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Summer 2015 - Research Intern (9274272)
Sensing Machines - Kingsville, Maryland
Position Type: Research Internships, Internship Opportunities
Posting Date: April 27, 2015
End Date: July 10, 2015
Tutor Counselor- Upward Bound Math & Science Summer Residential Program (9274251)Baltimore City Community College - Baltimore, Maryland
Position Type: Part-Time
Posting Date: April 24, 2015
End Date: April 30, 2015
STEM/Minecraft INSTRUCTOR (9274175)Snapology of Baltimore Washington - Columbia, Maryland
Position Type: Part-Time
Posting Date: April 22, 2015
End Date: August 20, 2015
Fall 2015 - Baltimore Collegetown Shuttle Intern (9274164)Towson University - Baltmore, Maryland
Position Type: Internship Opportunities
Posting Date: April 22, 2015
End Date: May 08, 2015
Summer 2015- Patent Experience Extern Program (PEEP) (9274120)United States Patent and Trademark Office - Alexandria, Virginia
Denver, Colorado
Detroit, Michigan
Position Type: Internship Opportunities
Posting Date: April 20, 2015
End Date: May 02, 2015
UMBC’s Election Board officially announced the winners of the SGA Presidential and Executive Vice Presidential election just before 10 p.m. on Monday, April 27. Anthony Jankoski and running mate Daniel Amsini won the election with 1036, or 39.2 percent, votes.
The announcement came after a delay was called by the Election Board in order to review issues related to conduct by the campaigns in the race. The Election Board posted an announcement to myUMBC that read, “The SGA Election Board has concluded its review of campaigns’ conduct associated with the Presidential race and hereby certifies all election results.”
Over the course of the campaign season, the Election Board imposed sanctions for repeated election rules violations. All three presidential/executive vice-presidential campaigns committed infractions to some degree.
On April 23, the Election Board released an official notice saying the the Jankoski campaign was found in violation of election rule 10, which prohibits candidates and their campaign affiliates from soliciting votes with electronic devices. The Election Board determined that the proper sanction for these violations was a total ban of the Jankoski-Amsini campaign from the University Center and True Grits Dining Hall.
Evan Leiter-Mason, Election Board Chair, declined to comment on the results of the election.
Michelle Seu, who came in third in the election, said “I think that the distribution of the votes speaks volumes about what the students care about. We did our best to formulate respectable, realistic ideas for our platform, and we also put a great deal of effort into making sure we ran an ethically sound, fun and inviting campaign. If, at the end of the day, that was not enough to secure the popular vote, at least we can end this election knowing that we stayed true to ourselves and our vision.”
The other candidates could not be reached for comment.
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In this weeks ebiquity lab meeting, Ankur Padia will talk about ontology learning and the work he did for his MS thesis at 10:00am in ITE 346 at UMBC.
Ontology Learning has been the subject of intensive study for the past decade. Researchers in this field have been motivated by the possibility of automatically building a knowledge base on top of text documents so as to support reasoning based knowledge extraction. While most works in this field have been primarily statistical (known as light-weight Ontology Learning) not much attempt has been made in axiomatic Ontology Learning (called Formal Ontology Learning) from Natural Language text documents. Presentation will focus on the relationship between Description Logic and Natural Language (limited to IS-A) for Formal Ontology Learning.
]]>Like most of you, I buy food from the Commons that comes in disposable packaging. Having a meal plan, I feel like using some of this disposable packaging is inevitable. That doesn’t mean I like using so much disposable packaging, and I’ve tried to find ways to reduce my waste.
This semester I started carrying a reusable, lightweight “spork” around in my backpack so that I don’t have to get new plastic silverware every time I buy food. I keep my spork in a zip-loc in my backpack and try to remember to wash it after I use it.
Plastic silverware can’t be recycled, so it just ends up in our landfills. Plastic is also made from petroleum, and each item has a broader impact: from the extraction of the natural resources, to manufacturing it into plastic and molding it into a spoon, to packaging and shipping to UMBC, just so it can be used one time, then tossed in the trash and sit in a landfill. Imagine if no UMBC students used disposable plastic silverware! We can help develop better ways of doing things, and continue carrying on these new habits and perspectives that we learn at UMBC for the rest of our lives.
If you are interested in getting your own spork, you can buy them online for as low as $3.
Are you doing anything to try to reduce your waste from the Commons? Maybe using a reusable coffee mug? Not getting a lid and straw with every drink? Not taking a plastic bag? Share your sustainable actions in the comments below!
As an Eco-Ambassador, I'm also working with the Sustainability Coordinator to find ways to reduce our consumption and waste in the dining hall and beyond. From improving signage and education, to exploring new policies and practices. One you start looking deeper- you may realize each of your actions can have a greater impact and together, we can make a huge difference!
- Molissa, UMBC Eco-Ambassador
Upal Ghosh, chemical, biochemical and environmental engineering, received an award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineering and Sciences (AAEES) last week. The AAEES awards recognize individuals and organizations who have made contributions to environmental engineering, environmental science, and public health/environmental protection.
Ghosh received an Honor Award in the category of University Research for his work with developing in-situ remediation technology using activated carbon amendment to sediment. CBEE graduate students Hilda Fadaei Khoei and Eli Patmont were also recognized for their contributions to the project. Ghosh has used the technology, named SediMite in his work with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources to remediate Mirror Lake. The Mirror Lake project was also recognized by the AAEES, receving an Honor Award in the Small Projects category.
Click here to read more about Ghosh’s work in remediation technology and here to learn more about the Mirror Lake project.
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