News

New director for McDaniel writing center

Vanessa Flora-Nakoski has joined McDaniel College as the new writing center director. In this role, she manages the day-to-day operations of the writing center and oversees McDaniel students who...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 2:41 PM

Mid-tenure Reviews: Dr. Anson and Dr. Blake

Input needed from POLI students

This year, two Political Science assistant professors—Dr. Ian Anson and Dr. William Blake—are scheduled for their mid-tenure reviews. The faculty have tasked two, two-person student committees to...

Posted: October 16, 2017, 1:34 PM

English MA Student Published in Rolling Stone

Trevor Ruben, a former student in the English MA program, recently published an article in Rolling Stone related to his thesis research. The article, titled "Why Microtransaction and Loot Boxes...

Posted: October 15, 2017, 5:22 PM

Of Note: Doaa Rashed (Cohort 11)

Doaa Rashed received the Achilles-Harper-Swenson Emerging Researcher Award for her research on “Investigating the Factors Influencing ESL Teacher Professional Identity in Higher Education: A Mixed...

Posted: October 13, 2017, 12:24 PM

AAA Meeting: DC, November 29th -- special event

If you're attending AAA, you may be interested in this event

The Anthropology and Mental Health Interest Group (AMHIG) is hosting a Knowledge Exchange Event on Wednesday, November 29, from 8:30 am-12:45 pm at the annual meeting of the American...

Posted: October 13, 2017, 10:47 AM

Retriever Essentials

UMBC is proud to launch RETRIEVER ESSENTIALS: a new faculty, staff, and student partnership to tackle food insecurity in our university community. Across the United States, a large number of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:48 PM

IRB & Responsible Conduct of Research

Certification Workshop

Workshop Details: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 12 noon - 3PM AOK Library 7th Floor Open Area Refreshments will be served. RSVP: https://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/51272   The Office of...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 9:46 PM

Asian Studies Council of Majors (ASCOM) - Meeting 10/13

Don't miss our bubble tea-making event tomorrow!!

Hello ASCOM members, We've got a bubble tea-making event on Friday! What flavor will the tea be.....? It's a mystery! Come and find out!  ~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~>~ Friday...

Posted: October 12, 2017, 11:35 AM

Class Schedule Spring '18

Registration Opens October 30th

The LLC has just released the schedule of classes for this coming Spring (see schedule here). Registration begins on October 30th. Keep in mind that these are the classes offered by our...

Posted: October 11, 2017, 5:01 PM

Congratulations to Aarsh Sheth

Recipient of this year's La Noue Scholarship

We are pleased to announce that INDS freshman, Aarsh Sheth, has been selected to receive the La Noue scholarship in order to attend the AIS Conference. Our former director, Patricia La Noue,...

Posted: October 11, 2017, 9:05 AM