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Job Opp: Assistant Professor - ​​University of Richmond

Linguistic anthropology/Anthropology of language

The Department of Sociology & Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor position to begin August 2018. We seek a candidate whose research is...

Posted: August 11, 2017, 4:33 PM

Learners as Creators

Release of the 2nd digital literacy brief

Learners as Creators: Release of the 2nd Digital Literacy Brief August 17, 2017, 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT (UTC -5:00) What does digital literacy look like around the world? A host of...

Posted: August 11, 2017, 8:38 AM

New Additions to the FDC Library!

Did you know?  The Faculty Development Center maintains a growing collection of books on teaching and learning, which is searchable by title or topic. All titles are available to borrow from the...

Posted: August 10, 2017, 3:24 PM

Short Film By Dennis Williams

Note to Self

"Note to Self," a short film by Dennis Williams '14, American studies, will be screened at the HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. Columbia native's short film to be screened at major...

Posted: August 10, 2017, 9:52 AM

Adam Bargteil, CSEE, Discusses The Animation Techniques

Bambi film and how it and how it has impacted today's trends

Adam Bargteil, CSEE, discusses the animation techniques used in the 1942 Bambi film and how it has impacted today's trends.  How ‘Bambi’ paved the way for both ‘Fallout 4’ and ‘Angry Birds’ (The...

Posted: August 10, 2017, 9:44 AM

Announcing the Final Examination of Jessica M. Floyd

August 25, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

Announcing the Final Examination of Jessica M. Floyd (LLC Cohort 16)  Date and Location: August 25, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.  LLC Conference Room, Sherman Hall, Room 422 Title: Jib-booms,...

Posted: August 10, 2017, 8:53 AM

Faculty & Staff Parking Permit Fees for 2017-2018

Parking Permits 2017-2018

Faculty/Staff Parking Permit Fees for 2017/2018 To support the increasing cost associated with operating, maintaining, and improving the parking facilities on campus, UMBC faculty and staff...

Posted: August 7, 2017, 1:46 PM

In Memoriam: Julia Blanche Anderson

Julie Blanche Anderson, PhD 1995

In Memoriam: Julia Blanche Anderson, 1951-2017 Filed in In Memoriam on July 14, 2017 (Journal of Blacks in Higher Education) Julia B. Anderson, the founding director of the Institute for...

Posted: August 1, 2017, 11:08 AM

David B. Muhlhausen, PhD 2004 - Justice Dept. appointment

David Muhlausen to be appointed Director, Dept. of Justice

David B. Muhlhausen, PhD 2004, UMBC, to be Director of the National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice.  Dr. Muhlhausen, a research fellow in empirical policy analysis at the Heritage...

Posted: August 1, 2017, 10:59 AM

Steve Sharkey named 2017 Daily Record VIP

Congratulations to MPP alum Steve Sharkey

Steve Sharkey, MPP 2006 Director, Baltimore City Department of General Services has been named a winner of the Daily Record 2017 VIP List - Very Important Professionals Successful by 40 awards...

Posted: August 1, 2017, 10:41 AM