:15 PM

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES

Move Date Aug 3, 2015

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES WE'VE MOVED! COME VISIT US IN OUR NEW LOCAITON Fine Arts Building  5th Floor (south elevator) Main office - Room 535 410-455-2158 o 410-455-1076 f

Posted: July 31, 2015, 3:39 PM

A new journal article by Dr. Yang!

Check out Dr. Yang's new publication, A Bite of China: Food, Media, and the Televisual Negotiation of National Difference.

Posted: July 29, 2015, 5:08 PM

Course Offering: LLC 890: Research Proposal Seminar

Fall 2015

LLC 890: Research Proposal Seminar in Fall 2015 LLC 890 is an intensive research writing course that is open to all students who have a major research-based writing project. It is useful for...

Posted: July 29, 2015, 2:45 PM

Graduate Research Assistantships Available - Fully funded

Opportunity for Doctoral Students

MIPAR has several openings for fully funded GRA's to be placed at the Maryland Deptartment of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) on West Preston Street in Baltimore City. These assistantships...

Posted: July 29, 2015, 2:39 PM

PROMISE now on Tumblr

Obtain news and updates about the PROMISE Program

The PROMISE Program is now on Tumblr where you can find daily updates with information on research or program funding opportunities, lifehacks, special advice, and anything that might be relevant...

Posted: July 29, 2015, 11:58 AM

RACE AND THE LAW

DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES

RACE AND THE LAW Fall Semester 2015 AFST 440 SECTION1: RACE AND THE LAW WEDNESDAYS 7:10PM - 9:40PM - ENG. BLDG RM 336 PROFESSOR MICHELLE DAVIS, ESQ. Explore why American ideals of equality...

Posted: July 29, 2015, 11:40 AM

Justin Vélez-Hagan on Puerto Rico's debt

Justin Vélez-Hagan, Public Policy Ph.D. student, and Executive Director of the National Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce, discussed the Puerto Rican debt crisis on Al Jazeera English on July 13,...

Posted: July 28, 2015, 3:48 PM

CSEE Prof. Jian Chen Receives Jian Chen receives grant for

health informatics data visualization

CSEE professor Jian Chen recently received an award from Department of Defense to to develop new techniques to visualize health informatics data. The award will support two UMBC research students...

Posted: July 24, 2015, 3:48 PM