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Opportunity to work with Writing Coach

For FREE this Summer

Chris Justice, LLC Cohort 13, and writing professor at the University of Baltimore, will be available as a Writing Coach this summer to help LLC students with writing about their research or their...

Posted: June 20, 2018, 11:21 AM

Opportunity for those with Masters Degree in Sociology

StraighterLine, a college readiness company offering more than 60 undergraduate courses fully online, is seeking a grader for Introduction to Sociology.  Grading can be done remotely and at...

Posted: June 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

Erle Ellis, GES, on the Anthropocene

This article, written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque, was originally published here. “Humans have emerged as a force of nature on this planet,” UMBC’s Erle Ellis says, as he begins to explain...

Posted: June 16, 2018, 10:59 AM

Die Lorelei: A Musical Representation of Depression

Author: Matthew King

Music will sometimes serve as a representation of a musician's psyche.  Matthew King explores Clara Schumann's composition "Die Lorelei" and how it displays the thoughts of a composer potentially...

Posted: June 14, 2018, 4:01 PM

George Whitefield Chadwick, Pioneer of American Music

Author: Collin David

American composer George Whitefield Chadwick has fallen into obscurity, but should be recognized as one of America's leading composers of nationalist classical music. He wrote American nationalist...

Posted: June 14, 2018, 3:59 PM

Q&A: Aminata Jalloh ’10, First-Time Children’s Autho

Aminata Jalloh ’10, American studies, recently published her first children’s book titled The Biggest Little Brother, a story about the complexities of sibling relationships and immigrant...

Posted: June 13, 2018, 9:37 AM

UMBC students study abroad as Boren and Gilman Scholars

This article, written by Megan Hanks, was originally posted here.  Three UMBC students have been selected to receive prestigious Boren and Gilman scholarships to study abroad this summer. The...

Posted: June 10, 2018, 10:14 AM

Kennedy Center, here we come! Spring 2018 News Update

Maia Schechter's "Now Elsewhere" going to the Kennedy Center

Spring 2018 has been eventful for UMBC dancers! In March, 15 students attended the American College Dance Association (ADCA) Mid-Atlantic North Festival. Students performed two senior pieces, Maia...

Posted: June 5, 2018, 3:01 PM