Following a successful run on the internationally-ranked UMBC chess team, Ian Harris ’11, psychology, is making a career of the strategic game in his home state of Connecticut, the Norwalk Hour...
March 13, 2013
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The New York Times today examined the experiences of older students — in their 60s and beyond — at colleges and universities. The article cites many reasons for retirees taking college courses,...
March 13, 2013
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On Tuesday, March 12, Robert Provine, professor of psychology, talked to WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks” about his new book, “Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccuping, and Beyond.”...
March 13, 2013
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Click for higher resolution image. Last week, The Afro-American created and published a full-color collage featuring scenes from the CADVC’s outreach project, For All the World to Hear: Stories...
March 12, 2013
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The Hilltop Institute’s Hospital Community Benefit Program has just released a new online resource: the Community Benefit State Law Profiles. The profiles are a compilation of hospital community...
March 12, 2013
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Dr. Hrabowski speaks at TED2013. Photo by TED2013. It’s all too easy to take successes for granted, especially when you see them every day around campus. At UMBC, the concept of pushing students...
March 11, 2013
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The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems presents our next seminar of the 2012-2013 academic year, The Recognition, Regulation and Research of Headwater Streams in the Contemporary...
March 11, 2013
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A new Governing magazine article examines a recent study by UMBC professors T.H. Gindling (economics) and Marvin Mandell (public policy) on the economic impact of Maryland’s Dream Act, which...
March 8, 2013
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Thomas F. Schaller’s new Baltimore Sun column critiques the concept of “liberal media bias.” Schaller writes, “Yes: The opinion media generally skew liberal on social issues related to abortion,...
March 8, 2013
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“Martin O’Malley is on the short list of Democratic presidential contenders. Can he win?” So reads a headline in this month’s Baltimore Magazine, which delves into O’Malley’s political background...
March 8, 2013
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