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Tim Brennan on the eocnomic implications of net neutrality

Article released in The Free State Foundation Journal

Last month, a panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) net neutrality rules, the idea that Internet service providers should allow access to...

Posted: July 12, 2016, 8:44 PM

John Rennie Short on Brexit and Inequality

Op-Ed Published in "The Conversation"

There has been widespread analysis and commentary in recent weeks about what the Brexit vote will mean for the global economy, but School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short wrote in a...

Posted: July 12, 2016, 8:37 PM

Voices on Government series

Political experts discuss politics in America

A series of discussions at the Towson Library organized by Public Policy faculty member Lauren Edwards will focus on politics in America as we prepare for the presidential election in November....

Posted: July 12, 2016, 3:51 PM

Works by Certificate Program Alum Reviewed in Boston Globe

Review of a CD Featuring Mischa Salkind-Pearl's Composition

A CD featuring compositions by Mischa Salkind-Pearl, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in American Contemporary Music Alum, was recently reviewed in the Boston Globe.  The Ludovico Ensemble, a Boston...

Posted: July 12, 2016, 11:33 AM

Professor Brian Kaufman presented at Conference in Oxford

Department of Music faculty, Brian Kaufman, presented on conducting pedagogy at Oxford University as part of the 2016 Oxford Conducting Institute.  The conference explored issues pertaining to the...

Posted: July 7, 2016, 4:21 PM

Swan awarded NSF funds for biodiversity synthesis

Swan and colleagues at Colorado State University and Indiana State University were awarded funds from the National Science Foundation Long Term Ecological Research Network Communications Office...

Posted: July 7, 2016, 1:37 PM

“For All the World to See” exhibition tour extended

Ten-year tour organized by CADVC, Smithsonian, NEH

For the past five years, For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, an exhibition organized by UMBC’s Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) in...

Posted: July 2, 2016, 11:02 AM

Kayla Smith, INDS Senior, in the news!

Kayla Smith recently shared this news story where she was interviewed as a Peer Health Educator for Womenshealth.gov. http://www.womenshealth.gov/news/Spotlights/2016/6.html

Posted: June 30, 2016, 8:51 AM

AEA's Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program

Call for Applications -- Deadline: July 7, 2016

The American Evaluation Association welcomes applications for its Graduate Education Diversity Internship Program that provides paid internship and training opportunities during the academic year....

Posted: June 29, 2016, 9:02 AM

UMBC Competition: NEH 2017 Summer Stipends

Internal Competition Deadline is July 15, 2016

The UMBC Office of the Vice President for Research has issued a Call for Applications for the NEH 2017 Summer Stipends program as a Limited Submission Opportunity. UMBC may select two nominations...

Posted: June 27, 2016, 2:53 PM