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Prof. McLaren publ. article on vaccine lottery efficacy

Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology

In her new article in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Public Policy Professor Zoë McLaren reviews real-world evidence to set the record straight on vaccine lotteries. In her article, she...

Posted: April 27, 2023, 10:25 AM

Mr. Ron Wilson - Faculty Announcement

New Assistant Graduate Program Director of GIS Program

Congratulations Mr. Ron Wilson, who moved from the position of Senior Lecturer to the position of Assistant Graduate Program Director within the GIS Program! Mr. Wilson will continue to teach GIS...

Posted: April 26, 2023, 9:48 PM

Next Wed! 5/3 Chat with MD Dept of Disabilities Director

Learn about Disability Policy and Employment Resources

Jade Gingerich, Director of Employment for the Maryland Department of Disabilities, will be at UMBC next Wednesday May 3rd from 11:30-1pm in the Commons at Main Street!  This is a walk-up...

Posted: April 26, 2023, 2:18 PM

Summer 2023 - Session 2 - Online Course Highlight

Urban Sociology - Register for SS credit now!

Course Description: The ecology of the city and metropolitan community, social change, stratification, complex organizations and social roles, and city and regional planning.

Posted: April 26, 2023, 11:49 AM

Video of Dr. Bryan Dewsbury's Keynote & Digital Posters

The Seventh Annual Provost's Teaching & Learning Symposium

Dear Colleagues (please share widely), If you were unable to attend the Seventh Annual Provost's Teaching and Learning Symposium on April 21st, we invite you to view the recording and slides from...

Posted: April 26, 2023, 10:41 AM

A black man sitting at a table smiling and wearing a blue sweater, next to an image of a light bulb shape composed of various teaching and learning icons.

TODAY!!! Poli CoM Meeting 12pm PUP 206

Join the Political Science Council of Majors to discuss upcoming POLI-related events and construct our new org constitution and bylaws.

Posted: April 26, 2023, 9:27 AM

GWST 378: Women, Gender and Science

Counts as a Writing Intensive GEP!

GWST 378: Women, Gender, and Sceince This course explores how the sciences have conceptualized and explained various forms of difference - what scientific knowledge says about sex, gender,...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 2:50 PM

Ms. Nancy McAllister - Faculty Announcement

Visiting Lecturer

Welcome Ms. Nancy McAllister, who joined our GES faculty earlier this semester as a visiting lecturer!  Ms. McAllister joins us from the North American Bird Banding Lab where she worked as a...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 11:57 AM

Faculty Entrepreneurship AcceleraTor Fund (FEAT)

Feat – achievement requiring courage, skill, or strength

***reposted from the Office of Research and Creative Achievement*** Faculty Entrepreneurship AcceleraTor Fund FEAT ____________________________________   Feat -- an achievement that requires...

Posted: April 25, 2023, 10:29 AM

Congratulations Chris Blume! Successful Thesis Defense

Bats as Biomonitors in Baltimore

We invite you to join us in celebrating Chris Blume, who successfully defended his master's thesis on "Chiroptera [Bat] Species as Biomonitors of Heavy Metal Distribution in Baltimore City"...

Posted: April 24, 2023, 6:00 PM