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Sweat equity—UMBC’s arts, humanities, and social science interns use campus connections and resources to find ideal summer placements
Used to working in beautiful sunny weather, Giovanna Orfali, a visual arts senior from São Paulo, Brazil, spent this summer behind the camera as a digital content intern at the Maryland Center for...
Posted: August 21, 2025, 11:00 AM
Meet a Retriever—Dann Malihom ’10, M.A. ’16, UMBC staff member, sociology faculty, and Alumni Association board member
Meet Dann Malihom ’10, M.A. ’16. Dann has spent most of his adult life at UMBC. He is a double alum (with plans to be a triple alum one day), earning both his degrees in sociology. He is a UMBC...
Posted: August 1, 2025, 9:23 AM
Meet a Retriever—Emmanuella Osei, public health and sociology junior and fearless leader
Meet Emmanuella Osei, a junior studying public health and sociology and the president of UMBC’s Public Health Council of Majors. She is passionate about health equity, public service, and...
Posted: February 3, 2025, 4:57 PM
Nancy Kusmaul, social work, receives “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy
Nancy Kusmaul, associate professor of social work, a scholar and advocate for the rights of older adults and professional caregivers, received the “Outstanding Individual in Academia” award from...
Posted: April 26, 2024, 2:16 PM
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
Written by Loren Henderson, associate professor of public policy, UMBC and Ruby Mendenhall, associate professor in sociology, African American studies, urban and regional planning, and social...
Posted: May 3, 2023, 4:18 PM
Meet a Retriever—Adeola Ojomo, sociology major and academic peer advocate
Meet Adeola Ojomo, a sophomore sociology major who started working on campus helping other students as an academic peer advocate (APA) after being inspired by another APA who helped her with some...
Posted: March 13, 2023, 11:08 AM
The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation
Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, UMBC On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day,...
Posted: May 20, 2022, 9:40 AM
I’m a Black sociologist, and a mom – by listening to other Black mothers, I’ve learned about their pandemic struggles and strengths
By Loren Henderson, associate professor, Sociology, UMBC I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild,...
Posted: April 29, 2022, 4:59 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
Her Science Is the World’s
Corbett in the Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building on campus in April 2021. Photo by Marlayna Demond ’11. Everyone who’s ever met Kizzmekia Corbett ’08, M16, biological sciences and...
Posted: June 10, 2021, 2:54 PM
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