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Ph.D. Alumna Trent-Adams elected to Nat'l Acad. of Medicine

New NAM member rec. Ph.D. in Public Policy in 2006

Sylvia Trent-Adams, who received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from UMBC in 2006, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine. The election is one of the highest honors in the field, and...

Posted: October 18, 2018, 2:00 PM

Faculty Fulbright Accelerator

A Workshop for CAHSS Faculty

You have likely heard of the Fulbright U.S. Student program, but how much do you know about the Fulbright Scholar program? All CAHSS Faculty are invited to come learn about Fulbright Scholar...

Posted: October 18, 2018, 11:49 AM

Winter Session Orientation Advisor Job Opportunity

Application Deadline: December 3rd

The Office for Academic and Pre-Professional Advising (OAPA) invites faculty, staff and graduate students to apply to be New Student Orientation Advisors during the Winter 2019 season. Graduate...

Posted: October 18, 2018, 11:17 AM

Prof. Meyers wins ABFM's 2018 Aaron Wildavsky Award.

Recognizing achievement in budgeting and financial mgmt.

Earlier this month, Professor Roy Meyers was awarded the 2018 Aaron Wildavsky Award by the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management. The award recognizes lifelong scholarly...

Posted: October 16, 2018, 10:18 AM

Apply for a Dresher Center Faculty Research Fellowship

The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two Residential Faculty Research Fellowships in Academic Year 2019-20. One Faculty Fellow will be in residence in Fall 2019 and one...

Posted: October 15, 2018, 12:40 PM

Prof. Curran discusses SROs impacts on new radio piece

New Academic Minute radio segment on WAMC

Last week, F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of Public Policy at UMBC, recorded a radio segment in Academic Minute, part of WAMC radio. On this segment, Prof. Curran discussed the impacts of...

Posted: October 15, 2018, 10:46 AM

Prof. Sterett publ. article on data access as regulation.

New journal article publ. in American Behavioral Scientist

The journal American Behavioral Scientist published a new article by Professor Susan Sterett, director of the School of Public Policy.  Since data access is a way of regulating research practices,...

Posted: October 15, 2018, 10:12 AM

Interdisciplinary GRIT-X this Saturday

Featuring Kimberly Moffitt and LLC affiliate faculty

As part of UMBC's Homecoming 2018, the university is hosting its third annual GRIT-X (Global, Research, Innovation, Trends, Excellence) series of engaging lectures from 10am - noon on Saturday,...

Posted: October 11, 2018, 4:01 PM

Required research conduct training-Compliance Week 2018

Responsible Professional Conduct of Research Training Req.

Next Week, is Compliance Week 2018 for the  Responsible Professional Conduct of Research Training Requirement for Master's Students, Doctoral Students, and Postdoctoral Fellows   The...

Posted: October 11, 2018, 10:56 AM