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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

France-Merrick Scholarship Program

Scholarships for Service

2015-16 France-Merrick Scholarship Program Scholarships for Service   The Shriver Center coordinates this undergraduate scholarship program, funded by the France-Merrick Foundation. Now...

Posted: August 5, 2015, 10:37 AM

Kate Drabinski, GWST, Writes About Baltimore's LGBTQ History

Published in City Paper during Pride Week

During Pride Week, Kate Drabinski, a lecturer of gender and women’s studies, wrote a column in City Paper about the work being done to document and preserve Baltimore’s LGBTQ history. In her...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:35 PM

Clifford Murphy, AMST, Selected as National Arts Director

New director of folk and traditional arts for NEA

Clifford Murphy, an adjunct lecturer of American studies, has been selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to be its new director of folk and traditional arts. Murphy, an adjunct...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:33 PM

Vélez-Hagan, PUBL, Weighs in on Puerto Rico's Fiscal Crisis

Ph.D student explains the severity of the situation

With Puerto Rico currently $72 billion in debt, School of Public Policy Ph.D. student Justin Vélez-Hagan has been in the news recently explaining the severity of the situation and its potential...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:32 PM

Tatarewicz, HIST, Sets Historical Context for Pluto Flyby

In the Conversation, analyzing history of space exploration

On July 21, Joseph Tatarewicz, an associate professor of history, published an article in The Conversation analyzing the history of space exploration in light of the recent NASA New Horizons Pluto...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:30 PM

Dresher Center Announces 2015-16 Residential Fellows

Residential Faculty Research Fellows Denise D. Meringolo, Associate Professor of History and Director of Public History Project: “Radical Roots: Civic Engagement, Public History, and a Tradition...

Posted: August 3, 2015, 3:27 PM