Rescheduled from last week's snow, there are two interesting events happening on Monday, March 10th:

"Critical Social Justice 101" includes a fantastic group of panelists to discuss and engage with participants. The event is taking place in the University Center's Ballroom, 4-5:30 pm.  More info at http://my.umbc.edu/groups/womenscenter/events/23209

"Just Kids" explores the issue of kids who are 14 years old who are charged with certain crimes that can be automatically sent to the adult criminal justice system.  This event will be held in UC 310 at 7 pm. More info at http://critsocjustice.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/end-the-automatic-prosecution-of-youth-as-adults/

Share these opportunities with your friends and colleagues!

It’s a cliche to say that today’s twenty-somethings are pretty confused about life.

But according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, that cliche may be grounded in statistical fact.

The Atlantic set out to chronicle the most glaring inconsistencies buried in the polling data. Here’s USDemocrazy’s top five:

1) Despite growing up in the worst economic environment since the 1930s, we’re the most confident in our financial futures.

 2) Our world is profoundly interconnected through social media websites and apps… and yet we are far less trusting of people than our parents and grandparents.

 3) We are least likely to identify with the two-party system… but have the highest approval of Congress?

 4) We are most supportive of “big government” and universal health care, but disapprove of Obamacare by the same margins as everybody else.

 5) We have the most stake in reversing climate change and preserving the environment… but we are less likely than any previous generation to identify as environmentalists.

 What’s your take on all this? Are millennials confused? Or is there wisdom hiding in the senselessness?

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

Sarah Parmenter explores how to tackle the gender gap in the design industry http://depot.ly/unpX5

Why it’s sometimes best to turn down work: http://depot.ly/umb31  via @CreativeBloq

Nice: Examples of the Effective Use of #Typography in Web Design http://depot.ly/umaKu  via @onextrapixel

What Does a Histogram Tell Us? http://depot.ly/umaFf

Learn how to swap faces with Photoshop http://depot.ly/ulKW3

A stylesheet analysis too that runs metrics on your stylesheets & reports on their complexity http://depot.ly/uj1Iz  /@smashingmag

5 awesome Ghost themes you can learn from http://depot.ly/uj1vi

Retro goodies: 12 Polish movie posters that you will adore http://depot.ly/uj0s8

The science of emotion in marketing: how our brains decide what to share and whom to trust http://depot.ly/uhfJD  *Interesting read via…

Even PayPal Tries to Get Away With Not Paying for Stock Photos http://depot.ly/ugzb0

Here’s a nice list of books to read for an aspiring graphic designer http://depot.ly/udap2

Funny: The client is always right poster series http://depot.ly/ud8wd  via @speckyboy

Proof that B2B logos need not be boring http://depot.ly/udcdR

Zach @Holman: Only 90s web developers remember this http://depot.ly/udbOd

Fake UI: A Tumblr blog cataloging fake user interfaces seen in movies and TV – http://depot.ly/uaLVj

Code Guide – Standards for developing flexible, durable, and sustainable HTML and CSS http://depot.ly/uaLIC

Designer, speaker and philosopher @reichenstein talks typography, Japan and hairdressing – http://depot.ly/uaLzG  /@netmag

Things you can do to Improve Page Load Times http://depot.ly/uaJlN

Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot

Fonts of Chaos Bundle: 10 Rocking Artistic Fonts – only $17!

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community.

• President Hrabowski Participates in Launch of White House Initiative
• Karan Odom and Kevin Omland, Biological Sciences, Make Headlines for Bird Song Research
• Eugene Schaffer and Jonathan Singer, Education, in Capital News Service
• Dave Marcotte, Public Policy, on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
• Dr. Rick Forno discusses data breaches on WEAA

Check out all the other great campus news on Insights Weekly.