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Kimberly Moffitt, AMST, on Marc Steiner Show

On legislation that would lift police's carrying restriction

On February 26, WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show  hosted a discussion on a bill before Maryland legislators that would lift restrictions on when police officers could carry their weapons, which would...

Posted: February 27, 2015, 2:27 PM

James Grubb Named Trustee of Philanthropic Organization

HIST Professor Honored by Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

History Professor James Grubb has been selected to serve as one of three trustees of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, a philanthropic foundation headquartered in New York.  According to its...

Posted: February 27, 2015, 2:24 PM

George Derek Musgrove, HIST, in the Washington Post

Quoted about DC mayor ushering in legal marijuana

George Derek Musgrove ’97, history, associate professor of history, was quoted in a February 26 article in the Washington Post that examined Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s role in ushering...

Posted: February 27, 2015, 2:12 PM

UMBC Delegation to 13th National Model African Union

Howard University, February 19 - 22, 2015

Dr. Gloria Chuku, Faculty Advisor to UMBC Delegation Three of our six delegates served as officers at the 13th National Modern African Union. Congratulations to- Connor Alexander,...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 7:07 PM

National Endowment for the Humanities Workshop at UMBC

Dresher Center and CAHSS host regional NEH Grants Workshop

UMBC welcomed the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a regional grant-writing workshop on February 20, 2015. The workshop, conducted by the NEH’s Division of Research Programs, was...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 3:40 PM

VisArts Eric Dyer in The Huffington Post

A Modern Master of the Zoetrope

Remember zoetropes? They may be a bit before your time. The zoetrope, derived from the Greek root words for "life" and "turning," is an optical toy invented before the days of film and cinema. The...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 12:17 PM

Fall Internship Opportunity

Good afternoon, The Office of Opinion Research (OPN) at the U.S. Department of State has undergraduate and graduate student internship opportunities for the fall of 2015. OPN conducts polls in...

Posted: February 26, 2015, 9:53 AM

DEADLINE MARCH 15: Dresher Center Grad Student Fellowships

Call for Proposals for Fall 2015 Fellowships Due on 3/15

The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two residential graduate student research fellowships. Funding will be given for the fall 2015 semester and is intended to promote...

Posted: February 25, 2015, 9:59 AM

Vega: Digital Publishing Platform For Scholarship

Dr. Cheryl E. Ball - West Virginia University

Thursday, March 12 12:30pm to 2:30pm Location: PAHB Room 216 The Dresher Center for the Humanities Digital Humanities Working Group Lunch will be provided This presentation will...

Posted: February 24, 2015, 11:26 AM

Kudos to our own Jill Wrigley!

She has received a $5,000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Curriculum Grant from the Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship to incorporate entrepreneurial thinking and skills into her project-based...

Posted: February 23, 2015, 10:57 AM