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Graduate student fellowships: Deadline April 25

Dresher Center • Fall 2014

The Dresher Center for the Humanities invites applications for two graduate student research fellowships. Funding is intended to support and promote promising research in the humanities among...

Posted: March 31, 2014, 10:20 AM

Kim Feldman Receives Session Award

Graduate Research Conference Session Award

Congratulations to LLC's Kimberly Feldman (Cohort 16), who won a Session Award for her presentation on "Constructing a Common Core: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Common Core State Standards"...

Posted: March 28, 2014, 3:01 PM

Award winning movie at UMBC!

March 31st, 7pm, Sherman 003."A River Changes Course"

UMBC presents a film screening, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker, Kalyanee Mam Monday, March 31st at 7pm  Sherman Hall, Rm 003  This event is co-sponsored by:  Dept. of Geography...

Posted: March 27, 2014, 10:45 AM

Congratulations to INDS Senior Suraj Vyas!

Suraj has been accepted into law school!

Suraj Vyas, Water Resource Management and policy, was accepted into law school at University of Baltimore for Fall 2014! Congratulations, Suraj! Suraj began his first few years at UMBC as a...

Posted: March 27, 2014, 10:06 AM

Maryland Art Place - Steve Silberg 2014 IMPRINT Artist

Silberg chosen as an artist who has demonstrated excellence

Maryland Art Place (MAP) announced this year's IMPRINT Artist, Steven H. Silberg  and his selected image, stemming from a series of work titled, "For Love (089-b)". In its third year, MAP honors...

Posted: March 26, 2014, 4:38 PM

Drs. King and Stefano featured in the Baltimore City Paper

City Folk: Days of Their Lives

Courtney Speed points out the Union Baptist Church in Turner Station from the backseat of an SUV. Her friend, Miss Kitty, stops to chat. When a car horn blows, Speed says, “They must not be from...

Posted: March 26, 2014, 4:01 PM

MAPACA 25th Annual Conference

November 6-8, 2014

The Mid Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association (MAPACA)'s 25th Annual Conference will be held on November 6-8, 2014 at the Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore, MD. Call for Papers:...

Posted: March 26, 2014, 1:52 PM

Critiquing Culture: The Cultural Studies Graduate Conference

George Mason University

The Cultural Studies Student Organizing Committee (SOC) at George Mason University invites paper proposals for our 8th annual Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference. The conference will take...

Posted: March 26, 2014, 1:45 PM

Institutional Memory Onstage, Liz Walton in New York Times

Paul Taylor Alumni Return for 60th Anniversary Celebration

Dance Professor Liz Walton is extensively quoted in this New York Times article by Gia Kourlas. An accompanying image of Liz from a duet with Dan Wagoner is stunning.

Posted: March 26, 2014, 9:59 AM

INDS Living-Learning Community

Interdisciplinary Studies Living-Learning Community  The INDS LLC offers an opportunity for all students to strengthen and enrich their undergraduate experience by connecting with each other and...

Posted: March 24, 2014, 9:36 AM