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New for Kuali Proposals: Credit Split

This requirement is effective July 1, 2021

Effective July 1, 2021, Principal Investigators and co-Investigators are required to designate Credit Allocation (also called Credit Split) information in Kuali at the proposal stage. This...

Posted: June 30, 2021, 12:47 PM

UMBC Musicians Perform at Creative Alliance

The Hi Tom Ensemble is a new percussion quartet start by UMBC music majors Adam Smith, Alex Armbruster, Kyra O'Donnell, and Brandon Gouin. Together, these students have premiered several...

Posted: June 25, 2021, 12:13 PM

Kathryn Blake (Composition '21) Wins Third Prize

Kathryn Blake (Music Composition '21) won third prize in the Media Press Music 2021 Solo Percussion Composition Competition with their piece Just Ordinary. Their work will be published by Media...

Posted: June 25, 2021, 9:36 AM

Check out the art events we’re looking forward to this week!

Feat. Colette Searls (UMBC Thtr) & Kelley Bell (UMBC VisArt)

UMBC’s CIRCA presents THING THEATRE, Thursday, June 24 at 8pm on zoom! This event is online and free, featuring work from Maryland puppetry artists Schroeder Cherry, Dirk Joseph, and Colette...

Posted: June 23, 2021, 2:09 PM

Latin-American Dance Music and Romantic Compositions

Written by Jay Fenner

Latin-American dance music has been deeply foundational in establishing the identity of South American popular music, however its importance within the compositions of 19th-century composers is...

Posted: June 23, 2021, 12:03 PM

Documentary Premieres featuring work by Greg Kalember

Professor of Practice Greg Kalember composed music, produced, recorded, and mixed audio for the upcoming documentary series Mysteries of Mental Illness on PBS. The Chicago Tribune says: “It will...

Posted: June 23, 2021, 11:49 AM

Prof. Short explores impact of COVID on traffic in cities

Lessons from COVID lockdowns examined

Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short has published a new article in The Conversation examining the impact of COVID-19 on city traffic, and what the future of urban transportation could look...

Posted: June 21, 2021, 3:52 PM

New Kuali Requirement for Proposers: Credit Split (July 1)

Attend an Open Door Session to Learn More!

The Office of Sponsored Programs has announced that Kuali Credit Split will be “going live” in all proposals on July 1, 2021. What does this mean?  This means beginning July 1, 2021, for...

Posted: June 21, 2021, 10:47 AM

Faculty Awards

The Music Department is delighted to announce that Paula Maust and Jonathan Zwi have been selected as the recipients of the 2021 Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award for the College of Arts,...

Posted: June 17, 2021, 11:28 AM

Prof. Emeritus Brennan on how to fight "science denial"

New opinion piece in The Regulatory Review

Public Policy Professor Emeritus Tim Brennan suggests in an opinion piece that to decrease science denial policy, policymakers should use values and ethics as well as science to make policy...

Posted: June 16, 2021, 5:17 PM