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ICPSR 2014 Summer program

Quantitative Methods of Social Research

The Institute for Social Research for Social Research (ICPSR) (University of Michigan) Summer Program is internationally recognized as the preeminent resource for basic and advanced training in...

Posted: April 8, 2014, 4:12 PM

INDS Students Receive an URA!

3 INDS students receive an Undergrad Research Award

Undergraduate Research Awards for 2013-2014 have been awarded for 50 student research projects involving 54 students in disciplines and departments across campus. The funded research projects are...

Posted: April 8, 2014, 1:56 PM

Project Mah Jongg featured on CBS Sunday Morning and Sun

Touring exhibit on Mah Jongg continues to draw attention

CBS Sunday Morning, The Baltimore Sun, and the Baltimore Jewish Times have run features on Project Mah Jongg, now appearing at the Jewish Museum of Maryland and is on view in Baltimore through...

Posted: April 7, 2014, 10:30 AM

Dr. Craig Saper workshop on Multimodal Scholarship

St. Mary's College

Dr. Saper recently gave a workshop at St. Mary’s College on Multimodal Scholarship titled Media's Impact on Scholarship, Creative Activity, and New Forms of Knowledge: From Folkvines to Readies in...

Posted: April 7, 2014, 8:16 AM

ICNC Stipend for Ph.D Thesis

The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict

The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) announces the call for applications for its first Ph.D. Stipend Award in support of dissertation writing on civil resistance. Ph.D. stipend...

Posted: April 7, 2014, 7:54 AM

Sustainability Matters: An interview with Dr. Chris Swan

Laura Bartock (2013) asks Dr. Swan about sustainability.

Highlights: “We know that very diverse ecological communities provide important ecosystem services, such as pollinators, [...] These services are important not only to human well-being, but...

Posted: April 6, 2014, 12:46 PM

INDS 232: Interdisciplinary Intro. to Food System Studies

INDS 232: Interdisciplinary Intro. to Food System Studies

This course explores fundamental concepts within food systems studies, focusing on the intersection of agriculture, the food industry, human health, environmental sustainability and social...

Posted: April 4, 2014, 10:25 AM

Sandra Lacy and Tim Nohe in Richmond Times Dispatch

"Enchanting" Annual Richmond Choreographers Showcase

From the review in the Richmond Time Dispatch, by Sheena Jeffers: The show opened with the entrancing piece “Slip,” choreographed by Mariah Maloney in dialogue with the solo...

Posted: April 4, 2014, 10:00 AM

INDS at URCAD

Witness examples of Interdisciplinarity in action!

UMBC's Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) Wednesday, April 23, 2014    Poster Presentations, University Ballroom 12:00 - 2:00 Vivian C. Chioma "Fear Be Gone:...

Posted: April 4, 2014, 9:46 AM

Environmental Justice Internship (MD State Gov)

OVERVIEW: The Maryland Department of the Environment is seeking a student intern to work on environmental justice (EJ) initiatives related to quality communication with communities and other...

Posted: April 1, 2014, 5:22 PM