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Pickering Fellowship Application Available

For those interested in pursuing a Foreign Services career

For all juniors and seniors (plus grad students!) interested in a career in the Foreign Service field with the U.S. Department of State, the Pickering Fellowship funds graduate study (up to...

Posted: January 13, 2015, 9:45 PM

Spring 2015 = Poli-450

Do you Need Upper Level Credits?

If you are still searching for an upper level political science course to meet your major requirements or graduation upper level requirements, please consider POLI 450, a seminar in public...

Posted: January 13, 2015, 1:03 PM

Dance Department 2014 Wrap-Up

American College Dance Festival and a New Building!

2014 was a banner year for the UMBC Dance Department.  Senior dance major Alexis Renee DeVance's piece, Salt. Rose. Witness., was selected for the American College Dance Festival's National...

Posted: January 9, 2015, 2:24 PM

The Wizard of Oz: Teaching Children to Think

Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz interview on the children's classic

A video interpretation of Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz's interview on the Australian Broadcast Corporation with Ramona Koval. The video was produced by IMDA MFA Program Alumnus Peter Williams, a new...

Posted: January 8, 2015, 8:55 AM

Legal Internships Still Available

Earn academic credit working in a law office.

Two or Three Openings Still Available for Spring Legal Internships The legal internship program combines academic study with practical work experience with judges and attorneys.  Work 15...

Posted: January 7, 2015, 12:32 PM

INDS Senior Looking for Freshmen Students to Interview

Yoo-Jin Kang, a senior in INDS and MLL, recently received IRB approval to conduct interviews for an independent research project focusing on perceptions of intimate relationships and violence in...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 2:10 PM

Professors King & Shewbridge receive Hrabowski Grant!

Nicole King (AMST) and Bill Shewbridge (MCS) were awarded a grant from the Hrabowski Innovation Fund for their project, Emerging Media Across the Curriculum. “Baltimore Stories” is a collaborative...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 3:13 AM

NEH Division of Research Grants Workshop: February 20, 2015

Regional Workshop to be held at UMBC

Presented by the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Research will conduct a...

Posted: December 22, 2014, 3:52 PM

Information Session on 2015 SFF and SRAIS Funding

Internal Research Funding Workshop on January 12, 2015

The Office of the Vice President for Research will conduct a workshop on internal funding opportunities for faculty on Monday, January 12, 2015, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Two internal research programs...

Posted: December 22, 2014, 2:55 PM