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2017 Alumni Awards celebrate impressive contributions

The UMBC community gathered for the 2017 UMBC Alumni Awards on October 5 in the Linehan Concert Hall to celebrate individuals who have made impressive contributions to society through their work....

Posted: October 17, 2017, 10:47 AM

History Prize

2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize

Prof. Michelle Scott has been awarded the 2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize for the best article in African American Women's History from the Association of Black Women's Historians (ABWH)...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 5:21 PM

Thurgood Marshall -50th Anniversary

Free screening of Documentary

The Judge AW Center, in partnership with the University of Baltimore School of Law, will hold a 50th anniversary event to celebrate Thurgood Marshall's elevation to the Supreme Court. Please join...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 5:12 PM

New director for McDaniel writing center

Vanessa Flora-Nakoski has joined McDaniel College as the new writing center director. In this role, she manages the day-to-day operations of the writing center and oversees McDaniel students who...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 2:41 PM

Mid-tenure Reviews: Dr. Anson and Dr. Blake

Input needed from POLI students

This year, two Political Science assistant professors—Dr. Ian Anson and Dr. William Blake—are scheduled for their mid-tenure reviews. The faculty have tasked two, two-person student committees to...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 1:34 PM

English MA Student Published in Rolling Stone

Trevor Ruben, a former student in the English MA program, recently published an article in Rolling Stone related to his thesis research. The article, titled "Why Microtransaction and Loot Boxes...

Posted: October 15, 2017, 5:22 PM

Of Note: Doaa Rashed (Cohort 11)

Doaa Rashed received the Achilles-Harper-Swenson Emerging Researcher Award for her research on “Investigating the Factors Influencing ESL Teacher Professional Identity in Higher Education: A Mixed...

Posted: October 13, 2017, 12:24 PM

AAA Meeting: DC, November 29th -- special event

If you're attending AAA, you may be interested in this event

The Anthropology and Mental Health Interest Group (AMHIG) is hosting a Knowledge Exchange Event on Wednesday, November 29, from 8:30 am-12:45 pm at the annual meeting of the American...

Posted: October 13, 2017, 10:47 AM

Retriever Essentials

UMBC is proud to launch RETRIEVER ESSENTIALS: a new faculty, staff, and student partnership to tackle food insecurity in our university community. Across the United States, a large number of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:48 PM

IRB & Responsible Conduct of Research

Certification Workshop

Workshop Details: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12 noon - 3PM AOK Library 7th Floor Open Area Refreshments will be served. RSVP: https://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/51272   The Office of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:46 PM