Policy & Society

Christopher Corbett, English, to Be Featured on CityLit Project Panel (4/14)

Mar 26, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The English Department’s Christopher Corbett will be featured Saturday, April 14 at the CityLit Project at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library in a panel discussion on the art of writing biography. Corbett is the author of Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express (Random House/Broadway Books) and The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West (Atlantic Monthly). http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=113

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in AP Story

Mar 26, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The GOP presidential primary is drawing more attention in Maryland than usual, AP reports, given the protracted fight for the nomination among the top candidates. Anticipating a low primary election turn-out among Maryland Republicans, which already comprise a relatively small group, former Gov. Ehrlich suggests the results are “difficult to predict.” Don Norris, UMBC professor and chair of public policy, disagrees. “I think it’s going to go for Romney,” he says, “because even the base in Maryland is not as conservative of a base as…some other states.”

Robert Deluty, Graduate School, Publishes His 35th Book

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Robert Deluty, associate dean of the graduate school, has published a new book of poetry, “Unacknowledghed Miracles.” In his review, Dr. Richard Berlin writes: “Once again, Robert Deluty’s poems had me hooked from beginning to end. On dazzling display are the characters Deluty embraces with his warm, sly sense of humor—the skinny and obese, professors and hookers, husbands and wives, children and grandparents, and of course, Jews and Gentiles. Deluty’s deft embrace of our shared humanity is his greatest gift. And his ability to share his heartfelt observations through poetry is an ongoing miracle.” Copies of “Unacknowledged Miracles,” as well… Continue Reading Robert Deluty, Graduate School, Publishes His 35th Book

Kelley Bell, Visual Arts, to Speak at Animator’s Roundtable

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Kelley Bell, assistant professor of Visual Arts, will speak at American University on March 29 as part of a panel of four women in the District of Columbia area who currently work in animation and motion graphics. In honor of Women’s History Month, the Animator’s Roundtable will provide an opportunity for the artists to show samples of their work and discuss how they approach animation, from business to aesthetics.

Artwork by Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, Featured in Exhibitions and Publication

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Uncultivated, an art project by Lynn Cazabon, associate professor of Visual Arts, will be featured in two exhibitions and will be published in a digital media art catalogue, SCAN2GO. An ongoing public art project that explores wild plants in urban landscapes, Uncultivated began in Baltimore in late 2010 and has expanded to include other cities. Photographs from Uncultivated are on display at the VisArts Gallery, at 155 Gibbs Street in Rockville, Maryland, from March 9 through April 14 in an exhibition curated by UMBC IMDA alumna Susan Main. Photographs will also be on display at Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play… Continue Reading Artwork by Lynn Cazabon, Visual Arts, Featured in Exhibitions and Publication

John Sturgeon, Visual Arts, Receives Fulbright Scholar Award

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

John Sturgeon, professor of Visual Arts, was selected for a Fulbright Scholar award to the United Kingdom, 2012-13, as a Distinguished Chair at the London College of Art, London, England. This is Professor Sturgeon’s second Fulbright Scholar appointment (Argentina/Uruguay 1988-89), but his first since joining the UMBC faculty in 2000.

Callie Neylan, Visual Arts, on NPR’s “The Picture Show” Blog

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Writing and photography by Callie Neylan, assistant professor of Visual Arts, was featured on National Public Radio’s “The Picture Show” blog on March 17. Offering a St. Patrick’s Day reflection on a visit to Ireland, she notes, “One thing I stress when teaching design is the philosophy of austerity, simplicity, and that less is more. What you take out, I always say, is more important than what you leave in.”

Marie desJardins, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Competes in American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Marie desJardins, computer science and electrical engineering, competed in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Brooklyn last weekend. She placed 44th out of 593 solvers, 22nd (of 568) in the “B” category (solvers who haven’t competed in the A (elite) or B finals), and 5th (of 87) in the Mid-Atlantic. She was the 8th ranked woman in the tournament, and the top-ranked woman in the Mid-Atlantic region. She also earned an “I Beat Dr. Fill” button for outscoring the crossword-solving computer program, “Dr. Fill.” The tournament page is here: http://www.crosswordtournament.com/ Rankings: http://www.crosswordtournament.com/2012/standings/rank.htm Dr. Fill: http://www.crosswordtournament.com/articles/bg031112.htm

Linda Dusman, Music, Profiled on NewMusicBox

Mar 22, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Linda Dusman, professor of music, was profiled on the contemporary music website NewMusicBox in a feature by Molly Sheridan, “Linda Dusman—Leading a Creative Life.” The video accompanying the text includes performance excerpts of several of Professor Dusman’s works by UMBC faculty—Lisa Cella, Tom Goldstein and Airi Yoshioka—with additional contributions by Alan Wonneberger and the Imaging Research Center.

“Dilemmas of Longevity”: Leslie Morgan to Present Lipitz Lecture (3/28)

Mar 21, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

On March 28th Leslie Morgan—professor of sociology, co-director of the UMBC/UMB Ph.D. program in gerontology, and one of the nation’s foremost scholars of aging—will present the annual Lipitz Lecture, a Social Sciences Forum event (4:00 p.m. UC Ballroom Lounge). Morgan is UMBC’s 2011-12 Lipitz Professor, an honor that seeks “to recognize and support innovative and distinguished teaching and research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.” Leslie Morgan’s latest publications include Quality Assisted Living (see preview video) and the Baltimore Sun op-ed “Questions to ask before choosing assisted living.” Her lecture will explore the complex influences of longer lives on… Continue Reading “Dilemmas of Longevity”: Leslie Morgan to Present Lipitz Lecture (3/28)

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

Mar 21, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The latest Baltimore Sun column by UMBC political science professor Thomas Schaller delves into the Democratic primary election in Maryland’s Sixth Congressional District, a seat held by longtime Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett.Schaller focuses on the candidacy of Dr. Milad Pooran, a 35-year-old Iranian-American physician and veteran of the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps. He sees Pooran as both “a different kind of candidate” and distinct from Maryland current Democratic House delegates who, as a group, “aren’t short on political careerism or business connections.” Learn more in his Sun column.

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun

Mar 21, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

“The protracted battle for the Republican presidential nomination is about to thrust Maryland’s GOP voters into the unusual position of having a voice in a national political contest even though they live in one of the country’s most reliably blue states,” reports today’s Baltimore Sun. The battle for the state’s 37 delegates has begun. One Maryland lawmaker suggests, “Maryland is a state that could be up for grabs,” but UMBC public policy chair and MIPAR director Donald Norris has a more reserved perspective. “Every delegate at this point is important,” he says. “But could Maryland knock one of them out?… Continue Reading Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun