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2026 Kinetic Sculpture Race

Check out the Charm City Bromobile at the KS Race

Charm City Bromobile takes on Lowell, Massachusetts  Professor Steven McAlpine and his Team represented Baltimore at the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race (KSR) on September 19, 2026.  The KS...

Posted: October 12, 2026, 11:04 AM

FREE Concert with Brandon Woody!

Baltimore's own musical treasure, live at CADVC!

October 15! FREE concert by Brandon Woody followed by public projection of “The Unveiling of God / a love letter to my forefathers” by NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. PLEASE NOTE:...

Posted: October 9, 2026, 4:25 PM

Brandon Woody playing trumpet - facing the camera head on, against a light-dappled background.

PHRC Grant Writing Hour - beginning 10/14 @noon

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***repost from PHRC *** The PHRC invites you to the PHRC Grant Writing Hour, a six-week virtual writing series starting Wednesday, October 14, from 12:00–1:00 p.m.  [Sessions continue on...

Posted: October 8, 2026, 1:24 PM

Student Job: AMST Communications Assistant 

Apply by October 16

The Department of American Studies seeks a student worker to assist with social media and department communications. Tasks include creating digitally accessible posts on a variety of social...

Posted: October 8, 2026, 10:59 AM

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Latinx Film Festival

Celebrating Hispanic heritage month in motion

Latinx Film Festival In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the MLLI department, UMBC Library, Albin O. Kuhn and Office of Community and Culture present, The Latinx Film Festival. On Oct. 8,...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 8:50 PM

Tuesday at 5:30 PM: In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters

A screening & discussion with filmmaker Leslie Askew

‘In Search of Phillis Wheatley Peters’ is a 35-minute short film that reveals the little-known love story of Phillis Wheatley —America’s first published Black poet—and John Peters, a free Black...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 3:45 PM

A side view of a young black woman with her hand to her face and a white bonnet from around 1775. This is an engraving on a sepia-toned background.

INDS Scholarship Recipients

Check Out Our Scholarship Recipients

Congrats to our INDS Fall 2026 Scholarship Recipients! Bolton Family Scholarship Rhyon Vodery  Rhyon is a junior in INDS on the MDST track working on combining coursework in engineering,...

Posted: October 5, 2026, 10:58 AM

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REPOST: Humanities at Play: Decolonize Your Board Games

Join us to play Wolves, a semi-cooperative game

This is a repost from the Dresher Center for the Humanities. Find the original event here. Join us in playing the semi-cooperative board game Wolves where work together to ensure our collective...

Posted: October 2, 2026, 12:53 PM