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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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Robert Provine, Psychology, in the Globe and Mail and New York Magazine

Psychology Research Professor and Professor Emeritus Robert Provine has been in the news recently for his research on crying. In an article published in Canada’s Globe and Mail, Provine shared...

Posted: March 20, 2015, 3:18 PM

GES Seminar Series: Children’s Rights From a Critical Geographic Perspective (3/25)

The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems (GES) is delighted to announce that Dr. Stuart Aitken, Professor of Geography and the June Burnett Chair of Children’s and Family Geographies...

Posted: March 20, 2015, 3:17 PM

Kate Brown, History, in Time and Al Jazeera America

History professor Kate Brown has been in the news reflecting on two major recent news stories: the death of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and a Pasco, Washington police shooting case....

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:55 PM

Clifford Murphy, American Studies, in The Conversation

In February, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a box set and book dedicated to Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter – an influential country musician in the...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:54 PM

Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun

In response to legislation being tabled that would have allowed Baltimore City schools’ police force to carry handguns while working inside or patrolling school buildings, Kimberly Moffitt...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:52 PM

John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, in The Coversation, Gives Keynote Address at French Embassy

With the percentage of the world’s population that lives in cities continuing to grow, School of Public Policy professor John Rennie Short published an article in The Conversation examining what...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:51 PM

Tyson King-Meadows and Thomas Schaller, Political Science, on The Marc Steiner Show

On March 12, Tyson King-Meadows, an associate professor of political science and chair of Africana studies, was a guest on WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show to discuss his experience attending the 50th...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:48 PM

Laura Hussey, Political Science, and Donald Norris, School of Public Policy, Discuss Anthony Brown’s Decision to Run for Congress

After former Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown announced he was running for the U.S. House seat vacated by Rep. Donna Edwards, reaction came in from across Maryland on Brown’s decision to jump back into...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:46 PM

Jason Loviglio, Media and Communication Studies, in City Paper

Jason Loviglio, associate professor and chair of media and communication studies, was quoted in a March 10 City Paper article that examined WYPR’s use of underwriting. Loviglio, who is writing a...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:45 PM

Humanities Forum: Four Types of Feminist Empiricism (3/26)

Humanities Forum Thursday, March 26 | 4:00 p.m. Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture Miriam Solomon, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Temple University University Center, Room 312 “Feminist...

Posted: March 19, 2015, 3:41 PM

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