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Postdoc Fellowships, Grad Prep Academy

1. RISE Postdoctoral Fellows — We invite Native American, Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander women and men who are in their final semester of doctoral study (ABD) or those who...

Posted: March 12, 2016, 11:01 AM

Badge Design Competition

Student Spaceflight Experiments Program

Design the mission patch for UMBC's undergrad science experience, Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (Mission 10) Winning patch will fly to the International Space Station and return to...

Posted: March 11, 2016, 2:44 PM

John Short argues cities are key to U.S. economic growth

The economy has been a prominent issue during the presidential campaign with a range of ideas for how to spur growth and development across the country. In a new article published in The...

Posted: March 10, 2016, 2:58 PM

Summer 2016 Internship Program

Dear Students, The Political Science Department is offering a summer version of its Policy, Politics, and Public Administration Internship Program. The program combines academic study with...

Posted: March 10, 2016, 10:44 AM

TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Funding opportunity for doctoral students

Note: One of our LLC students, Polina Vinogradova, received a DDG award ($5000) some years ago. In fact, her application was rated as the highest of those funded that year. TIRF – The...

Posted: March 10, 2016, 8:33 AM

Summer 2016 Sociology Course Offerings

Registration for Summer SOCY courses starts March 28

Sociology (SOCY) SOCY 101 Basic Concepts in Sociology (Online) TBA, 5/31/16 – 7/8/16, Meryl Damasiewicz An introduction to the concepts used in all advanced sociology...

Posted: March 9, 2016, 4:36 PM

Congrats to Dr. Adelman!

Dr. Adelman receives Regents’ Faculty Award!

MCS is very pleased to report that our own Professor Rebecca Adelman has been chosen to receive the State of Maryland Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Research. Join us in wishing her...

Posted: March 8, 2016, 10:48 AM

Graduate Sociology Summer Elective

SOCY 606/LLC 606

Please see below for course details. Catalog Number: SOCY 606-01 (also listed as LLC 606-01) Course Title: Social Inequality and Social Policy Class Number: 1006 (1209 for LLC) Meeting...

Posted: March 7, 2016, 10:42 AM

CFP: Lavender Languages & Linguistics 24

University of Nottingham, 28-30 April 2017

Description The Lavender Languages & Linguistics conference series has a rich history of examining language use and representation in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and/or queer...

Posted: March 7, 2016, 8:36 AM

Conference: Race, Racism and Baltimore’s Future

A Focus on Structural and Institutional Racism

The Fifth Social Determinants of Health Symposium will consider how racism embedded in our criminal justice, healthcare and education systems affect people of color in Baltimore every day, with an...

Posted: March 3, 2016, 11:48 AM