All month long, communities across the U.S. are uplifting ASL, celebrating Deaf achievements, and advocating for equal access in schools, workplaces, and public spaces.

How it started:

• 1958: International Day of the Deaf

• Expanded to International Week of the Deaf
  

• Today: Observed all September, with International Week in the last week of the month
  

Here are a few ASL letters you can learn — the image above shows how to sign LOVE.

Learn ASL at UMBC:

• American Sign Language (ASL) will fulfill UMBC’s GEP language requirement.
  

• Courses are offered every semester: fall, winter, spring, and summer.
  

• Courses include: ASL 101, ASL 102, and ASL 201.
  

ASL is a visual language that uses hand, facial, and body movements to communicate. Sign language promotes communication with the Deaf community and can help babies communicate sooner and better. It can also boost effective brain function and link the mind and body in ways that other languages do not. It’s the sixth most common language in the United States.

Let’s celebrate, learn, and advocate—this month and beyond.

  Ever thought about studying abroad while earning credits toward your degree?

The sun is out—let’s get outside!
Meet at noon on the second-floor stairwell for a walk around the loop.

Enjoy fresh air, sunshine, good company, and some physics talk (or just the weather).

See you there! 

The Department of Mathematics at Towson University will host the 14th Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Research Conference. The conference will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2025, from 10 am until 5:30 pm on Towson University campus, which is located in the North Baltimore area (registration starts at 9:30 am). We invite undergraduate students (at all levels of their studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, and Mathematics Education) to present at the conference.

 

Students can present results of completed original research in mathematical sciences or give an expository talk or give a talk about research projects in progress. They can also just attend the conference (face-to-face or virtually).

 

Faculty members who would like to attend the conference are also very welcome (face-to-face or virtually).

 

In addition to student presentations, the conference will feature two invited faculty talks, and an information session on career opportunities for mathematicians. 

 

The conference activities will be held face-to-face with a possibility to attend all the plenary sessions (opening address, career panel, closing address, and the prize session) via Zoom. Students will also have the option to give a talk via Zoom during parallel sessions.

 

More information about the conference can be found at the conference webpage https://tigerweb.towson.edu/nmcnew/rumrc/.

Participants can register by visiting the conference webpage or by going directly to the registration form:

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctOrUtvSApMKGPcALHaWq-hnIdNjm9yRd5NuJmpkRAddHsqA/viewform

The registration is free to all participants. Advance registration is by November 5; regular registration is by November 8. We ask that the participants register in advance or at least by November 5 only because we plan to provide free lunch and snacks, and will need to know how much to order. However, registration will be still accepted after this deadline.

 

At the end of the conference, there will be a prize session for student participants with a prize-draw.