“When you are trying to solve a problem, you may be able to do it faster yourself,” reflects Haffer, “but the product a team creates is better because it represents the intersection of different views. It will be of more value to your customers, who will be as diverse as the team that created the product.” Continue Reading UMBC alumnus Chris Haffer becomes EEOC’s first chief data officer Contest judge David Wegge, of St. Norbert College, said Evan’s entry, “demonstrated great policy depth, a keen understanding of the challenges millennials face, and creativity in devising solutions that are achievable for this age cohort.” Continue Reading UMBC’s Evan Avila wins iOme Challenge with ideas to help millennials save for retirement “We are changing Earth’s climate faster than at any time since the fall of the dinosaurs,” says Ellis. For scientists, he notes, “What’s controversial…is when did this begin? […] When did humans literally become the global shaper of the earth?” Continue Reading When did humans start to transform Earth? UMBC’s Erle Ellis introduces the Anthropocene. The South Baltimore center opened its doors on June 1, after a two-year, $1.6 million renovation supported by the Northrop Grumman Foundation and Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in partnership with UMBC. Sen. Ben Cardin called the space “a resource for people of all ages to acquire life-changing knowledge and skills.” Continue Reading UMBC celebrates opening of new Lakeland Community and STEAM Center “Confronting the barriers to health equity compels us to look across disciplines and toward collaborations among social scientists, scientists and engineers, and humanists and artists,” said Dean Scott Casper at the event. Continue Reading UMBC health justice research forum focuses on the value of community voices Hrabowski commented further on how humanities have made possible his approach to leadership and building relationships. “I think of the humanities as having given me a context for living my own life, and for knowing how I would work with and be as supportive as possible of others,” he said. Continue Reading Maryland Humanities honors Pres. Hrabowski, James Brady, and Catherine Gira The fall of 2017 was marked by wildfires that burned most of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties in Northern California, and a hurricane season with 17 tropical storms — 10 of which became hurricanes and six that reached a category three or stronger. Millions of people dealt with and continue to face loss of power, as well as shortages in water, medical care, and food, through the fall and winter. While media coverage of these events often focuses on the initial impact, rarely do we get to see what happens behind the scenes as first responders prepare or during the… Continue Reading After the Storm – UMBC Community Volunteers Around the World “This year’s Fulbright Scholars demonstrate the excellence of the humanities and social sciences at UMBC, as well as the centrality of global understanding to a contemporary liberal arts education,” says Scott Casper, dean of CAHSS. Continue Reading UMBC grads ready to travel the world as Fulbright Scholars Psychology professor Susan Sonnenschein is on a mission to help the parents of premature or medically fragile babies make the most of their time in the neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU). As a former NICU mom herself, she is delighted that parents at the University of Maryland Medical Center NICU enjoy the Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) “Goslings” program and follow the early literacy strategies taught in the hour-long workshop there. As a scientist and the program’s evaluator, she wants to make sure the resulting data matches the participants’ enthusiasm. Based on Betsy Diamant-Cohen’s nationally recognized Mother Goose on the… Continue Reading Measuring the Early Moments What do nine UMBC alumni with a passion for basketball, dance, and lacrosse, and fields from biology and biochemistry to information systems and political science have in common? They all chose to teach in Maryland public schools, and all returned to UMBC this May to speak at a special Celebration of Teaching event, launching a campus-wide initiative to increase recruitment and retention of teachers of color in Maryland public schools. Continue Reading UMBC celebrates alumni educators in Maryland public schools “The Catonsville Nine’s protest is one of the most significant acts of war resistance in our nation’s history, and it happened just down the road from UMBC fifty years ago this May,” says Joby Taylor, director of the Shriver Peaceworker Program. Continue Reading UMBC Shriver Center explores civil disobedience and social justice fifty years after Catonsville Nine How can Baltimore neighborhoods renew themselves without forcing out local residents or homogenizing diverse populations? Community-engaged researchers from UMBC, Morgan State University, and the University of Baltimore will examine this question through a special event on April 18. Continue Reading UMBC hosts social justice-focused panel on gentrification in Baltimore
UMBC alumnus Chris Haffer becomes EEOC’s first chief data officer
UMBC’s Evan Avila wins iOme Challenge with ideas to help millennials save for retirement
When did humans start to transform Earth? UMBC’s Erle Ellis introduces the Anthropocene.
UMBC celebrates opening of new Lakeland Community and STEAM Center
UMBC health justice research forum focuses on the value of community voices
Maryland Humanities honors Pres. Hrabowski, James Brady, and Catherine Gira
After the Storm – UMBC Community Volunteers Around the World
UMBC grads ready to travel the world as Fulbright Scholars
Measuring the Early Moments
UMBC celebrates alumni educators in Maryland public schools
UMBC Shriver Center explores civil disobedience and social justice fifty years after Catonsville Nine
UMBC hosts social justice-focused panel on gentrification in Baltimore
