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LLC Announces its New Director

The Language, Literacy & Culture Doctoral Program is pleased to announce that Professor Cedric Herring will be its next Director beginning August 23, 2015. Prior to coming to UMBC last year,...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 10:37 AM

Andrew Miller, GES, Highlights UMBC's Environmental Activism

Highlights UMBC's role in the Urban Water Innovation Network

UMBC is a founding member and partner of a new consortium of 14 institutions to develop strategies to keep urban water systems healthy and address challenges that threaten them both nationally and...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:19 PM

Manil Suri, Mathematics, Writes New York Times Op-ed

About abortion policy in India

Mathematics Professor and New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer Manil Suri recently published his latest op-ed about abortion politics and legislation in India. In his column, Suri reacted to...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:17 PM

Orianne Smith, English, Wins Inaugural Book Award

British Association of Romantic Studies First Book Prize

Orianne Smith, associate professor and chair of English, has won the prestigious biennial First Book Prize from the British Association of Romantic Studies (BARS). Smith’s book Romantic Women...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 12:16 PM

Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference Invitation

September 19th - 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

The 2nd Annual Culturally Responsive Teaching Conference will take place on Saturday, September 19, 2015. at the Community College of Baltimore County, on the Dundalk campus from 8 a.m. to 4...

Posted: August 17, 2015, 7:35 PM

Mentors for CBM CARES® Initiative Needed

Orientation on August 19th 6:00 pm

The CBM CARES® National Mentoring Initiative is part of a comprehensive outreach project designed to improve academic and life outcomes for youth enrolled in middle schools nationwide where CBM...

Posted: August 17, 2015, 7:25 PM

Dean Julia Ross outlines UMBC’s commitment to increasing

diversity in engineering at White House Demo Day

The Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) seized the opportunity to outline tangible steps to improve the inclusiveness of engineering education at the...

Posted: August 10, 2015, 11:15 AM

CFP: New Directions in the Humanities

14th International Conference (8 -11 June 2016)

14th International Conference New Directions in the Humanities University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, USA 8-11 June 2016 Proposals for paper presentations, workshops, posters, or colloquia...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 10:41 PM

Dresher Center: 2015-2016 Residential Fellows

LLC members appointed for the new academic year

This year, three members of the Language, Literacy, and Culture program have been awarded the 2015-2016 Dresher Center Residential Fellowship. Congratulations, Dr. Craig Saper, Rachel Carter...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 8:36 PM

Dresher Center - Fall Humanities Forum

Fall 2015 events sponsored by the Dresher Center

Each semester, the Dresher Center for the Humanities promotes a series of events of outmost importance for the field of the Humanities and the Social Sciences. There is a great line-up of events...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 7:02 PM