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Week 3: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

This week, we’re featuring Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths.” This article looks at photographs from “Picturing Children,”...

Posted: July 6, 2020, 10:47 AM

July 16 - Public Policy Virtual Information Session

Learn about the graduate programs offered by Public Policy

We are hosting a virtual information session about the Public Policy graduate programs Thursday, July 16. Please join us! July 16, 2020 4pm EST via Webex video conference  The info...

Posted: July 6, 2020, 10:17 AM

Week 2: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

We’re continuing our reflection on Black history and Maurice Berger’s Race Stories this week by revisiting “Pictures of Men, Friends or Lovers.” This article looks at historian Trent Kelly’s...

Posted: June 29, 2020, 11:12 AM

Library of Congress commissions UMBC’s Daniel Pesca

The Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium, one of the nation’s leading performing arts venues, is typically busy year-round, bustling with performers playing to capacity audiences. Now, with...

Posted: June 26, 2020, 5:34 PM

Trailer for Documentary filmed in Concert Hall Released

The trailer for "Strings Attached", a documentary following the Dover Quartet, has just released! Parts of the documentary were filmed at UMBC when Shriver Hall Concert Series brought them to our...

Posted: June 26, 2020, 12:20 PM

Research Writing Bootcamp

M/W/F July 20-31 - register now!

Research Writing Bootcamp   Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays July 20-31 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. On WebEx The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Center for Social Science...

Posted: June 25, 2020, 10:32 AM

Congratulations to our Anthropology Students !

Social Science Undergraduate Research Awards !

Camille Blackford, “A Proposal for an Ethnography on the Happiness of UMBC Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic” Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (Anthropology program) Mentor: ...

Posted: June 24, 2020, 2:59 PM

Honors Student Tristan Heibel Receives Research Award

The English Honors Program is delighted to announce that Tristan Heibel has received an Undergraduate Research Award to fund his Honors project, directed by Dr. Gail Orgelfinger, Senior Lecturer...

Posted: June 24, 2020, 2:01 PM

Announcing our 2020-2021 SS Undergraduate Research Awardees!

Congratulations to all!

The following students have received Social Science Undergraduate Research Awards for 2020-2021: Camille Blackford (ANTH) “A Proposal for an Ethnography on the Happiness of UMBC Students During...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 1:21 PM

A reflection on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

We will begin our retrospect of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories and reflection on black history and our current political and social climate by featuring, “Capturing the Struggle for Racial...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 11:08 AM