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ISRC-invited talk: Dr. Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed

***Repost from ISRC***

Date:  March 1st @3pm Talk title: Designing for Voice: Access, Autonomy, and Justification Questions in Designing Computing Technologies with Marginalized Communities  Abstract: The benefits...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 1:17 PM

REMINDER: New Faculty Microtalks

Friday, March 5, 2021 @noon

The Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences invite you to attend short talks by new faculty in the...

Posted: February 24, 2021, 11:06 AM

REMINDER: NSF Workshop

Tuesday, March 9, 2021 @noon

Join us on March 9th at noon when Jeff Mantz will discuss NSF opportunities and funding for the social sciences. Webex link  Jeff Mantz has been at NSF since 2012. He is the Program Director for...

Posted: February 22, 2021, 1:12 PM

Russell Sage Foundation: Summer Institute

Applications due April 9, 2021

Upcoming Application Deadline for 2021 Summer Institute In Summer 2021, RSF will sponsor a Summer Institute for doctoral students and early-career scholars in Social Science Genomics....

Posted: February 22, 2021, 9:14 AM

Wiley Pre-Law Scholarship Opportunity

Hey Political Science Students, For those of you interested in possibly attending law school, I would encourage you to check out the following opportunity.  Wiley Law is committed to...

Posted: February 19, 2021, 3:03 PM

UMBC Students Release EP and Single

Department of Music students and alumni Zach Powell, Ricky Jefferson, Miles Malone, Pat Clark, and Noah Maruyama recently released an EP as Sunstrider, a newly started jazz ensemble. The EP was...

Posted: February 17, 2021, 2:32 PM

Conversation Event: Black Power in DC

***Repost from IRC***

Please join us for this live conversation event: Black Power in DC A new digital humanities project by George Derek Musgrove February 25th, 12-1pm On February 1, 2021, Associate Professor...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 2:03 PM

ISRC Invited Talk: Dr. Oliver Haimson

***Repost from ISRC***

Date:  February 22, 2021 @3pm Talk title: Designing Trans Technology  Abstract: Transgender and nonbinary people face substantial challenges in the world, ranging from social inequities and...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 1:38 PM

URCAD Deadline extended to February 22!

There's still time to apply to present at URCAD

Did you have a research project you'd like to present at URCAD (Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Day), but ran out of time to work on a proposal? You're in luck - in the wee hours...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 10:13 AM