by Katie Cano One of my earliest memories features a four-year-old me, dejected and bitter, sitting in my kindergarten class thinking that I would be a better Class President than the boy...
by Joby Taylor What a wonderful surprise for me to get a call from the Peace Corps a couple weeks ago asking about having the new Director, Carrie Hessler-Radelet, come to Baltimore to meet...
by Greg Simmons Thanks to a grant from OneMain Financial, UMBC will join Loyola University in launching the first two formally designated Kiva University chapters in Maryland. Kiva U seeks to...
by Dinah Winnick Since BreakingGround's launch two years ago this month, I've had dozens of thought-provoking conversations with faculty and students working together to address real-world...
by David Hoffman What does BreakingGround look like in practice? It's another question I'm asked all the time, and because BreakingGround takes many forms (engaged scholarship, courses,...
by Beverly Bickel Mainstream media coverage tells us that Detroit is a failed city, a story told through images of desperately unemployed people, abandoned city blocks, and crumbling...
by David Hoffman The American Democracy Project's annual meeting took place earlier this month in Louisville, Kentucky, with UMBC sending 18 participants: the largest of all the campus...
by Beverly Bickel Louisville, Kentucky: home of Muhammad Ali, Helen Hume, the Louisville Slugger, Diane Sawyer, the Kentucky Derby, and craft brews of bourbon and beer. But what does it have...
by David Hoffman What exactly is BreakingGround? It's a question I'm asked all the time, because this UMBC initiative defies conventional categories. Guided by UMBC professor Bill Shewbridge,...
by Kate Drabinski Most students who enroll in my course, Studies in Feminist Activism, expect to learn about the history of feminism and feminist movements. We do that, sure, but the course...
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