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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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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

Humanities Forum: Dear White People: Film Screening and Conversation (9/24)

Humanities Forum Kimberly Moffitt, Dresher Center fellow and associate professor of American studies, UMBC Damon Turner, adjunct professor in Africana studies, UMBC and PhD Candidate in African...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:28 PM

Fall 2015 Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lecture (9/24)

Digital Humanities and Imagining Medieval Women’s Lives: Putting Marriage and Sex on the Internet Shannon McSheffrey, Professor, Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal Thursday,...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:28 PM

Social Sciences Forum: Constitution and Citizenship Day Lecture: Counter-Stories: Protecting Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in Wartime (9/15)

Social Sciences Forum Mark Graber, Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Tuesday, September 15 | 4:30 p.m. Albin O. Kuhn...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:27 PM

Humanities Forum: Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America (9/17)

Humanities Forum Eduardo López, television producer, journalist and documentarian Thursday, September 17 | 5:30 pm New location: Performing Arts and Humanities Building Room 132 The rapid...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:27 PM

Social Sciences Forum: Surnames and Social Mobility: Why So Much Persistence of Status Across Generations? (9/8)

Social Sciences Forum Gregory Clark, professor of economics, University of California-Davis Wednesday, September 9 | 4 p.m. Albin O. Kuhn Library 7th Floor How much of our fate is tied to...

Posted: September 4, 2015, 5:26 PM

F. Chris Curran, School of Public Policy, Writes About Teacher Overtime Policy in Education Week

F. Chris Curran, a new assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently wrote a letter to the editor about including teachers in overtime pay discussions that was published...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:06 PM

Christelle Viauroux, Economics, Finds that Mandatory Life Jacket Use Could Reduce Recreational Boating Deaths by 80 Percent

A new study by Christelle Viauroux, an associate professor of economics, found that requiring recreational boat operators to wear life jackets would increase the odds of surviving a boating...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:05 PM

Tim Brennan, School of Public Policy and Economics, Comments on Net Neutrality in the Brisbane Times

Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in a recent Brisbane Times article about the possibility of proposed net neutrality rules in Australia. Brennan, who served as...

Posted: August 27, 2015, 8:24 PM

How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities

Joe Jones remembers the day vividly. After attending Freddie Gray’s funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015, he walked to his office across the street at the Center for Urban...

Posted: August 25, 2015, 7:09 PM

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