-->We want to partner with splash [an organization that Brings students to UMBC on March 8th  and teaches them fun skills]. We hope to help co-organize their event. We need 2-4 NSCS members to help out to serve as co-organizers and or volunteers.

If you want to help co-organize/ volunteer at SPLASH  send an email to Jennifer Yim at jeyi1@umbc.edu Tell her you are with NSCS & would like to volunteer at splash.
 

--> We have March2College day coming up soon on April 11th, if you are interested in helping out. Please contact Keerthi Yarlagadda at vh91534@umbc.edu
March2College day is a day, where we bring students to UMBC and show them what college is like and have them take part in activities that make them excited about College.

--> We continue our Tutoring  at catonsville middle school this semester. If you enjoy passing on knowledge. We would love to have 5 to 10 people regularly tutor on Wednesdays & thursdays from 3pm to 4pm.
You will need to be fingerprinted and background checked, however this will be paid for and transportation can be provided. If you are interested in this Tutoring please send an email to Keerthi Yarlagadda at
vh91534@umbc.edu

--> ask If anyone knows how to make videos, if they do tell them to send an email to ife at Ifemayo1@umbc.edu

--> We also have two new co-advisors Dr Sue smalls and Dr Mavis Sanders

This article walks web developers through the basics behind the progress markup element and how it can be used to show progress in your HTML5 pages.

Nearly two dozen UMBC faculty researchers and bwtech@UMBC entrepreneurs attended a media workshop held in the research and technology park’s new CyberHive on Thursday, February 20th. UMBC’s Office of Institutional Advancement organized the event in collaboration with bwtech@UMBC as an opportunity for researchers and entrepreneurs to learn about media relations and strategies to gain visibility for their work.

Attendees heard from three local journalists: Sarah Gantz from the Baltimore Business Journal, Liz Gormisky from Defense Daily, and Lisa Palmer, an NSF-funded science communication fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center and freelance journalist who has written for publications such as The New York Times, Scientific American and Slate.

In their talks and the Q&A session that followed, Gantz, Gormisky and Palmer discussed how to communicate and build relationships with journalists to generate interest in new research or technologies. Additional topics included how various types of publications work on different timetables and use different types of sources, and how to tailor story pitches to fit particular news outlets.

Kovair Software announced today that it has successfully released a migration and synchronization solution between HP Quality Center, Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Microsoft Test Manager (MTM).

Anne Brodsky, psychology professor and associate dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, has received the 2014 SCRA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Theory and Research in Community Psychology. The award was announced by American Psychological Association (APA) Division 27. The announcement from the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) states:

Dr. Brodsky’s contributions cover various topics of central importance to community psychology. The award refers to both theory and research and she has significant contributions in both areas (theory- resilience, PSOC; research – qualitative methods). Her contributions regarding research relate not only to engaging in excellent research but in writing about methodology itself and contributing to the development of qualitative methodology. Her work has substantially enhanced our understanding of women’s engagement in multiple roles (i.e., parent, change agent) and the ways in which sense of community and empowerment are intertwined. 

She has also been successful in “giving psychology away” and in facilitating the development of others who can contribute to the discipline.  Dr. Brodsky’s work embodies community psychology values and concepts – largely on processes that support community-based/social action, empowerment, and community-level self-determination.

Cinematic Arts Students, Matthew Roe and Max Eilbacher, will screen films this week at the 2nd Annual Best of Baltimore Student Film Festival. The Festival, held at the Creative Alliance, will take place Thursday, February 27 beginning at 7:30 p.m., and features the work of students from Goucher, JHU, MICA, Morgan, Towson, Stevenson, University of Baltimore and UMBC. Each college showcases two films.

Tickets for the screening are available now.