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Dance Department 2014 Wrap-Up

American College Dance Festival and a New Building!

2014 was a banner year for the UMBC Dance Department.  Senior dance major Alexis Renee DeVance's piece, Salt. Rose. Witness., was selected for the American College Dance Festival's National...

Posted: January 9, 2015, 2:24 PM

Fifty Years of the Immigration and Nationality Act

Reflections from Dr. Amy Bhatt and co-author Dr Nalini Iyer

"This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (also referred to as the Hart-Cellar Act). This landmark legislation was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson...

Posted: January 8, 2015, 10:31 AM

Forgotten Baltimore Stories on Marc Steiner Show

Told by students in "Place and Public History in Baltimore"

Dr. Kate Drabinski (Senior Lecturer, Gender and Women's Studies) and Dr. Nicole King (Associate Professor, American Studies) co-taught "Place and Public History in Baltimore" a Humanities Scholars...

Posted: January 8, 2015, 10:19 AM

The Wizard of Oz: Teaching Children to Think

Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz interview on the children's classic

A video interpretation of Dr. Ellen Handler Spitz's interview on the Australian Broadcast Corporation with Ramona Koval. The video was produced by IMDA MFA Program Alumnus Peter Williams, a new...

Posted: January 8, 2015, 8:55 AM

Legal Internships Still Available

Earn academic credit working in a law office.

Two or Three Openings Still Available for Spring Legal Internships The legal internship program combines academic study with practical work experience with judges and attorneys.  Work 15...

Posted: January 7, 2015, 12:32 PM

INDS Senior Looking for Freshmen Students to Interview

Yoo-Jin Kang, a senior in INDS and MLL, recently received IRB approval to conduct interviews for an independent research project focusing on perceptions of intimate relationships and violence in...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 2:10 PM

Professors King & Shewbridge receive Hrabowski Grant!

Nicole King (AMST) and Bill Shewbridge (MCS) were awarded a grant from the Hrabowski Innovation Fund for their project, Emerging Media Across the Curriculum. “Baltimore Stories” is a collaborative...

Posted: December 23, 2014, 3:13 AM

NEH Division of Research Grants Workshop: February 20, 2015

Regional Workshop to be held at UMBC

Presented by the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences The National Endowment for the Humanities Division of Research will conduct a...

Posted: December 22, 2014, 3:52 PM

Information Session on 2015 SFF and SRAIS Funding

Internal Research Funding Workshop on January 12, 2015

The Office of the Vice President for Research will conduct a workshop on internal funding opportunities for faculty on Monday, January 12, 2015, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Two internal research programs...

Posted: December 22, 2014, 2:55 PM