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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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Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, Discusses Growth of #BlackLivesMatter on ABC 2 Baltimore

As #BlackLivesMatter continues to grow on social media, ABC 2 TV in Baltimore recently hosted Kimberly Moffitt for a discussion to explain how the movement has spread and how it is different from...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 7:24 PM

John Rennie Short, School of Public Policy, Explains the Impact of Wealth on Immigration Policy in The Conversation

In a new column in The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short revealed how immigrants can be treated differently based on wealth. Short wrote about how Canada’s...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 7:23 PM

Douglas Lamdin, Economics, Receives NABE Abramson Award

Douglas Lamdin, economics, was selected as the annual recipient of the Abramson Award for the outstanding article published in the past year in Business Economics, the journal of the National...

Posted: September 11, 2015, 5:53 PM

William Blake, Political Science, Explains the Supreme Court Long Conference in The New York Times

William Blake, a new assistant professor in the political science department, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about a study he conducted with two colleagues that investigated why the...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:35 PM

Amy Bhatt, Gender and Women’s Studies, Discusses Her Research on Immigrant Tech Communities in the Seattle Times

In an in-depth Seattle Times story about the difficulty in finding employment that women in immigrant tech communities experience, Amy Bhatt, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies,...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:34 PM

Robert Provine, Psychology, Explains the Science of Laughter

Psychology Research Professor and Professor Emeritus Robert Provine recently conducted two interviews with podcast programs to explain his research on neglected human instincts such as laughter,...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:33 PM

Christy Chapin, History, Publishes New Book About the History of the American Health Care System

Christy Chapin, an assistant professor of history, recently published a new book which traces how private and public interests merged to place insurance companies at the center of the U.S....

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:33 PM

Jason Loviglio, Media and Communication Studies, Analyzes Podcast Movement 2015 in Antenna

Last month, more than 1,000 podcasters gathered in Texas for the second annual “Podcast Movement” to discuss the latest in the industry. Jason Loviglio, associate professor and chair of media and...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:32 PM

Social Sciences Forum: We are Subjects of History: Indigenous Communities’ Fight for Autonomy and Human Rights in Chiapas and Beyond (9/24)

Social Sciences Forum Guadalupe Moshan Álvarez, principal attorney, Fray Bartolomé Human Rights Center, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Bárbara Suárez Galeano, Interpreter,...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:31 PM

Fall 2015 Big Prize Poetry Slam (10/9)

Fall 2015 Big Prize Poetry Slam Friday, October 9, 2015 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM Performing Arts & Humanities Building : Atrium Slam BIG and win BIG at the fourth annual Poetry Slam hosted by...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:31 PM

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