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Call for Faculty Working Groups

Apply by May 30, 2020 for Fall 2020

The Center for Social Science Scholarship invites applications for Faculty Working Groups to promote intellectual exchange in the social sciences and across campus. These collaborative scholarly...

Posted: April 2, 2020, 2:48 PM

Social Science Research and Responses to COVID-19

Stay connected - faculty, students, & alumni

Social Science Research and Responses to COVID-19   Members of the UMBC social science community have been leading efforts to research and respond to COVID-19.    A new National Science...

Posted: April 2, 2020, 9:05 AM

Coronavirus Chronicles Archive

Sharing Stories Through Isolation

The Coronavirus Chronicles Archive is a publicly sourced, transnational database of stories about the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on everyday life. Based out of the University of...

Posted: April 1, 2020, 5:09 PM

New Data Visualization course offered Summer Session 1

Data Visualization Concepts - open to students of all areas!

This summer, the School of Public Policy is offering a special topics course in Data Visualization. We are partnering with Lee Boot, director of the UMBC Imaging Resource Center (IRC), to offer...

Posted: April 1, 2020, 11:57 AM

Sedrick Smith Successfully Defends his Dissertation!

On March 30, 2020 Sedrick Smith of LLC Cohort 18 successfully defended his dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy. His defense went very smoothly, despite its being the...

Posted: March 31, 2020, 1:47 PM

Current Events Forum

Meets virtually this week!

Hey Political Science Students, I wanted to let you know that department will be hosting a virtual current events forum this coming Wednesday (4/1) at noon. The current events forum is a good...

Posted: March 30, 2020, 12:06 PM

Pass/Fail Grading in Asian Studies

Pass/Fail accepted for Course Requirements this term only

The university says you have until June 10 (i.e. after grades come out) to switch to pass/fail grading.  The Asian Studies Program will accept pass/fail grades in core courses, electives, and for...

Posted: March 28, 2020, 10:36 AM

The Digital Decameron

Global Digital Story Festival – Where I Find Strength

    “In 1348 a party of wealthy young patricians take refuge from the plague that is raging in the city in a villa outside Florence. To pass the time, they tell each other stories…” (Cover...

Posted: March 27, 2020, 12:36 PM