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<Title>Steve is Presenting His Research at URCAD</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Steve is presenting his research (virtually) at URCAD this year.<div><br></div>
    <div>"Looking forward to it," he said, when interviewed. "It's a great chance to reach hundreds of members of the UMBC community and even outside the UMBC community and to get great feedback on my work."</div>
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    <div>Steve paused to take a bite from an extremely gooey slice of pizza.</div>
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    <div>"The application process was easy and it gave me a great opportunity to work with my mentor!"</div>
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    <div>Be like Steve!  Apply now using the link below.  All majors are welcome!</div>
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<Summary>Steve is presenting his research (virtually) at URCAD this year.    "Looking forward to it," he said, when interviewed. "It's a great chance to reach hundreds of members of the UMBC community and...</Summary>
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<Title>Dr. Fernando Vonhoff is URA Mentor of the Year!</Title>
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    <div>Friday, Feb. 5</div>
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    <span><span>Born in Mexico, Dr. Vonhoff is a biologist interested in brain development and function. </span></span><span>Dr. Vonhoff has been with the Department of Biological Sciences since December 2017 as part of UMBC’s pre-professoriate fellowship program and is now an assistant professor. </span><span>He received his undergraduate degree from the Free University of Berlin (Germany) and Ph.D. from Arizona State University.</span><span> </span><span>His lab uses fruit flies as a model to study human neurological diseases. He uses active learning methods in the classroom and the research lab. His lab is known for celebrating diversity, and for balancing scholarship with having fun. Dr. Vonhoff has mentored several undergraduate students who have presented their research at URCAD and other conferences. </span>
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<Title>URCAD VoiceThread: Info Session</Title>
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    <div>If you plan to present your research or creative work at URCAD (April 19-25, 2021), be sure to attend the next information session on using VoiceThread to create and use the online platform.</div>
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    <div><strong>Monday, March 1, 2021</strong></div>
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    <div>This session will provide tips on using VoiceThread to share your URCAD presentation.  With Voicethread students can create, share, and comment on images, PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio files, documents, and PDFs, using microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload. We’ll review how to create a Voicethread for your URCAD presentation, and how to edit and share your presentation. Staff from the DoIT (Dept. of Information Technology) will be available to answer your questions.  </div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="98732" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/inds/posts/98732">
<Title>Presenting at URCAD? Info Session Tomorrow!</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="98645" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/inds/posts/98645">
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<Title>Stay Connected by Following these Accounts on Social Media</Title>
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    <p><span>@umbcbookstore</span></p>
    <br><p><span>Care for Yourself</span></p>
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    <p><span>Albin O. Kuhn Library &amp; Gallery</span></p>
    <p><span>Update on Library Services for Spring 2021</span></p>
    <p><span>Updated 1/12/2021</span></p>
    <br><p><span>The Albin O. Kuhn Library &amp; Gallery will provide virtual and contactless services for the Spring 2021 semester. The Library and Gallery building will remain closed to users to ensure the safety of our staff and community.</span></p>
    <p><span>We will continue to offer the following services and resources for our users:</span></p>
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    <li><p><span><span>Virtual research appointments and “Ask a Librarian” chat service with our <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/makearesearchappt" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Subject Librarians</a> </span>and <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/research.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Archivists</a>.</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span><span><span>Virtual information literacy and library instruction sessions and research workshops. </span><span>Please contact a </span><a href="https://library.umbc.edu/makearesearchappt" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Subject Librarian</a><span> to discuss your instructional goals and options for how to reach them. Use the </span><a href="https://forms.gle/dLPNziQW8Ww5HpwT9" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Instruction Request Form</a><span> to schedule a session for your class, or </span></span></span><a href="https://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/instruction.php#c2" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">request a Special Collections Instruction session</a><span>.</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>A robust collection of electronic resources, including ebooks, databases, journals, research guides, and more, all available from your device. Get started with <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/researchhelp.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">this guide</a>. </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Purchasing additional electronic books and streaming media. Contact your <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/makearesearchappt" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Subject Librarian</a></span> or send a request directly to <a href="mailto:libraryacq@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">libraryacq@umbc.edu</a><span>. </span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Providing electronic Course Reserves, with scans of book chapters, journal articles, and archival materials from UMBC Library collections. <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/reserves/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Visit this page</a> for information on how to submit your requests via Blackboard.</span></p></li>
    <li><p><span>Scanning of book chapters, journal articles, and archival materials from UMBC library collections, as well as purchasing individual journal articles, all for electronic delivery. Submit your request via <a href="https://umbc.illiad.oclc.org/illiad/logon.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Interlibrary Loan</a></span><span>. Chapter and article delivery from partner libraries may vary as conditions change. </span></p></li>
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    <li><p><span>Contactless checkout and return of books and media, including physical library materials from UMBC and, to as great an extent as possible, from our library partners in the University of Maryland System. <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/curbside-pickup.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn more about how to place a request</a> or </span><a href="https://library.umbc.edu/maps/Library-Drop-Off-Map.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">view a map of book return bin locations on campus</a>.</p></li>
    <li><p>Interlibrary borrowing for books and media from partners outside of USM will continue and/or resume as conditions permit. </p></li>
    <li><p><span>Contactless checkout and return of digital media equipment, laptops, and accessories. Details available at the <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/curbside-pickup.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">main curbside pickup page</a></span>.</p></li>
    <li><p><span>We’ve added a <a href="https://lib.guides.umbc.edu/virtualstudyroom" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Virtual Study Room</a> where you can work alongside fellow Retrievers for a focused study environment</span></p></li>
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    <p><span>For up to date information on our services and resources, consult the <a href="https://library.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Library &amp; Gallery website</a></span> or our <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/library" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC page</a>.</p>
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