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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. …

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

Political Science Professor and Chair Thomas Schaller has been in the news recently analyzing the future of the Democratic Party in the South. In a Bloomberg Politics article examining how...

Posted: December 12, 2014, 4:16 PM

Jeffrey Davis, Political Science, in the New York Times

In the wake of the release of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee report on C.I.A treatment of detainees in secret prisons following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Political Science Associate...

Posted: December 11, 2014, 7:20 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

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

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

Sunil Dasgupta, Political Science, in International Relations and Security Network News

Sunil Dasgupta, director of UMBC’s political science program at the Universities of Shady Grove, recently published an article in the International Relations and Security Network (ISN) digital...

Posted: November 25, 2014, 7:16 PM

Roy Meyers, Political Science, Inducted into National Academy of Public Administration Fellowship Program

Photo Courtesy National Academy of Public Administration Earlier this month at the National Academy of Public Administration annual meeting, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers was inducted as...

Posted: November 24, 2014, 6:56 PM

Political Science and Public Policy Faculty Provide Additional Election Analysis

Following last week’s election, UMBC political science and public policy faculty continued to provide analysis as the final vote totals were tallied and future policy issues were discussed....

Posted: November 13, 2014, 6:33 PM

Felipe Filomeno, Political Science, Op-Ed in the Council on Hemispheric Affairs

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs, based in Washington, D.C., recently published an op-ed by Felipe Filomeno, an Assistant Professor of Political Science, about recent events in Brazilian...

Posted: November 6, 2014, 8:06 PM

UMBC Political Science and Public Policy Faculty Provide National, State, and Local Election Analysis

Several UMBC faculty have been in the news providing 2014 midterm election analysis. Thomas Schaller, Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, appeared on MSNBC’s “All in with...

Posted: November 6, 2014, 3:43 PM

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