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Vin Grabill, Visual Arts: Latest Video “Wet” and The Light Ekphrastic

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Visual Arts associate professor and chair Vin Grabill’s latest experimental video Wet has been making the rounds for the past few months, including being show at the 2012 Athens International Film & Video Festival at Ohio University this past April and at the Tenement Street Workshop’s Second Annual Snowballs Film Festival in New York City June 3rd. Describing the piece, Grabill says on the video’s site that, ” I collaborated with computer animator Francisco Olivares to create a waterspout sequence designed to overwhelm a series of abstracted TV scenes. A second animated water sequence depicts the flooding of the physical detritus of our… Continue Reading Vin Grabill, Visual Arts: Latest Video “Wet” and The Light Ekphrastic

Rachel Wilkinson, English, in BmoreMedia

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In aJune 5 article entitled “What’s the Buzz? Beehives Burgeon in Baltimore Backyards,” Rachel Wilkinson, adjunct professor of English, recently reported on the local beekeeping community for the website BmoreMedia. Over the course of the piece, Wilkinson explores a number of facets to the practice and its prevalence within Maryland, noting that there are 1,751 registered beekeepers with about 12,000 colonies in 1800 locations according to the state’s Department of Agriculture, and that “[a]ccording to to state apiarist Jerry Fischer, Baltimore alone was home to about 29 registered beekeepers keeping more than 100 colonies in 45 locations as of February.” Wilkinson… Continue Reading Rachel Wilkinson, English, in BmoreMedia

UMBC Memorial Service for Judy Shinogle

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To celebrate the life of our colleague and friend Judy Shinogle, the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, and the Department of Public Policy, will hold a memorial service on Tuesday, June 26 from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Commons Skylight Room. There will be an opportunity for members of the audience to share their memories of Judy. Read more about Judy here. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Judith A. Shinogle Memorial Fund (make checks payable to UMBC Foundation), UMBC, 8th Floor Administration, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250; or AKC Canine Health Foundation, P.O. Box… Continue Reading UMBC Memorial Service for Judy Shinogle

Erle Ellis, Geography and Environmental Systems, in Greenwire

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In a June 6 piece for E&E Publishing’s daily environmental news website Greenwire, associate professor Earl Ellis, geography and environmental systems, spoke with reporter Paul Voosen in regards to the U.N.’s release of its fifth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-5) ahead of this month’s “Rio+20: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development” to be held in Rio De Janeiro. The article focused on GEO-5’s emphasis on “planetary boundaries” as an important aspect of future environmental policy, which “are roughly based on the limits estimated during the past 10,000 years of human activity, and… have been seized upon by policymakers seeking a guide… Continue Reading Erle Ellis, Geography and Environmental Systems, in Greenwire

Tim Nohe, Visual Arts, Collaborates on “My Station North” Exhibition, Interviewed on WYPR

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Associate Professor Timothy Nohe, Visual Arts, and Charlotte Keniston ’14, Imaging and Digital Arts, recently collaborated with students from the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School for a project documenting the school’s Station North neighborhood. The project My Station North: Sounds Surrounding Us involved Nohe and Keniston providing five students ages 10-11 simple point-and-shoot cameras and audio recorders to go and interact with the diverse collection of area residents, ranging from bricklayers, to bike shop collective members, to artists based in the Copycat Building. The results are to be exhibited at an installation opening in Gallery CA at the City Arts building… Continue Reading Tim Nohe, Visual Arts, Collaborates on “My Station North” Exhibition, Interviewed on WYPR

President Hrabowski on NPR’s Tell Me More (6/6)

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President Hrabowski will appear on NPR’s Tell Me More on June 6. He talks to host Michel Martin about the importance of higher education, how families can weigh the costs and benefits of college and why UMBC is investing heavily in the arts and humanities. Locally, you can hear the program on WRAU-88.3 FM or WAMU-88.5 FM from 2 pm to 3 pm. You can also listen online. President Hrabowski’s segment is expected to air about 40 minutes into the program.

Marie desJardins and Penny Rheingans, Computer Science, USA TODAY College

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Should computer science be a required course for today’s college students? That’s the question posed by USA TODAY reporter Sonia Su. UMBC’s Marie desJardins tell Su that, “Being a smart computer user is like being a smart consumer — the more you understand how it works, the more you can benefit from it,” Su writes, “In her introductory computer science class for non-majors, desJardins said she emphasizes key concepts, one of which is that computational thinking is, as its core, about problem solving, which is useful for everyone.” desJardins tells Su, “I find that my students often do not really… Continue Reading Marie desJardins and Penny Rheingans, Computer Science, USA TODAY College

Rebecca Boehling Named Director of the International Tracing Service in Germany

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From Freeman Hrabowski, President, and Philip Rous, Provost Designate & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs We are delighted to announce that Rebecca Boehling, professor of history and director of the James T. and Virginia M. Dresher Center for the Humanities, has been named the next Director of the International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany. The ITS is unique in scope and significance, serving victims of Nazi persecutions and their families by documenting their fate, preserving crucial and indispensable historical records, and making its rich archive available for research. Dr. Boehling was appointed unanimously by the eleven-member state International… Continue Reading Rebecca Boehling Named Director of the International Tracing Service in Germany

Ryan Bloom, English, in the New Yorker, Mentioned in Slate

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The never-ending battle between advocates of the prescriptive and descriptive schools of language was touched off in the last few weeks, starting with a May 14 article in The New Yorker titled “The English Wars”, written by the magazine’s dance critic Joan Acocella. Weighing in with Acocella on the side of the prescriptive approach was lecturer Ryan Bloom,  English, who in a May 29 blog post on The New Yorker‘s website noted one contradiction in particular on the part of many descriptivists: “When it comes time for them to write their books and articles and give their speeches about the… Continue Reading Ryan Bloom, English, in the New Yorker, Mentioned in Slate

Mark Shriver to Read at Enoch Pratt Library

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The Shriver Center would like to announce that Mark Shriver will read from his book A Good Man at the Enoch Pratt Library’s Wheeler Auditorium on June 7 at 6:30 p.m. In the intimate portrait of an extraordinary father-son relationship, Shriver discovers the moral principles that guided his legendary father and applies them to his own life. Freeman Hrabowski will introduce Shriver. Hrabowski and Shriver worked together to headquarter the Choice program at UMBC and establish The Shriver Center. Shriver is Senior Vice President for Save the Children’s U.S. Programs, which work to ensure a fair start for all children… Continue Reading Mark Shriver to Read at Enoch Pratt Library

Piotr Gwiazda, English, Reads at the Walters Art Museum

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Piotr Gwiazda, associate professor of English, read at the Walters Arts Museum on March 10 as part of the Smartish Pace Reading Series. A video of his reading appears below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–AjVlrPmtI&list=UUBSIwT0uXt_RZ_v_u3RMdsg&index=9&feature=plcp]

Michael Fallon, English, Reads at the CityLit Festival

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On saturday, April 14, Michael Fallon, senior lecturer of English, read at Baltimore’s City Lit festival.  Below is a video of his reading. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irNrpMdg-lg&list=UUBSIwT0uXt_RZ_v_u3RMdsg&index=4&feature=plcp]

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