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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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Kate Brown, History, Receives Book Review from Inside Higher Ed and Los Angeles Review of Books

History Professor Kate Brown will soon publish a new book at the end of May on her experiences traveling and conducting research in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, the basement of a hotel in...

Posted: April 30, 2015, 7:18 PM

Christopher Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, Discusses Maryland Green Prisons Initiative in the Baltimore Sun

Christopher Swan, an associate professor of geography and environmental systems, is leading the Maryland Green Prisons Initiative, which was launched in partnership with the Maryland Department of...

Posted: April 30, 2015, 7:16 PM

UMBC Faculty Provide Perspective and Reflect on Recent Events in Baltimore

In response to recent events that have transpired in Baltimore over the last several days, several UMBC faculty have engaged in thoughtful reflection and dialogue in the news around the complex...

Posted: April 29, 2015, 6:20 PM

Craig Saper, LLC, Co-Edits New Publication on Critical Studies in the Humanities

Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) Professor and Director Craig Saper, with contributions to the manuscript preparation and index from LLC doctoral students Felix Burgos and Kevin Wisniewski,...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 5:29 PM

Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, Reacts to the Freddie Gray Story on The Marc Steiner Show

On April 23, WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show hosted a panel discussion on reaction to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died of a spinal injury a week after being chased and tackled by...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 5:16 PM

UMBC Students Share Stories: Navigating College with Mental Health Challenges (5/6)

On Wednesday, May 6, the Children’s Mental Health Matters! Campaign, Taking Flight, UMBC YouthFIRST team, UMBC Counseling Center, the Department of Psychology, NAMI at UMBC, Maryland Early...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 3:06 PM

Lipitz Lecture: India, Pakistan, and Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence Stability in South Asia (5/7)

Humanities/Social Sciences Forum Thursday, May 7 | 4:00 p.m. Lipitz Lecture Devin Hagerty, Professor of Political Science and Director, Global Studies, UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery ...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 3:05 PM

Joseph Tatarewicz, History, in the Christian Science Monitor

In light of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble telescope, Joseph Tatarewicz, an associate professor of history, was quoted extensively in a Christian Science Monitor article and...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 3:04 PM

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Participates in Community Development Program 2015 in Appalachia

Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz recently traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee to participate in the Program on Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia. The program is...

Posted: April 24, 2015, 3:04 PM

Laura Hussey, Political Science, on WYPR

Laura Hussey, an associate professor of political science, recently discussed on WYPR the police accountability bills that died in committees on the last day of the 2015 Maryland General Assembly...

Posted: April 23, 2015, 7:42 PM

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