UMBC’s Eric Zeemering, assistant professor of public policy, commented in the Baltimore Sun this week on a measure that would allow residents of New Windsor to recall their local elected...
March 21, 2012
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The Washington Post‘s “Maryland Schools Insider” blog reports that UMBC’s David H. Murray ’14, economics, is running for a seat on the Prince George’s County Board of Education. Murray has...
March 21, 2012
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“Thing could always be worse,” Robert Provine, professor of psychology, reminds us in an essay published by Business Day. “We have all heard of the ‘grass is greener’ syndrome. This is its...
March 21, 2012
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“There are not that many of me left,” George Vitak, ’73, biological sciences, says jovially as we walk together from the Library Pond back to his office in the University Center on a blustery late...
March 19, 2012
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UMBC students from SOCY/HAPP 354, “The Social Basis of Community and Public Health,” regularly visit Baltimore’s Port Discovery Children’s Museum to discuss health issues with young visitors...
March 16, 2012
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March 15, 2012 TO: The UMBC Community FR: Freeman Hrabowski, President and Philip Rous, Provost RE: Your Support Vital for Higher Education Budget As the Maryland General Assembly works...
March 16, 2012
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“[T]he 2012 presidential election is effectively over right now,” suggests political science professor Thomas Schaller in a provocative new Salon column this week. Despite the twists and turns of...
March 15, 2012
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It’s been a busy week in the media for Donald Norris, UMBC public policy chair and director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. Norris offered expert comments for four...
March 15, 2012
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Today the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) announced that UMBC is one of 21 graduate schools selected to participate in a study to examine completion and attrition among underrepresented...
March 15, 2012
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UMBC Goes Medieval As a child, Lauren Bucca loved reading fictional books about medieval times. As she got older, she devoured historical books on the period, exploring a world populated by...
March 15, 2012
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