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UMBC receives $1.3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to diversify economics Ph.D.s
The UMBC economics department has received a $1.3 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to increase the number of students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups who complete...
Posted: November 27, 2017, 2:04 PM
UMBC’s Michelle R. Scott receives the 2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize
Michelle R. Scott, associate professor of history and Director of the Historical Studies Graduate Program, has received the 2017 Letitia Woods Brown Article Prize from the Association of Black...
Posted: November 17, 2017, 7:41 PM
UMBC receives $6 million gift from the George and Betsy Sherman Family Foundation for two urban education initiatives
UMBC has received a $6 million gift from the George and Betsy Sherman Family Foundation to establish a new Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities and expand the work of the Sherman STEM...
Posted: November 2, 2017, 9:54 AM
George Derek Musgrove launches book at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
George Derek Musgrove ’97, associate professor of history, launched his new book Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital, University of North Carolina Press, with...
Posted: November 1, 2017, 8:33 PM
Charissa Cheah receives Fulbright award to research identity development of Muslim Tunisian immigrant adolescents in Sicily
Charissa Cheah, professor of psychology, has received a Fulbright to collaborate with psychologists at the University of Palermo in Sicily to explore Muslim Tunisian immigrant adolescent identity...
Posted: October 31, 2017, 7:33 PM
Center for World University Rankings names UMBC as one of the world’s top universities
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) named UMBC as one of the top universities in the world according to their 2017 report released last week. UMBC lands in the top 1.9% of higher...
Posted: October 24, 2017, 7:09 PM
UMBC faculty offer context and analysis on major policy issues, from self-government in D.C. to healthcare
As fall semester has kicked into high gear, UMBC professors have connected not just with students in the classroom, but also with the broader public through research-based reflections on current...
Posted: October 9, 2017, 4:41 PM
Times Higher Ed and Wall Street Journal recognize UMBC as a top global and U.S. university
Times Higher Education (THE) has again recognized UMBC as one of the world’s top universities in its closely watched 2018 rankings, announced late Tuesday evening. This marks the sixth consecutive...
Posted: September 27, 2017, 4:51 PM
UMBC’s Chris Curran receives major NIJ grant for research on law enforcement in K–12 schools
UMBC’s F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of public policy, has received a two-year $620,000 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) grant to lead a new...
Posted: September 27, 2017, 2:29 PM
Christy Ford Chapin begins Library of Congress fellowship, continuing history faculty’s trend of research achievement
When Christy Ford Chapin, associate professor of history, began teaching at UMBC in 2012, she started by connecting curious students with the history of the American health care system. Her first...
Posted: September 25, 2017, 2:23 PM
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