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Maryland Living Traditions & Arts Award Nominations

Nominations Accepted until August 1st for ALTA Awards

The Maryland Traditions Program is accepting nominations until August 1, 2015 for the Achievement in Living Traditions and Arts (ALTA) Awards. Each year, ALTA Awards are presented to a Maryland...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 2:08 PM

LLC Students Needed for Fall Women's Center Roundtables

A great opportunity for LLC students

The Women's Center is looking for graduate students to help lead our roundtable discussions planned for fall semester. If your research interests relate to any of the following topics (or if you'd...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 1:24 PM

The K Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award

Call for Nominations

The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award Deadline for receipt of materials: October 1, 2015 The K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award recognizes graduate students who show exemplary promise...

Posted: June 29, 2015, 1:17 PM

Dusman and Smallwood's Octava app featured in Baltimore Sun

Engaging and building music audiences through a custom app

"The app, called Octava, is aimed at enhancing the musical experience for listeners by delivering information via Wifi, synced with the music being played in the concert hall. "We're trying to...

Posted: June 22, 2015, 10:40 AM

How High Art Shaped The Early Days Of Television - WYPR

Dr. Maurice Berger joins Tom Hall for a fascinating talk

Maryland Morning featured an interview with Revolution of the Eye curator Dr. Maurice Berger, UMBC Research Professor.  Listen to the archived broadcast here. From the feature: "Maybe...

Posted: June 22, 2015, 9:27 AM

Research Assistantship - JOB OPENING

DEPT OF AFRICANA STUDIES

Research Assistantship Department of Africana Studies Work Study students are strongly encouraged to apply Department:    Africana Studies Department Position:    Research...

Posted: June 18, 2015, 12:09 PM

Congrats to the Kinetic Sculpture Race Team!

Grand East Coast National Mediocre Champions!

"The Grand Overall East Coast Ace Champion must ACE the course. The award is determined by Mysterious Mathematical Means which include a point scoring system based on artistic merit,...

Posted: June 17, 2015, 9:20 AM

UMBC Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship

Deadline: Friday, July 17, 2015

The UMBC Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship Application Deadline:  Friday, July 17, 2015   The Dissertation Fellowship is designed to provide doctoral candidates at UMBC an opportunity to...

Posted: June 16, 2015, 7:06 PM

New Book by Dr. Gloria Chuku

Dr. Gloria Chuku's edited book, Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Cross-Cultural Representations in Africa and the Diaspora, has been published by Carolina Academic Press. 

Posted: June 16, 2015, 12:27 PM