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Karena Ingram ('16 Music) Wins Award in Call for Scores!

Congrats to Karena Ingram ('16 Music) on winning the Maryland Award for her orchestral composition, Animals of the Solstice; Calm of the Equinox, in Symphony Number One's Call for Scores! Karena...

Posted: August 2, 2016, 1:49 PM

Audition Announcement for UMBC Jazz Ensemble

There are currently seven jazz groups at UMBC: the Jazz Ensemble, four small groups, and the Jazz Guitar Ensemble. The audition is the same for all groups. Non-traditional instruments are welcome....

Posted: August 1, 2016, 4:08 PM

Dr. Chuku Presents Paper at TOFAC in Osun State, Nigeria

Dr. Gloria Chuku presented a paper titled, "African Intellectuals and Decolonization: The Case of Mbonu Ojike," at the 6th Toyin Falola International Conference (TOFAC), Redeemer's University,...

Posted: July 25, 2016, 11:23 AM

Kimberly Moffitt discusses recent shootings in Sun podcast

Kimberly Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, joined The Baltimore Sun’s “Roughly Speaking” podcast with Dan Rodricks on July 20 to discuss reaction surrounding recent shootings...

Posted: July 24, 2016, 11:51 AM

Lauren Edwards informs voters of election process

A new eight-part series at Towson Library aims to answer questions and inform citizens about this year’s election process. The series, which started last week, is organized by School of Public...

Posted: July 21, 2016, 3:57 PM

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