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Ceraso Receives the Richard Ohmann Award

We want to offer congratulations to Steph Ceraso, an Assistant Professor here in the English Department at UMBC. She recently received the 2015 Richard Ohmann Award for Outstanding Article, which...

Posted: August 30, 2015, 4:12 PM

New English Department Faculty Members

Welcome May Chung and Bruce Miller

We warm welcome to our new part-time faculty members this semester in the English Department, May Chung and Bruce Miller.  May F. Chung is a native North Carolinian and attended NC State for...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 3:29 PM

F. Chris Curran, PUBL, Writes About Teacher Overtime Policy

Published in Education Week

F. Chris Curran, a new assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently wrote a letter to the editor about including teachers in overtime pay discussions that was published...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:32 PM

Christine Viauroux, Econ, Publishes Study on Life Jacket Use

Mandatory use could reduce recreational boating death by 80%

A new study by Christelle Viauroux, an associate professor of economics, found that requiring recreational boat operators to wear life jackets would increase the odds of surviving a boating...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:29 PM

Tim Brennan, PUBL/Econ, Comments on Net Neutrality

Published in the Brisbane Times

Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in a recent Brisbane Times article about the possibility of proposed net neutrality rules in Australia. Brennan, who served...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:25 PM

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Psych, Receives NIH Award

Career Development Award from National Institute of Health

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, an assistant professor of psychology, has received a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year, $600,000 project will...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:13 PM

The National "We Need Diverse Books" Campaign

The UMBC Albin O. Kuhn Library needs student input and leadership to assist with a #weneeddiversebooks campaign.  They are interested in collaborating with students to put together displays,...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:10 PM

New English Department Graduate Assistants

Welcome Philip Hiotis and Victoria Rudacille

We want to offer a warm welcome to our new graduate assistants this year in the English Department, Philip Hiotis and Victoria Rudacille.  Philip Hiotis is a native Baltimorean who received his...

Posted: August 28, 2015, 2:02 PM

NEH Summer Stipends Competition: Proposals Due!

Deadline Aug. 28, 2015 for Internal Proposals

Proposals for the 2016 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends competition are due to the UMBC Office of the Vice President for Research by Friday, August 28, 2015. UMBC may...

Posted: August 27, 2015, 10:57 AM