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Apply now for Undergraduate Research Awards!

Deadline is February 16, 2018

Applications for the 2018-19 Undergraduate Research Awards (URA) are being accepted now!   Undergraduate Research Awards provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their...

Posted: January 30, 2018, 9:29 AM

Political Science Advising Coordinator

Office Hours

Hello!  As advising coordinator, I am here to ensure that if you are a POLI major or minor, that you have a political science professor assigned to you as your adviser. Note that you should have...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 3:54 PM

Asian Studies Council of Majors Meeting

Hope to see you at our upcoming events!

Hello Friends! Welcome back to the new spring semester! We look forward to seeing you again all at the future ASCOM events 🙂 We will be holding elections for Treasurer, those interested...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 2:42 PM

The Poet's Brush: Chinese Ink Paintings by Lo Ch'ing

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1st at 5 pm.

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture is pleased to present The Poet's Brush: Chinese Ink Paintings by Lo Ch'ing. A renowned Chinese poet-painter, Lo Ch'ing creates art simultaneously...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 12:33 PM

International Conference/ 50th Ann of the Nigeria-Biafra War

May 8-9, 2018

Women and the Nigeria-Biafra War: Reframing Gender and Conflict in Africa An International Conference in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the War May 8-9, 2018 This event is free for UMBC...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 11:45 AM

McNair Scholars Program

Application Deadline February 9th

The McNair Scholars program focuses on the preparation of undergraduate students who qualify as either low-income/first-generation college students or members of groups underrepresented in...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 11:28 AM

Of Note: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt

Radio appearance "Midday with Tom Hall"

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of the Language, Literacy and Culture PhD program and the American Studies department, was invited to participate "Midday" in WYPR. Dr. Moffitt discussed...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 6:02 PM

Humanities Teaching Lab: Frederick Douglass Day

A Bday Party for Frederick Douglass and Transcribe-a-thon

The Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC invites you to celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass at a digital “transcribe-a-thon,” to be held on February 14th in the UMBC Albin O....

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:49 PM

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies"

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies" This special issue of Women's Studies: an interdisciplinary journal invites submissions that work at the intersections of science studies,...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:42 PM