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Dr. Joan Kang Shin Featured in UMBC Magazine

UMBC Magazine has included in its more recent issue a wonderful article about Dr. Joan Kang Shin ’08. The article highlights Dr Shin’s important contribution to the professional development of EFL...

Posted: September 8, 2014, 10:18 AM

Maryland Green Prisons Initiative

It was two years ago when Chris Swan received a phone call from an old graduate-school friend on the west coast who heard Maryland prison officials were looking for scientists to collaborate on...

Posted: September 6, 2014, 11:18 AM

Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities

Application for Groups Beginning in 2015

The Dresher Center invites proposals for new Faculty Working Groups in the Humanities. Dresher Center Faculty Working Groups are collaborative, interdisciplinary communities of scholars working on...

Posted: September 5, 2014, 4:43 PM

PAHB Featured in The Baltimore Sun

The Performing Arts and Humanities Building was featured in an August 30 article in The Baltimore Sun. Below is a quote from the story, written by Fine Arts Critic Tim Smith.  "The...

Posted: September 5, 2014, 2:47 PM

Anne Spence Wins First Annual Outstanding Faculty Award

Please join Dr. Charles Eggleton and the Mechanical Engineering Department in congratulating Dr. Anne Spence, winner of this year’s Outstanding Faculty Award.Dr. Spence is a Professor of the...

Posted: September 5, 2014, 10:38 AM

Dan Bailey on WYPR's Maryland Morning w/ Sheilah Kast

UMBC IRC-MHS visualization partnership, War of 1812

The Imaging Research Center at the UMBC  is partnering with the Maryland Historical Society to create an interactive 3-D representation of Baltimore as it was a few years after the War of 1812....

Posted: September 5, 2014, 9:37 AM

LLC Graduate special guest on the Kojo Nnamdi Show

Dr. Kevin Maxell CEO Prince George's County public schools

Dr. Kevin Maxwell '02, was a special guest on the Kojo Nnamdi show on Wednesday on WAMU (NPR). We can be so proud that he is an LLC graduate and also an outstanding UMBC alumnus. Here is a...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 9:44 PM

Gary Kachadourian in St. Lucy, by Mark Alice Durant

Seemingly allergic to self-promotion

IMDA alumnus and adjunct professor Gary Kachadourian interviewed by UMBC Visual Arts Professor Mark Alice Durant. From the introduction to the interview: Laconic is a word that comes to mind...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 3:36 PM

Job Announcement: English Institute Admissions Specialist

About Howard Community College: Howard Community College (HCC) is an exciting place to work, learn, and grow! HCC has been awarded the distinction as a "Great College to Work for" since 2009...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 3:16 PM

GES grad student & Shriver Fellow in Peace Corps video

Check this out: A quick video clip that was put together by the Peace Corps, featuring two RPCVs who are now pursuing graduate degrees and continuing their service work.  One of them is our own...

Posted: September 4, 2014, 1:30 PM