When Stephanie Hill ’86, computer science and economics, signed up for her first computer programming class at UMBC, it was almost as an afterthought – an elective to fill out the semester. That...
June 17, 2013
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With Michelle Kupiec ’89, interdisciplinary studies, Owner of Kupcakes & Co. by Meredith Purvis America’s craze for cupcakes is still going strong – and why not? The best bakers have...
June 17, 2013
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There’s a conventional wisdom that nonprofits should be run like businesses. Be accountable. Watch the bottom line. But Greg Cantori ’84, geography, argues that this thinking’s just as useful the...
June 17, 2013
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CENTER STAGE On a hazy day in Baltimore, Ray Hoff can tell you if the smog that you see is from the Midwest, from Quebec, or from Baltimore itself. Hoff, a UMBC professor of physics and senior...
June 17, 2013
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The Hrabowski Fund for Innovation – established in honor of UMBC President Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, to help UMBC faculty pursue new approaches to teaching – made its inaugural awards in January....
June 17, 2013
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Pumping Up Their Math Muscles Coach Sory Kante, moves quickly across the gym. One of his students working out needs help. But what�s stumped the student isn�t a 220 pound bench press or a...
June 17, 2013
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World-Class Students Five UMBC students have been awarded Fulbright grants, and two additional students have been named alternates for the prestigious program that takes students around the...
June 17, 2013
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Teaching students how to write more clearly and powerfully in introductory writing classes is at the heart of the university’s mission. But technology is transforming the task, says James Polchin...
June 16, 2013
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To: The UMBC Community From: John Jeffries, Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Date: June 13, 2013 Re: Appointment of Professor Tim Nohe as Director of the Center for Innovation,...
June 13, 2013
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Robert Deluty, associate dean of the Graduate School, has published two poems—”Rejoinder” and “Higher Education”—in the “Poetry of the Academy” section of the Spring 2013 issue of The Faculty Voice.
June 13, 2013
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