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Interested in an internship with the Women's Center?

Students completing internships at the Women’s Center work an average of 8 hours per week during the academic semester and will receive 3 credits each semester through the Honors College’s...

Posted: March 30, 2015, 9:31 AM

ADVANCE Distinguished Speaker Series: Dr. Nora Volkow

The Science of Drug Abuse and Addiction: What Do We Know?

 ADVANCE Distinguished Speaker Series  Dr. Nora Volkow  Monday, April 13, 2015, 4:30-5:30pm  AOK Library Gallery  UMBC-ADVANCE invites the entire campus-community to our 2015 ADVANCE...

Posted: March 30, 2015, 8:22 AM

AMST Lecturer Rita J. Turner Publishes Teaching EcoJustice

Curriculum Lessons for Secondary and College Classrooms

Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice...

Posted: March 28, 2015, 10:02 AM

URCAD Political Science Student Presenters

Greetings! This is a shout-out to recognize the Political Science students presenting at URCAD. Student(s): Mbalou Camara Mentor(s): Dr. T.H. (Tim) Gindling, Dr. Cynthia Hody "The...

Posted: March 26, 2015, 1:08 PM

NEW DATE for LLC GSO EVENT

Karaoke at Flat Tuesdays now on April 3rd

Folks, Because of an unexpected issue with the reservation of space for the karaoke event, we have had to reschedule it for April 3, 6-9pm at Upper Flat Tuesdays. We're really sorry about the...

Posted: March 26, 2015, 12:25 PM

LLC present in UMBC Presidential Faculty & Staff Awards

Congratulations to our faculty and alumni

The UMBC Presidential Awards  go to selected faculty and staff who have enormously contributed with their work and ideas to the university. We want to congratulate LLC Steering Committee...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 6:16 PM

Amy Bhatt, GWST, in The Wall Street Journal

Recent growth in numbers of Overseas Citizen of India cards

An article published March 20 in the Wall Street Journal’s “Expat” blog looked at the recent growth in numbers of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards, which grant people of Indian origin who...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 3:15 PM

Clifford Murphy, AMST, in The Conversation

Ethnomusicologist examines lasting impact of "Lead Belly"

In February, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a box set and book dedicated to Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter – an influential country musician in the...

Posted: March 24, 2015, 3:13 PM

Kate Brown, History, in TIME and Al Jazeera America

Giving context to Nemetsov's death and Washington shooting

History professor Kate Brown has been in the news reflecting on two major recent news stories: the death of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov and a Pasco, Washington police shooting case....

Posted: March 24, 2015, 3:10 PM