The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture reaches audiences far beyond UMBC with dynamic touring exhibitions that explore issues of our times and inspire viewers to rethink how art institutions relate to the public. Continue Reading CADVC’s touring exhibits connect with audiences across the nation
UMBC students make waves in the education world with a project that gets to the heart of linguistic identity, community and belonging. Continue Reading Video offers a fresh and fascinating take on UMBC’s language diversity
The history of the Sparrows Point Steel Mill lives on as a documentary produced by UMBC students and faculty is screened at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Continue Reading Michelle Stefano and Bill Shewbridge screen ‘Mill Stories’ documentary in Baltimore
The Summer Faculty Fellowship program supports non-tenured, tenure-track UMBC faculty pursuing research and scholarly projects during the summer to get ahead on their research early in their career. Continue Reading Summer fellowships awarded to UMBC faculty across disciplines to pursue impactful research
Students in an English seminar on women and periodicals examine nineteenth-century working conditions and culture for women employed in textile mills across the Northeast to create prominent digital exhibition. Continue Reading Humanities students launch collaborative digital exhibition with American Antiquarian Society
This month the Department of Defense released nearly 200 previously classified photos of detainees at military sites across Iraq and Afghanistan. In The Conversation, Adelman considers the questions they raise about transparency. Continue Reading Visual culture expert Rebecca Adelman comments on newly declassified photos
From the beep of a text alert to the whir of a laptop fan, soundscapes play a major role in students’ experiences. Steph Ceraso is helping her students think critically about 21st century technologies and the sounds that we interact with every day. Continue Reading Steph Ceraso gives students a new perspective on sound in a digital world
Timothy Nohe, director of the Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA) and visual arts professor, will introduce American audiences to the deeply woven human narrative of Botany Bay in his exhibition Sounding Botany Bay opening February 12 in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Continue Reading Nohe exhibit presents shifting Australian landscape that illustrates humanity’s global impact
What will it take to move the dial on the representation of diverse faculty at U.S. colleges and universities? Marketplace, a leading radio program on business and the economy, tackles this question in two new stories highlighting UMBC’s work to train, recruit, hire and retain diverse faculty. Continue Reading Marketplace radio series highlights UMBC faculty diversity initiatives
As Baltimore Dance Project rehearsed for their upcoming performances at UMBC’s Proscenium Theatre, directors Doug Hamby and Carol Hess took time out to discuss the new program featuring premieres by both artists as well as Sandra Lacy. Continue Reading Baltimore Dance Project presents innovative new works by UMBC choreographers
As local educators and museum officials are in the midst of planning events for Black History Month, the Baltimore Sun published an article reflecting on the events of 2015 and opportunities to expand commemorations in remembrance of recent history. Kimberly Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, was interviewed for the article and discussed the importance of connecting the past with the present. “If you think about it, history is occurring daily, right? So yesterday is history,” said Moffitt. “So even though the Black Lives Matter campaign in particular is seen as recent and current history, it is something that has… Continue Reading Kimberly Moffitt reflects on Black History Month and today’s social movements
Constantine Vaporis, professor of history and director of the Asian studies program, has been selected for the ASIANetwork Speakers Bureau. The program is a new distinguished speaker series hosted by the ASIANetwork, a consortium of 160 liberal arts colleges and universities that aims to “strengthen the role of Asian Studies within the framework of liberal arts education to help prepare succeeding generations of undergraduates for a world in which Asian societies play prominent roles in an ever more interdependent world,” according to the organization’s website. Vaporis was nominated and selected for the prestigious program from among faculty in all disciplines. The ASIANetwork… Continue Reading Constantine Vaporis selected for national Asian studies speaker series program
