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Julie Rosenthal, Asian Studies, in Baltimore Sun

Discussing volunteer programs during holiday season

The Baltimore Sun  recently published an article about a series of volunteer opportunities organized by the Jewish Federation of Howard County on Christmas Day. Last year, 250 volunteers...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 1:35 PM

Christopher Swan, GES, in New York Times

Quoted about urban ecology in Manhattan

Christopher Swan, an associate professor of geography and environmental systems, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about an urban ecology study that found millions of tiny insects are...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 1:28 PM

Kate Brown, HIST, Named to Physics World Books of the Year

Latest in series of awards Brown has received for Plutopia

History Professor Kate Brown has been named to the Physics World 2014 Books of the Year list for her book Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 1:26 PM

Roy Meyers, POLI, Inducted to National Fellowship Program

National Academy of Public Administration Fellowship Program

Photo Courtesy National Academy of Public Administration Earlier this month at the National Academy of Public Administration annual meeting, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers was inducted...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 1:23 PM

Zane Berge, Education, Wins Prestigious AECT Awards

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

Zane Berge, professor of education, has won two prestigious Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) awards. Berge was named the winner of the Distance Education Book...

Posted: December 15, 2014, 1:21 PM

Congratulations to Andres Camacho

Andres tied for the first place in the UMBC idea competition

Congratulations to Andres Camacho for winning first place in the 5th annual UMBC Idea Competition with his idea of "True Greens".

Posted: December 11, 2014, 4:55 PM

The Humanities and Civic Engagement - Dresher Center

Humanities Forum Spring 2015

The UMBC Dresher Center Humanities Forum offers a program of events that illustrate the richness of contemporary work in philosophy, history, culture, language, literature and the arts. The Forum...

Posted: December 11, 2014, 11:27 AM

New ONLINE Winter Course - POLI 409: Disaster Politics

This is an online course only being offered in the January term. The course studies various natural and manmade disasters, from 9/11 to Hurricane Katrina and the Sichuan Earthquake (China), in an...

Posted: December 9, 2014, 1:16 PM

Focus Group About Student Experience

December 12 @ 2:00 pm - Commons 331

The Student Experience Strategy Group (as part of UMBC' strategic plan) is holding a focus group to learn how students currently experience campus resources, particularly in areas of athletics,...

Posted: December 8, 2014, 6:43 PM

Dr King featured in the UK's Guardian

Murder mystery is not just a whodunnit; it's real life

The podcast phenomenon has shone a light on the outskirts of the city where residents, police and amateur sleuths live with the fallout from a 1999 killing.

Posted: December 8, 2014, 4:56 PM