COEIT News Archive

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From UMBC News and Magazine

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

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

Sherman Scholars Live Out Founder’s Legacy

In Baltimore City, middle schoolers are making roller coasters out of insulation tubing and tape. High schoolers are dunking basketballs to learn math equations. And not too far away at UMBC, the...

Posted: November 29, 2021, 8:02 PM

Finding Your Voice in Fanfiction

Headshot of Sauro by Marlayna Demond ’11. Your favorite heroes are joining forces to fight Thanos in Avengers: Endgame. Suddenly, you watch as one by one, they are dropped off on Sesame...

Posted: November 22, 2021, 9:36 PM

Future of college will involve fewer professors

By Patricia A. Young, professor of literacy, culture, and instructional design & technology, UMBC At a large private university in Northern California, a business professor uses an avatar...

Posted: October 20, 2021, 7:31 PM