A Destination for Art and Culture With its strong emphasis on exhibitions, outreach, public programming and scholarly research publications focused on contemporary art and cultural issues, UMBC’s Center for Art and Visual Culture (CAVC) fills a unique niche within the mid-Atlantic region. CAVC’s exhibitions were recently recognized by both national and regional media. Washington Post reviewer Jessica Dawson called “Blur of the Otherworldly,” CAVC’s fall 2005 exhibition, “an ambitious group show….,” while locally, Baltimore magazine named CAVC the metropolitan area’s Best Contemporary Art Gallery. Said Baltimore: “UMBC’s Center for Art and Visual Culture mounts cutting edge exhibitions infused with… Continue Reading A Destination for Art and Culture
Learning from New Zealand Public Policy On January 18, leaders in public policy from across the U.S. will convene at UMBC for a one-day forum, “What Did We Learn Over There? Public Policy in New Zealand Through American Eyes.” Hosted by the University’s Center for Health Program Development and Management (CHPDM), the event will bring together for the first time individuals who studied in New Zealand as Ian Axford Fellows in Public Policy. The Axford Fellows program was established by the New Zealand Government in partnership with the private sector to give outstanding American professionals opportunities to study, travel… Continue Reading Learning from New Zealand Public Policy
Learning from New Zealand Public Policy On January 18, leaders in public policy from across the U.S. will convene at UMBC for a one-day forum, “What Did We Learn Over There? Public Policy in New Zealand Through American Eyes.” Hosted by the University’s Center for Health Program Development and Management (CHPDM), the event will bring together for the first time individuals who studied in New Zealand as Ian Axford Fellows in Public Policy. The Axford Fellows program was established by the New Zealand Government in partnership with the private sector to give outstanding American professionals opportunities to study, travel… Continue Reading Learning from New Zealand Public Policy
Studying South Asia In the past decade, UMBC Associate Professor of Political Science Devin T. Hagerty’s region of expertise, South Asia, has gone from being an understudied corner of the globe to one of the most closely watched. In 1998, India and Pakistan added nuclear weapon capability to what was already one of the tensest borders in the world. 9-11 made the world focus on Afghanistan, the Taliban, stopping the spread of Al Qaeda and the continuing search for Osama Bin Laden. Then Oct. 7’s devastating earthquake in the disputed Kashmir region added humanitarian disaster to the already volatile… Continue Reading Studying South Asia
Hatching a Fruitful Research Career At a recent research conference on parasitoid wasps, Presidential Fellow Kate Laskowski not only turned heads as the only undergraduate student attending, the poster that she presented on her research won first prize, beating out all other presenters—including graduate students and post-docs. Laskowski’s field work on the wasps, a fascinating insect that could someday help us better understand human aging, sparked a passion for research that changed her life. “When I started at UMBC, I was pre-vet with an interest in wildlife pathology,” Laskwoski, a biological sciences major with a chemistry minor said. “But… Continue Reading Hatching a Fruitful Research Career
Cross Country Captures America East Title Not surprisingly, Robert Cartwright ’80 felt a bit of déjà vu watching his son, Ryan, cross the finish line at the America East Conference Championship in Binghamton, NY, last month. Almost exactly 30 years before – as a freshman economics major at UMBC in 1975 – his team also came from behind to win the Mason Dixon cross country conference championship. “This is such a coincidence, it’s just unbelievable,” said the elder Cartwright, of Perry Hall, an All Conference performer during his years at UMBC. “It sort of choked everybody up.” The father-son… Continue Reading Cross Country Captures America East Title
From UMBC to Costa Rica Just a few months after graduating from UMBC, Justine Wagner, Spanish and economics ’04, traveled to Costa Rica on a Fulbright Research Award. Wagner conducted research for a study on the effects of government social spending on poverty at the Institute of Economic Science Research of the University of Costa Rica with Professor Juan Diego Trejos, who has worked with UMBC Professor of Economics and Wagner’s mentor, Tim Gindling. As part of her award, Wagner also had the opportunity to attend a Fulbright Enhancement Seminar in Honduras, where Fulbright Scholars studying in Central America… Continue Reading From UMBC to Costa Rica
Light for All The science of light – photonics – is as ubiquitous as oxygen in today’s technology driven world. Go to the grocery store, make a phone call, listen to a CD or watch a movie on DVD and odds are photonics made it possible. Anthony Johnson , director of UMBC’s Center for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research (CASPR) is not only focused on pushing the boundaries of research in his field, but is also determined to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the sciences. CASPR, which began with a 2002 NASA grant, is an interdisciplinary center,… Continue Reading Light for All
Helping Women Achieve Their Potential UMBC’s array of programs that empower women to be both successful students and successful professionals has been recognized for the second year in a row by CosmoGIRL! magazine’s guide to the 50 best colleges for girls. Featured in the magazine’s October 2005 issue, the guide also includes such institutions as Amherst College; Brown University; Duke University; MIT; Stanford University; the University of California, Berkeley; and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. “We’re confident that the girls who go [to UMBC] are given the opportunity to see other women being innovative thinkers and successful leaders,… Continue Reading Helping Women Achieve Their Potential
Celebrating an Innovative Environment for Learning & Research The Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chemistry Building dedication will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 21. The entire campus community is invited to the event, which will begin in the University Center Plaza and includes a ribbon-cutting, plaque dedication and reception. When UMBC renames its newly renovated chemistry and biochemistry building as the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Chemistry Building on October 21, the campus will celebrate both a transforming philanthropy and an innovative training center for the next generation of chemists and biochemists. The chemistry building renovations benefit all… Continue Reading An Outstanding Environment for Learning & Research
Creating Clockwork Crab Mechanical engineering major Arthur Gould is proudly checking out his Clockwork Crab, part of Baltimore’s Crabtown Project, when a group of Red Hat Society ladies stop to look at the unusual black and white creature hanging out by Key Highway just behind the outdoor trapeze school. When they find out Gould is the artist, they ask to have their picture taken with Clockwork Crab. Baltimoreans and tourists have enjoyed looking at the 200 fiberglass crab sculptures since they began appearing in May. But while the Crabtown Project is a benefit for Baltimore City’s Believe in Our… Continue Reading Creating Clockwork Crab
Writing UMBC’s Next Chapter Providing a distinctive undergraduate experience and supporting faculty development and research are an important part of UMBC’s strategic planning process. Two significant steps to enhancing these goals are the recent reorganization of the College of Arts and Sciences into two new colleges:the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, and the creation of the Office of Undergraduate Education. These changes also will expand scholarship, research and creative achievement experiences for both students and faculty. Overseeing these new entities are Diane Lee, dean and vice provost of undergraduate… Continue Reading Writing UMBC’s Next Chapter
