Chris Curran recently had an op-ed published in the Baltimore Sun, discussing the need for Baltimore schools to improve to attract families. Speaking as a recent Baltimore transplant and a parent...
November 30, 2015
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From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion on the surface, one might think it fits the pattern...
November 30, 2015
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Take an AMST class! umbc.edu/winter
November 30, 2015
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Hate and Heritage
In the spring of 2015, actor Ben Affleck appeared on PBS’s Finding Your Roots, hosted by Henry Louis Gates. In preparation for the show, which traces the genealogies of famous Americans, Affleck...
November 29, 2015
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We are proud to share Ibrahim’s latest academic contribution to the Sound and the Screen Symposium at the University of West London (London, UK) on November 20th, 2015. Ibrahim presented the...
November 29, 2015
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We are proud to share Shani’s latest academic and professional contributions during the 2015 Physician Assistant Education Forum that took place in Washington D.C. on November 10-11, 2015. In...
November 29, 2015
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9:49 PM
Greetings Everyone! Dr. Tyson King-Meadows is looking for volunteers for one day to help out with his research. Individuals must be available during one of several two hour slots on December...
November 27, 2015
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9:21 PM
on racist vandalism and Confederate monuments in Baltimore
Someone vandalized a sculpture of a pregnant black woman at the Copycat Building, scrawling "nigger" repeatedly across her belly, her arms, her chest, her legs—and the incident has become...
November 24, 2015
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11:10 PM
on the importance of improving Baltimore City schools
The Baltimore Sun published an op-ed by Public Policy assistant professor F. Cris Curran on November 22. In the article, "Improve Baltimore schools to attract families," he argues that improving...
November 23, 2015
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3:05 PM
Michelle Stefano & Bill Shewbridge featured in Cross Ties
Public historians at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) accepted the challenge of collecting video oral histories of workers associated with Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point,...
November 21, 2015
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