Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the Fall 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference! This virtual conference will be broadcast live on Zoom during the week of October 4-8, 2021.

Note: You will need to register for each Zoom session. Also, please only register for one concurrent session per time block.

Please feel free to check nsfpolicyoutreach.com for the most up-to-date conference information and to view the conference agenda. You can view session recordings of the Spring 2021 Virtual Grants Conference on our website or on our YouTube page.

For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available on-demand shortly after the event and posted on our website and our YouTube page.

Hello, Political Science students!

You have an opportunity to join the 2021 American Mock Trial Association National Champions!

Go to www.UMBCMockTrial.com/tryouts to learn more!

In April of 2021, UMBC Mock Trial defeated Yale University to win the 2021 AMTA National Championship. UMBC is the #1 ranked team in the country for collegiate Mock Trial - and now we want you to help us defend our title this year!

Mock Trial is an exciting and dynamic opportunity for Political Science students. By joining Mock Trial, you will join a close-knit group of driven teammates and coaches who will help you learn about the law, become a great public speaker, and prepare for law school or your future career. You'll travel across the country to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston, and so many other great places - all paid for by the program! And you'll compete at the best tournaments in the country and help win team and individual awards. There is no better place at UMBC to have a positive and engaging experience than with Mock Trial.

Our info session schedule is:

Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 7:00 PM: Zoom
Friday, September 10, 2021, 2:00 PM: Public Policy 105
Monday, September 13, 2021, 12:00 PM: Zoom
Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 7:00 PM: Zoom

We strongly recommend you attend an info session to learn more about the team, how Mock Trial works, and how our tryouts work. We'll also post an info session recording on our YouTube page after the 9/8/21 session. Go to www.UMBCMockTrial.com/tryouts to learn how to register for a tryout, download the tournament packet, and find the Zoom links for each info session.

If you have any questions, email us at UMBCMockTrial@umbc.edu and we'll get back to you as soon as possible! 

Sincerely,

The UMBC Mock Trial Executive Board

Throughout the school year, students work with their campus delegation and attend training sessions with college students from around the state to develop legislation and prepare to debate it at a mock weekend session held each spring in the real General Assembly chambers in Annapolis. 

Participating students learn how to write original legislation, learn parliamentary procedure, and hone their speech, debate, and political skills gaining in-depth knowledge of the Maryland General Assembly and real-world experience working within the legislative process! Students will have the opportunity to network with other young activists and aspiring policy-makers, learning skills that prepare them for careers in public service. They also receive invitations to a speaker series featuring state elected officials. 

The 33rd Annual Session will be held in-person in the State House from April 29-May 1, 2022. Members of UMBC’s MSL delegation can earn academic credit for their participation by enrolling in POLI 341, a one-credit course (repeatable for four semesters). s. . To learn more about the Maryland Student Legislature, please visit msl.org. For reference, attached are previous years’ MSL course syllabi. 

Several years ago, UMBC won MSL’s best delegation award. The Political Science Council of Majors now highly urges students to get involved and start-up the delegation once more. Currently, the organization is in its beginning stages and we need a critical mass of invested students to launch the chapter. Please reach out to Dr. Laura Hussey (lhussey@umbc.edu) and Rehman Liaqat (rliaqat1@umbc.edu) if interested or for any further questions. 

The Department of Economics and the School of Public Policy are once again hosting their Seminar Series this fall.  Mark your calendars now for the dates below.  Check CS3's Upcoming Events page and event calendar for Webex links and seminar details as they become available.  Recordings will be available on CS3's YouTube channel following the lectures.  

Sarah Komisarow, Duke University

Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, University of Bonn

Effect of Health Insurance Premium Changes on Labour Supply: Evidence from Rwanda.  

Felipe Goncalves, University of California Los Angeles

Do Police Make Too Many Arrests?  

Theoretical Meteorology, University of Leipzig.

Abstract: The presentation will first provide some background on the IPCC process and summarize the headline conclusions of the report by Working Group I ("The Physical Science Basis") of the IPCC. It will show in some more detail the assessment of the Changing State of the Climate System (Chapter 2). In the second part, it will focus on the role of clouds and aerosols in climate change and present the key conclusions on this aspect. The effective forcing due to aerosols is now revised and better confined, and the cloud feedbacks are now assessed to be clearly of positive sign. The overall effective forcing well explains the observed climate change.

Dr. Johannes Quaas is University Professor for Theoretical Meteorology at Leipzig University (Germany). Previously he worked at three major climate modelling centres in Europe (Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France; Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK; Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany). His expertise is in the role of clouds in climate change, in particular the impact on clouds by anthropogenic aerosols. He works with atmospheric models but also satellite observations. Johannes was Lead author in the 6th Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.