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UMBC Magazine: See The Challenge, Be The Change

Written by: Megan Hanks Mastrola. Modeled after a national program, UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program was established in the College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) in Fall 2016. Over the past six years, the program has expanded, drawing together students from various disciplines to address major challenges that the world is facing. Ranging from engineering better medicines and securing cyberspace. …

Posted: July 11, 2022

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F. Chris Curran writes Baltimore Sun op-ed about educational opportunity in Baltimore City

Following up on the recent release of several education assessments for the state of Maryland, F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, wrote a Baltimore Sun op-ed...

Posted: November 23, 2015, 9:42 PM

APHA national meeting features UMBC leadership in social and policy dimensions of health research

UMBC took center stage as more than 13,000 public health professionals gathered in Chicago for the American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting, November 1-4, 2015. President Freeman...

Posted: November 13, 2015, 11:51 PM

John Rennie Short weighs costs and benefits of new “urban resurgence” in cities across the globe

On United Nations’ World Cities Day, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short published a column in The Conversation about what he calls the “Third Revolution,” or urban resurgence of...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 3:51 PM

UMBC researchers collaborate to improve sustainability, with impacts in Maryland and across the nation

Local sustainability researchers and thought leaders took center stage on October 16, 2015, at a forum for urban sustainability in Baltimore, hosted by UMBC’s School of Public Policy. The forum...

Posted: October 23, 2015, 4:18 PM

School of Public Policy hosts forum on Urban Sustainability in Baltimore

Many local governments around the country are redesigning and rethinking policies and programs to become more sustainable. Baltimore has been a model for other cities by promoting collaboration...

Posted: October 22, 2015, 10:53 AM

John Rennie Short analyzes policy basis of increasing costs and damage of wildfires

In an article published September 23 in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short argued that a number of current federal policies, economic practices, and social...

Posted: September 24, 2015, 11:50 AM

John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, Explains the Impact of Wealth on Immigration Policy in The Conversation

In a new column in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short revealed how immigrants can be treated differently based on wealth. Short wrote about how Canada’s...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 7:23 PM

F. Chris Curran, School of Public Policy, Writes About Teacher Overtime Policy in Education Week

F. Chris Curran, a new assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently wrote a letter to the editor about including teachers in overtime pay discussions that was published...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:06 PM

Tim Brennan, School of Public Policy and Economics, Comments on Net Neutrality in the Brisbane Times

Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in a recent Brisbane Times article about the possibility of proposed net neutrality rules in Australia. Brennan, who served as...

Posted: August 27, 2015, 8:24 PM

John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, Proposes Permanent Venue for the Summer Olympics

In a July 28 Washington Post op-ed, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short argued that a permanent island location should be established to host the Summer Olympic Games. He wrote...

Posted: July 31, 2015, 2:41 PM

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