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GES 286 Research Balloons Featured in UMBC Magazine

Rising Research: Sharing our Department's Methods

Sarah Hansen has written an article (linked below) in the UMBC magazine on how balloons are used to collect data in GES 286. The article includes quotes from our department's own Charlie Kaylor....

Posted: February 2, 2023, 9:04 AM

URGENT Model UN Spring 2023 Applications are Due 2/5

Join this exciting club!!!

A message from Model UN Vice President Eli Sharp:  Hey all! It's been a while! If you are on this email list, it is because you have expressed interest in Model UN in past semesters. I have...

Posted: February 1, 2023, 4:21 PM

Publication by Alum Bella Dastvan

Future of Flower Farming

Bella Dastvan, who graduated from GES last year, was lead author on a recent publication (link below).  She wrote this piece in collaboration with folks at Grateful Gardeners, where she worked for...

Posted: February 1, 2023, 10:30 AM

Apply Today: Baltimore Field School 2.0 Fellowship

Application Closes Tonight, 1/31/23 at 11:59PM

The BFS 2.0 application is open to all UMBC graduate students, full-time staff, and full-time faculty. Preference will be given to untenured/assistant professors to support early career work in...

Posted: January 31, 2023, 2:58 PM

Dresher Center Spring 2023 Fellows

Welcome to our Spring 2023 Dresher Center Fellows Haniyeh  Barahouie, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Spring 2023 Residential Faculty...

Posted: January 30, 2023, 12:46 PM

Maryland Student Legislature Seeking New Members

Gain valuable legislative experience!

UMBC's recently re-launched Maryland Student Legislature (MSL) delegation is recruiting for Spring 2023.  The delegation has co-won Best Delegation with McDaniel College, participated in two...

Posted: January 30, 2023, 10:54 AM

TRAC Call for Papers, April 27-29, 2023

The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC 2023)

The Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC 2023) April 27-29, 2023 Exeter Call for Papers & Posters  The deadline for the Call for Papers/Posters submissions is February...

Posted: January 27, 2023, 12:22 PM

Opportunity: Maryland State Archives Summer Internships

Application Deadline: March 15

The Maryland State Archives is now accepting applications for the Summer 2023 internship program.  These are in person, full time, paid positions in both traditional archival science and...

Posted: January 24, 2023, 10:56 AM

LLC Alum Dr. Kevin Wisniewski Co-edits a new Volume

in Bloomsbury Series on Literatures as World Literatures

A new volume in the series Literatures as World Literatures was just published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It was co-edited by Kevin Wisniewski, Ph.D. '18 and is called Polish Literature as World...

Posted: January 19, 2023, 9:32 AM

Deadline Approaching: Baltimore Field School 2.0 Fellowship

Application Due: 1/31/23

The BFS 2.0 application is open to all UMBC graduate students, full-time staff, and full-time faculty. Preference will be given to untenured/assistant professors to support early career work in...

Posted: January 18, 2023, 3:11 PM