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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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MLLI Faculty and Students Featured in Russia Beyond the Headlines, Voice of America

On December 7, the UMBC Russian Club presented an evening of Russian song, cuisine, and fashion to promote cross-cultural understanding and to look beyond recent news headlines of strained...

Posted: December 11, 2014, 4:09 PM

“Revolution of the Eye” Receives Funding from the National Endowment for the Arts

The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded $40,000 in support of the exhibition Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television, curated by Maurice Berger, research...

Posted: December 10, 2014, 7:27 PM

School of Public Policy Hosts Forum on Maryland’s Health Services Cost Review Commission (HSCRC)

Maryland is in the process of implementing a new all-payer model for hospital payment. Under this system, the federal government permits the statewide Health Services Cost Review Commission...

Posted: December 10, 2014, 6:26 PM

Carlo DiClemente, Psychology, Appointed to National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Psychology Professor Carlo DiClemente has been appointed to the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The council advises and makes recommendations to the U.S. Health and...

Posted: December 5, 2014, 6:54 PM

George La Noue, Public Policy and Political Science, Writes Op-Ed for The Chronicle of Higher Education

As many college athletic programs are preparing for the postseason and finishing fall regular season schedules, there has been an ongoing public discussion about the future of “mid-major”...

Posted: December 5, 2014, 6:54 PM

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Awarded Grant from Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation

Maurice Berger, research professor and chief curator of the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, has been awarded a $30,000 Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital | Andy Warhol Foundation....

Posted: December 4, 2014, 7:08 PM

Julie Rosenthal, Asian Studies, in the Baltimore Sun

An Asian Studies Food Pantry delivery at Longwood Apartments in Howard County– set up in grocery store fashion. Asian language students assist with translation at the deliveries. The Baltimore...

Posted: December 4, 2014, 5:10 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun, in the Daily Beast

In his latest column in the Baltimore Sun, Political Science Professor and Chair Thomas Schaller wrote about his views on what he notes as recent systemic manufacturing of distorted news stories....

Posted: December 4, 2014, 5:09 PM

Dennis Coates, Economics, in Capital New York

In a recent article published in Capital New York, Economics Professor Dennis Coates discussed the economic impact of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, home to the New Jersey Nets. The article described...

Posted: December 4, 2014, 5:08 PM

Roy Meyers, Political Science, in USA Today

Political Science Professor Roy Meyers was quoted in a recent USA Today article that analyzes a federal budget action in which the Obama administration moved nearly $4 million in health insurance...

Posted: December 4, 2014, 5:07 PM

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