Flavorings long used to make tobacco products and e-cigarettes palatable — and particularly alluring to children — may also actually harm tissue. Continue Reading Hidden by a pleasant scent: The health consequences of flavor in e-cigarettes
Just like each child grows over time, reading methods should, too, because there is more than one good way to teach a kid how to read. Continue Reading There’s more than one good way to teach kids how to read
Lydia Coley ’20, American studies, has started a new adventure this semester, doing what she has been preparing for over the last three years—be a student-teacher. Continue Reading A Day in the Life of a Student Teacher
“I maintain a pretty high performance and art schedule, and have for a long time,” says Alexander, who is pursuing an MFA in UMBC’s intermedia and digital arts program as much for the community and the push to produce as anything else. Continue Reading 50-Foot Woman Tells All
Climate change and other environmental issues like air and water quality disproportionately affect people of color. Today, Demoz sees his role at UMBC as empowering students, especially students from underrepresented backgrounds, to take ownership of their research and contribute to their communities. Eventually, he hopes his graduates will also become mentors and advocates for their own students and colleagues—behaviors he models for them every day. Continue Reading Climate Shift
As the 50th anniversary of public radio draws near, a radio historian at UMBC looks at NPR’s contradictory legacy of sonic innovation and monotony. Continue Reading NPR Is Still Expanding the Range of What Authority Sounds Like After 50 Years
Staging intimacy—which includes everything from holding hands to simulated sex—can be one of the most challenging parts of producing a play. Continue Reading Keeping Pace with Theatrical Intimacy
“Read with your children. Enjoy books together, and whatever you do, don’t worry about teaching them to read. Leave the teaching to the teachers.” Continue Reading Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute daily routine
To build a more robust Earth science in the “human age,” the human sciences must play as central a role as the natural sciences do today. Continue Reading Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene
As the series wraps up its final season, April Householder ‘95, co-editor of Feminist Perspectives on Orange is the New Black, shares some thoughts on the lasting impact of this groundbreaking show. Continue Reading The Impact of Orange is the New Black
Visiting senior research scholar Marvin Heiferman explores the intersection of photography and science in a new collaborative book called Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe. Continue Reading Depth of Field
In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has ruled that partisan gerrymandering is not unconstitutional. The issue is a political one, according to the court, not a legal one. Continue Reading After Supreme Court Decision, Gerrymandering Fix Is up to Voters
