UMBC professors share their research-based reflections on current events in popular media. Recently, humanities and social sciences faculty Derek Musgrove, Christy Ford Chapin, and John Rennie...
October 9, 2017
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“Right now there are students being short-changed by the education system. They are not sitting in a classroom with a high enough quality teacher. They are not being provided the resources they...
September 27, 2017
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10:29 AM
“Universities can broaden our horizons and invite us to bring our inquiry to our communities,” says Susan Sterett, the new director of the School of Public Policy, emphasizing, “UMBC's proud...
August 16, 2017
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“He has his hands on the pulse of what’s going on in communities,” a former colleague says of Jerome Adams. “He gets right out there at the grass roots level and really identifies with the folks...
July 20, 2017
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11:21 AM
UMBC researchers from across the humanities and social sciences recently earned press coverage for their work exploring factors that shape K–12 education in the United States. From inclusive...
July 10, 2017
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2:50 PM
“Those of us lucky to teach in the academy have the responsibility and obligation where, when, and how we can to advance civic debates and enlightened discourse," says John Rennie Short.
June 30, 2017
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Through these programs, says Sec. Carol Beatty, Maryland recognizes the imperative to "consistently attract the best and brightest in order to best serve the needs of our state's people."
June 22, 2017
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3:47 PM
“Health, we know, is not cardiovascular, is not neurological, is not pathological. Those are completely artificial distinctions,” shared keynote speaker Luigi Ferrucci, director of science at the...
May 12, 2017
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2:25 PM
The internal funding opportunities support faculty who wish to pursue new areas of research, and compete for external funding and support.
April 28, 2017
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11:43 AM
"The bottom line is that the White House publicized a target of $54 billion...in cuts without receiving any feedback from agencies about the feasibility of making them," writes Meyers, professor...
March 15, 2017
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3:11 PM