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Attention Fall 2018 Graduating Seniors

Graduating Seniors Portfolios are Due on or Before 12/3/18

In lieu of a capstone experience, students who intend to graduate with a major in Asian Studies are required to complete a small portfolio prior to graduation. The portfolio is due to Dr....

Posted: October 9, 2018, 3:31 PM

FREE Software Available

through UMBC

UMBC now offers a wide array of software which students, faculty, and staff can download for free.  Please go to this link, to see a complete list and learn more:...

Posted: October 9, 2018, 11:12 AM

Muslim Student Association Hosts Film Screening

POSTPONED - No New Date Established

You are invited to a screening of the film, “In Their Footsteps: An American Muslim Civil Rights Journey,” on Thursday, October 11, from 8:15pm to 9:15pm, in Lecture Hall One. The MSA will co-host...

Posted: October 8, 2018, 9:11 AM

UMBC's Center for Art Design & Visual Culture

Programs around their A Designed Life exhibit

Public Talk Designing America's Face in the Cold War Beverly Payeff-Masey Thursday, October 23 7:00 p.m. Fine Arts Building Room 306 UMBC Design historian Beverly Payeff Masey will...

Posted: October 8, 2018, 9:00 AM

Prof. Sterett co-edits new symposium

Symp. addresses improving inclusion in academic profession

The American Political Science Association’s  PS: Political Science & Politics has published a symposium co-edited by Prof. Susan Sterett, Dir. of School of Public Policy, and Dr. Jennifer A....

Posted: October 5, 2018, 1:36 PM

Psychology graduate student wins Robert Wood Johnson award

Jason Ashe, Health Policy Research Scholar

We are excited to announce that Jason Ashe, Human Services Psychology doctoral student, has been selected as a Health Policy Research Scholar, one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s premier...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 10:29 AM

Prof. Norris and Laura Mateczun publ. cybersecurity article

New article publ. in Homeland Sec. and Emergency Mgmt.

Last week, Professor Donald Norris and Ph.D. student Laura Mateczun of the School of Public Policy published an article with Professors Tim Finin and Anupam Joshi of UMBC’s Computer Science and...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 10:10 AM

Critical Language Scholarship Program

Scholarship Application Deadline November 27, 2018

The CLS Program is an intensive overseas language and cultural immersion program for American students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities. Students spend eight to ten weeks abroad studying...

Posted: October 5, 2018, 9:55 AM

The New China Challenge Conference - 10 October

Dear Students, Dr. Oyen asked me to share this information with you. From: Newmeyer, Kathryn <knewmeyer@usni.org>   I am writing to make you aware of an upcoming conference – “The...

Posted: October 4, 2018, 12:54 PM

Prof. Curran publ. article in Educational Policy journal

Article explores use of kindergarten readiness assessments.

Last week, F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of Public Policy at UMBC, published an article in the journal Educational Policy with co-authors Michael H. Little, Lora Cohen-Vogel, and Thurston...

Posted: October 4, 2018, 10:16 AM