Nancy Miller’s American Public Health Association award and Kevin Eckert’s Association for Gerontology in Higher Education honor reflect careers of distinguished teaching, research and service. Continue Reading UMBC social sciences recognized for research and leadership in health policy The findings offer “an important clue in trying to unravel the formation history of the solar system,” says Sander Goossens. The level of detail they determined for the crater’s structure “hasn’t been done before, anywhere in the solar system.” Continue Reading New Science cover story on massive Moon crater features innovative UMBC research techniques UMBC’s annual Post-Election Forum and W.E.B. DuBois Lecture provided early opportunities for reflection on the results of the 2016 U.S. election, in addition to faculty voices in the local and national media. Continue Reading UMBC faculty guide reflection on the 2016 election through campus events and media “This university-wide agreement will broaden the cooperation between our institutions to include more opportunities for exchange of students, faculty, and staff, and for stronger research collaborations,” says Sebastião Feyo de Azevedo, rector of University of Porto. Continue Reading UMBC expands partnership with Portugal’s University of Porto UMBC’s Summer Success Institute creates opportunities for mentorship and community building among graduate students, supplementing academic programs to “[make] sure students have the emotional and community support they need to thrive,” says Renetta Tull. Continue Reading UMBC support for STEM grad students from underrepresented groups featured as a national model “The complex problems we face do not organize themselves neatly into the categories we’re used to,” says Carole McCann. “We need to think beyond those boundaries.” A new faculty social hour series aims to provide a space to support that effort. Continue Reading UMBC faculty celebrate opportunities to expand collaboration across disciplines At 19th annual symposium, 331 students learned from workshops and received insightful feedback on their research projects from cricket behavior to breast cancer to biodegradable polymers. Continue Reading Life sciences research symposium attracts a record number of students from across the mid-Atlantic President Hrabowski shared, “All of you here today represent the best in your disciplines, and we wanted to celebrate what you have done…from literature and history, to the sciences and social sciences, to the arts.” Continue Reading UMBC honors faculty fellows, recognizing decades of exemplary scholarship and service Forestiere, an associate professor of political science, publishes new book to guide students through their research process and is nominated to the Pi Sigma Alpha Executive Council of the National Political Science Honor Society. Continue Reading Carolyn Forestiere provides innovative framework for student political science research In her keynote talk “Body/ Land/ Home: Disability Justice, Healing Justice and Femme of Color Brilliance,” Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explained how lived experiences can provide a foundation for social justice. Continue Reading Critical Social Justice celebrates UMBC as a home for learning, activism, and social change With the 2016 election just days away, UMBC faculty have been in the news discussing voter dissatisfaction with government and the divided political landscape that faces both presidential candidates heading into Election Day. Continue Reading UMBC faculty comment on how division is impacting the 2016 election “This conference is not only significant to our understanding of the potential legacy of the first self-identified African-American president of the United States, but it is also timely as we approach one of the most contentious and polarizing presidential elections of our country’s history,” says Kimberly Moffitt, associate professor of American studies and lead conference organizer. Continue Reading Michael Eric Dyson headlines Obama Effect 2.0 conference at UMBC
UMBC social sciences recognized for research and leadership in health policy
New Science cover story on massive Moon crater features innovative UMBC research techniques
UMBC faculty guide reflection on the 2016 election through campus events and media
UMBC expands partnership with Portugal’s University of Porto
UMBC support for STEM grad students from underrepresented groups featured as a national model
UMBC faculty celebrate opportunities to expand collaboration across disciplines
Life sciences research symposium attracts a record number of students from across the mid-Atlantic
UMBC honors faculty fellows, recognizing decades of exemplary scholarship and service
Carolyn Forestiere provides innovative framework for student political science research
Critical Social Justice celebrates UMBC as a home for learning, activism, and social change
UMBC faculty comment on how division is impacting the 2016 election
Michael Eric Dyson headlines Obama Effect 2.0 conference at UMBC
