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Paid Fellowship Spring 2016 - The Shriver Center

Application deadline is coming: December 21st

The Shriver Center is launching an exploratory Public Service Scholars program this Spring.  The Baltimore RISE Fellowship (Regional Impact through Sector Engagement) is seeking 8 students...

Posted: December 17, 2015, 12:26 PM

NEH Announces 2016 Summer Seminars & Institutes

Faculty are Invited to Apply by March 1, 2016

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) offers tuition-free opportunities for college and university educators to study a variety of humanities topics in the summer. Stipends of...

Posted: December 17, 2015, 10:39 AM

UMBC is a Major Partner in a New NEH Grant

Grant Awarded for Initiative Exploring Race in Baltimore

UMBC is a major partner in a new National Endowment for the Humanities grant initiative, “Baltimore Stories: Narratives and the Life of an American City.” Together with partners University of...

Posted: December 16, 2015, 2:09 PM

Airhart Profiled as Researcher of the Week

English Major, Jackie Airhart, on Her Study of Seamus Heaney

The English Department is proud to announce that Jackie Airhart, a former English major, has been recently profiled by Undergraduate Research as Researcher of the Week. Conducting a critical and...

Posted: December 11, 2015, 6:00 PM

Michael Abrams presents 2015 Shinogle Fellowship Lecture

Shinogle Fellowship recipient Michael Abrams presented his dissertation research on the  impact of news coverage on the dissemination of prescription drug warnings issued by the U.S. Food and Drug...

Posted: December 11, 2015, 10:30 AM

Interested in Women's Health? This winter class is for you!

Fully online course has seats available!

Still looking for a winter course? Gender and Women's Studies 290: Issues and Phases in Women's Health still has open spots available in this fully online course. This course will provide an...

Posted: December 9, 2015, 8:38 AM

Class offering Spring 2016: HIST 713

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

HIST 713: Seminar in Social History Wednesdays 6:00-8:30 pm Instructor: Marjoleine Kars Ph.D In this course we will read examples of the most exciting and game-changing recent work on the...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:32 PM

Class offering - Spring 2016: AMST 680

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

AMST 422: Preserving Places, Making Spaces in Baltimore/AMST 680: Community in America Thursdays 2:30-5:00 pm Instructor: Nicole King Ph.D. In the Preserving Places course students will...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:25 PM

Class offering - Spring 2016: EDUC 710

Thinking about courses for Spring 2016?

EDUC 710 - Culture and the design of information and communication technologies. Thursdays 4:30 - 7:00 pm Instructor: Patricia Young, Ph.D. This course investigates theories of culture and...

Posted: December 8, 2015, 8:19 PM