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Funding Opportunities

for Social Science Faculty & Graduate Students

Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. If you are working on a particular project and would like additional assistance in finding funding opportunities, please...

Posted: November 28, 2018, 3:52 PM

RFP Learning Model Develop. for Early Childhood Leadership

(Cohort-Based)

RFP Learning Model Development for Cohort-Based Early Childhood Leadership The Maryland Early Childhood Leadership Program (MECLP), in partnership with UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning...

Posted: November 28, 2018, 1:24 PM

Prof. Curran publ. study on impact of "safe passages"

Chicago study publ. in Criminal Justice Policy Review

Does the placement of hundreds of adult monitors on designated streets around schools reduce reported crime?  This is the question explored in a new study published this week in Criminal Justice...

Posted: November 26, 2018, 1:59 PM

Black Teacher Discussion with Dr. Santelises and Dr. Ashley

An unfiltered conversation

Please join City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises and panelists Ashley Griffin, director of P-12 research for The Education Trust, City Schools' 2018 Teacher of the Year LaQuisha Hall, and Waverly...

Posted: November 20, 2018, 3:57 PM

Celebrating Baltimore’s Native American Culture

Maryland is home to nearly 60,000 people of Native American heritage. The Baltimore American Indian Center is working hard to keep cultural traditions alive. Community artist and...

Posted: November 20, 2018, 3:39 PM

Prof. Short discusses hosting Olympic Games on CBC News

Explains costs and challenges for cities hosting

Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short was interviewed last week by CBC News, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation's flagship news program. During the interview, he discussed the challenges and...

Posted: November 19, 2018, 12:29 PM

Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumni

Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments!   Jasmine Abrams, Psychology, received an NIH grant to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma in...

Posted: November 19, 2018, 11:54 AM

New Directions in the Humanities Conference

Call for Papers Deadline: November 28, 2018

The Seventeenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held at the University of Granada in Granada, Spain on July 3-5, 2019. The special focus for the conference...

Posted: November 19, 2018, 9:26 AM

Of Note: Ibrahim Er and Harry Bhandari

Recent LLC Student Accomplishments

Ibrahim Er (Cohort 16) was recently named the Spring 2019 Dresher Center Graduate Student Research Fellow....

Posted: November 16, 2018, 11:41 AM