“You use the talents that you have, not so much for your own purpose, but to make life better for others,” Hrabowski said. “Because when you do that, your universe expands in a positive way as well.” Continue Reading Because She Can: Jackie Hrabowski’s Service to Students Hrabowski mentors hundreds. Those hundreds mentor thousands. Those thousands mentor hundreds of thousands. The result is Hrabowski’s exponential equation of change. Continue Reading Equation of Change For college presidents, Freeman Hrabowski provides a template for academic achievement, humility, and putting students first. Continue Reading Leaders Among Us It took a pandemic for many to see that Black mothers face impossible choices. A UMBC sociologist centers Black mothers’ lived experiences to learn more. Continue Reading I’m a Black sociologist, and a mom – by listening to other Black mothers, I’ve learned about their pandemic struggles and strengths UMBC has unique long-standing traditions, made especially dear to students and alumni because so many of them were conceived and implemented by students. Continue Reading How to be a Retriever! Researchers found that in households with the greatest diaper need there is also a greater likelihood of other significant concerns, like depression. Continue Reading Diaper Need Emerges as Health Indicator During Pandemic With the RetriEVER Grateful Tour, alumni from all across the nation are gathering to celebrate our community, the impact we’ve made together, and the spirit of inclusive excellence that will drive our work for years to come. Continue Reading We are RetriEVER Grateful Local governments provide many daily essential services. Disrupting their operations shakes confidence in the government and potentially endangers citizens. Continue Reading Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared Two experts find that older adults attempt to draw on personal experience to develop strategies to reduce privacy violations and security threats. Continue Reading Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves Two data management and privacy experts find that with internet extended to devices in homes, offices, and cities, privacy is in more danger than ever. Continue Reading Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy The Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation. Continue Reading Settler Colonialism Helps Explain Current Events Fred Pincus, emeritus professor of sociology, shares the similarities between historical and contemporary opposition to teaching books about race, racism, gender, and sexuality in U.S. schools. Continue Reading Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts from the 1980s
Because She Can: Jackie Hrabowski’s Service to Students
Equation of Change
Leaders Among Us
I’m a Black sociologist, and a mom – by listening to other Black mothers, I’ve learned about their pandemic struggles and strengths
How to be a Retriever!
Diaper Need Emerges as Health Indicator During Pandemic
We are RetriEVER Grateful
Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared
Older Americans are given the wrong idea about online safety – here’s how to help them help themselves
Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy
Settler Colonialism Helps Explain Current Events
Battles Over Book Bans Reflect Conflicts from the 1980s
