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For the third time in five years, UMBC is named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution
Within just a few months of living in Piątek, a small town in central Poland, Leah Michaels, M.F.A ’19, intermedia and digital arts, has already traveled to Romania, where many recipients of the...
Posted: February 13, 2024, 11:32 AM
Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? 4 scholars weigh in
Written by Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University; Asim Ali, Auburn University; Patricia A. Young, professor of education UMBC, and Shital Thekdi, University of Richmond One of the most intense...
Posted: September 6, 2023, 10:16 AM
Writing your way through your own history—and sharing the narrative
Family stories, told honestly, reach people in ways that reams of advice and pages in history books cannot. When personal narratives reach the classroom, students respond by opening up, say two...
Posted: June 1, 2023, 1:07 PM
Helping English language learners gain confidence through community
Grant Clifton Degree: M.A., Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Hometown: Fresno, CA Post-grad plans: English language educator in Indonesia For Grant Clifton,...
Posted: May 10, 2023, 9:46 AM
Inclusion Imperative spotlights six years of innovation in community-engaged humanities research and teaching
UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities recently partnered with the National Humanities Alliance to host Inclusion and Public Humanities: A Convening, one of the culminating events in the final...
Posted: May 4, 2023, 2:30 PM
UMBC students, educators, and researchers advance Maryland through innovative computing partnership
In early 2022, Nadja Franklin ‘23 was exploring summer opportunities through the UMBC Career Center when she heard about a chance to connect with tech internships at Maryland’s state agencies. As...
Posted: August 3, 2022, 2:43 PM
UMBC’s 2022 Fulbright student scholars will travel the world to explore difficult questions
Eight recent UMBC graduates and alumni will soon travel to countries across three continents as 2022 Fulbright U.S. Student scholars. They include emerging leaders in education, astrophysics,...
Posted: June 16, 2022, 3:23 PM
Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts from the 1980s
By Fred L. Pincus, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, UMBC A conservative leader found fault with how “respect for our nation’s heritage” had been mostly stripped from the textbooks of public...
Posted: March 7, 2022, 4:01 PM
$21M Sherman Family Foundation gift supports UMBC’s bold commitment to PreK-12 research, teaching, and learning
The largest gift in the history of UMBC—a $21 million donation from the Sherman Family Foundation—will dramatically expand the reach and impact of the university’s K-12 and early childhood...
Posted: February 24, 2022, 6:00 PM
Game Changers
At their most basic levels, learning and play can look a lot alike. Both call for creativity and resourcefulness; inspire curiosity; and require failure, reflection, and practice. For some...
Posted: December 8, 2021, 10:01 PM
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