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Stony Point Center 6th Annual Summer Institute

Farm the Land, Grow the Spirit

A Free Multifaith Peace, Justice and Earthcare Program for Young Adults June 1 – July 23, 2015 Includes the celebration of Ramadan The Stony Point Summer Institute is seeking Jewish,...

Posted: April 8, 2015, 4:05 PM

Hrabowski visits the Garden

Dr. Hrabowski visited the Garden on April 3rd to hear what the Garden and Just Food UMBC has been doing to improve the UMBC community. Students spoke to Dr. Hrabowski about how Garden has impacted...

Posted: April 8, 2015, 1:51 PM

2015 Doctoral Dissertation Grants competition - TIRF

Deadline is approaching!

The deadline for TIRF’s 2015 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition is quickly approaching, with an application deadline set for April 22, 2015. The DDG funding is intended to support...

Posted: April 7, 2015, 5:36 PM

DEADLINE MAY 1: Dresher Center Residential Faculty Fellows

Call for Proposals for Spring 2016 Fellowships Due on 5/1

Call for Proposals for Spring 2016 Residential Faculty Research Fellowships Application Deadline is May 1, 2015 The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two Residential...

Posted: April 7, 2015, 2:26 PM

Mill Stories to be Screened at International Film Festivals

Shewbridge and Stefano film selected for several festivals

A film by Bill Shewbridge and Michelle Stefano has been selected to be screened at several prestigious film festivals in May and June. Produced by Shewbridge, professor of the practice of media...

Posted: April 7, 2015, 1:54 PM

Salkever and Gibbons Awarded for Mental Health Article

Excellence in Mental Health and Economics Research Award

David Salkever (Public Policy) and Brent Gibbons (Ph.D., '13, Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research), were co-authors of an article that received a 2015 Excellence in Mental Health...

Posted: April 7, 2015, 1:45 PM

Lia Purpura, English, to Present Reading (4/10)

At Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts

English Writer in Residence Lia Purpura is scheduled to present readings from her new book It Shouldn’t Have Been Beautiful at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts on Friday, April 10...

Posted: April 6, 2015, 5:35 PM

Felipe Filomeno, POLI, Awarded Early Career Prize

Awarded by Latin American Studies Association

Felipe Filomeno, an assistant professor of political science, has been awarded the Early Career Prize of the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies Association. The award...

Posted: April 6, 2015, 5:25 PM

Dr. Katherine Seley-Radtke

Presidential Research Professor

Katherine Seley-Radtke, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, is the 2015-18 Presidential Research Professor. A UMBC faculty member since 2003, she is internationally known in her field for...

Posted: April 6, 2015, 10:12 AM