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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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Roy T. Meyers, Political Science, on NPR’s Morning Edition

Throughout the week, with a possible government shutdown looming, UMBC political science professor Roy T. Meyers has provided analysis for media from the Washington Post to USA Today on the costs...

Posted: September 26, 2013, 2:14 PM

Roy T. Meyers, Political Science, in the Washington Post, USA Today and More

As the nation again faces the risk of a government shutdown, media have been turning to political science professor Roy Meyers’ research on past shutdowns to understand what is at stake. In...

Posted: September 24, 2013, 7:54 PM

Tyson King-Meadows, Political Science and Africana Studies, Speaks on Voting Rights Panel

Tyson King-Meadows, associate professor of political science and chair of Africana studies, will speak this afternoon on the panel “Protecting the Right to Vote” at the Congressional Black Caucus...

Posted: September 20, 2013, 2:26 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in The Baltimore Sun and New Republic

In his latest Baltimore Sun opinion column, political science professor Thomas Schaller suggests that persistent and growing dependence on federal subsidies like food stamps, unemployment...

Posted: September 3, 2013, 8:42 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

In advance of Labor Day, UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller writes in his latest Baltimore Sun column that despite increased productivity, U.S. workers have less access to...

Posted: August 22, 2013, 9:16 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

A new Baltimore Sun column by UMBC’s Thomas F. Schaller, professor of political science, examines last week’s rejection of President Barack Obama’s proposal “to exchange a cut in corporate tax...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 8:19 PM

Roy Meyers, Political Science, on PolitiFact

The fact-checking site PolitiFact recently asked UMBC political science professor Roy T. Meyers to weigh in on the accuracy of House Speaker John Boehner’s statement that President Obama has...

Posted: August 5, 2013, 2:55 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in AP Story and Baltimore Sun

UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller commented on the high profile that recent ex-presidents are assuming in public affairs and politics in an AP story that appeared on NPR this...

Posted: July 25, 2013, 4:46 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun

Del. Heather Mizeur plans to announce her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor this week, joining Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown as an official candidate in the June 2014 primary. If...

Posted: July 17, 2013, 5:20 PM

Laura Hussey, Political Science, in Southern Maryland News

“An important part of one’s success as a [gubernatorial] nominee is getting the mentions and being perceived as a credible candidate,” Laura Hussey told Southern Maryland News, responding to Mayor...

Posted: July 12, 2013, 4:19 PM

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