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New Online (Sync) Summer 2025 Course: SOCY 497/698 – Enroll Now!

Interdisciplinary Social Science Research Training

Are you a student looking to build hands-on social science research skills? Join SOCY 497/698: Interdisciplinary Social Science Research Training – an online synchronous, 4-week course from July 7...

Posted: March 31, 2025, 10:58 AM

Current Grant and Fellowship Opportunities

Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences (Spring 2025)

***reposted from CARAT*** Click here for a list of current opportunities. CARAT (Creative Achievement and Research Administration Team) assists CAHSS faculty with research development, and...

Posted: March 28, 2025, 2:03 PM

U.S. Census bureau publishes story on how UMBC team uses ACS data

Story submitted by Ph.D. candidate Tanya Kreutzer Sayyed

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) team  published Ph.D. candidate Tanya Kreutzer Sayyed's submission about how her research team used ACS data while they evaluated and...

Posted: March 27, 2025, 12:31 PM

PhD alumna De Oro publishes article on resilience in nonprofit orgs

Published in Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs

Public Policy alumna Dr. Grace De Oro (M.P.P. '19, Ph.D. '24) recently published a research article in the Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs. In the article, De Oro reviews literature on...

Posted: March 27, 2025, 12:19 PM

Hands on Research Computing and Science Collaborations Workshop

Reminder: response requested today (3/27)

The CGC SCIPE program(https://scipe.umces.edu/), a joint UMBC-UMCES collaboration, will host an all-day faculty workshop on May 28th at the Baltimore IMET location for growing research computing,...

Posted: March 27, 2025, 10:44 AM

The Only Way Out Is Through: The 2025 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition

Artists’ Reception: Thurs, Mar. 27, 5 – 7 p.m.

UMBC’s INTERMEDIA AND DIGITAL ARTS (IMDA) Masters Program presents “The Only Way Out Is Through,” the 2025 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition.  Artists' Reception Please join us at the CADVC gallery...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 7:49 PM

Student Profile: Marilin Argueta

From Procreate to Professional: Marilin’s Journey in MCS

Meet Marilin, a Media and Communication Studies (MCS) major with a Psychology minor and a Chinese Certificate, set to graduate in May 2025. Her journey to the MCS major began undecided with a...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 12:22 PM

Student Profile: Jacob Singleton

By: Marilin Argueta-Osorio We had the chance to learn more about Senior Jacob Singleton who is excited to graduate in the Spring of 2025! Currently, Jacob is working hard on their capstone...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 11:47 AM

Student Profile: Jimeto Nwafor

Passion for Voice Acting and Media Production

By: Mily Pineda-Rivera Jimeto Nwafor, a senior at UMBC, is set to graduate in spring 2025 with a major in Media and Communication Studies (MCS) and a minor in Sociology. From a young age,...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 11:38 AM

Student Profile: Mily Pineda-Rivera

MCS Experience to Future Outlook

By: Ellen Kim Photo Credit: Alayna Williams Introduce yourself My name is Mily Pineda Rivera, and I am currently a first-generation student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore...

Posted: March 26, 2025, 10:58 AM