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Provost's Teaching & Learning Symposium - Friday, October 12

Dear Colleagues, You are cordially invited to attend and participate in the fifth annual Provost's Teaching and Learning Symposium at UMBC, which will take place on Friday, October 12, 2018, from...

Posted: June 27, 2018, 11:08 AM

Dr. Salkever collaborates with Ph.D. candidates and alums

Student/Faculty relationships don't end at graduation

Dr. Salkever has coauthored with current Public Policy students and former students (now alumni); Most recently he has coauthored with Stephen Johnston, Michael Abrams, Kevin Baier, and Brent...

Posted: June 26, 2018, 12:40 PM

Opportunity to work with Writing Coach

For FREE this Summer

Chris Justice, LLC Cohort 13, and writing professor at the University of Baltimore, will be available as a Writing Coach this summer to help LLC students with writing about their research or their...

Posted: June 20, 2018, 11:21 AM

Opportunity for those with Masters Degree in Sociology

StraighterLine, a college readiness company offering more than 60 undergraduate courses fully online, is seeking a grader for Introduction to Sociology.  Grading can be done remotely and at...

Posted: June 18, 2018, 3:38 PM

Erle Ellis, GES, on the Anthropocene

This article, written by Catalina Sofia Dansberger Duque, was originally published here. “Humans have emerged as a force of nature on this planet,” UMBC’s Erle Ellis says, as he begins to explain...

Posted: June 16, 2018, 10:59 AM

Die Lorelei: A Musical Representation of Depression

Author: Matthew King

Music will sometimes serve as a representation of a musician's psyche.  Matthew King explores Clara Schumann's composition "Die Lorelei" and how it displays the thoughts of a composer potentially...

Posted: June 14, 2018, 4:01 PM

George Whitefield Chadwick, Pioneer of American Music

Author: Collin David

American composer George Whitefield Chadwick has fallen into obscurity, but should be recognized as one of America's leading composers of nationalist classical music. He wrote American nationalist...

Posted: June 14, 2018, 3:59 PM

Q&A: Aminata Jalloh ’10, First-Time Children’s Autho

Aminata Jalloh ’10, American studies, recently published her first children’s book titled The Biggest Little Brother, a story about the complexities of sibling relationships and immigrant...

Posted: June 13, 2018, 9:37 AM

UMBC students study abroad as Boren and Gilman Scholars

This article, written by Megan Hanks, was originally posted here.  Three UMBC students have been selected to receive prestigious Boren and Gilman scholarships to study abroad this summer. The...

Posted: June 10, 2018, 10:14 AM