Policy & Society

Sara Poggio, associate professor of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI), is included in the new book “Migraciones Internacionales Contemporáneas: Estudios para el Debate,” which was edited by Cynthia Pizarro.  Poggio’s chapter, ““Evaluando Los Costos Y Beneficios De La  Experiencia Transnacional: Madres Centro-Americanas En El Estado De Maryland,” explores the transnational experience of Central American mothers in Maryland. Nicoleta Bazgan, assistant professor of MLLI, published an article in the journal “Contemporary French Civilization” Her article is entitled “From Bardot to Binoche: the Pygmalion Myth and Artistic Collaboration.”

The largest class is the history of the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted on Saturday, February 4, 2012. The honorees are Charles Brown (Director of Athletics, 1989-current), Jen Dragoni (women’s lacrosse, 2000-04), Brad Green (swimming and diving, 2000-04), Adam Grossman (track and field, 2002-06), Ted Lawler (men’s soccer, 1994-98), Brendan Mundorf (men’s lacrosse, 2002-06), Josef Novotny (men’s tennis, 2001-04), Keith Puryear (head tennis coach, 1990-2008) and Drew Westervelt (men’s lacrosse, 2003-07). There are now 121 members of the UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame, which was instituted in the 1970s. In 1990, Dr. Brown created The Annual Hall… Continue Reading Nine to Be Inducted Into UMBC Athletic Hall of Fame

Seniors in need often receive excessive donations near the holidays. Julie Rosenthal, program management specialist for Asian studies, makes sure that they are fed the rest of the year, too. Rosenthal runs a nonprofit program called “Food on the 15th.” The project has delivered 9,500 bags of groceries to hundreds of low-income seniors over the past six years, and is designed to introduce children of affluence to people who are struggling. “I thought my kids were way too focused on themselves. There was dance and drama and all that, but it was all about them,” said Rosenthal. She needed something… Continue Reading Julie Rosenthal, Asian Studies, in Washington Post

This week EMS World features an EMS Squadcast interview with Dwight Polk, UMBC’s paramedic program director. Polk was interviewed by Tim Perkins, a UMBC alumnus who now works for the Virginia Office of EMS. The conversation focuses on Polk’s EMS World Expo presentation “HIV/AIDS: Why Don’t We Talk About It Anymore.” Key topics include how trimming educational budgets has harmed preventative measures targeting the disease and how instructors can better prepare EMS practitioners to provide quality care for patients with HIV/AIDS. To access the podcast click here. Polk appears 8 min 51 sec into the recording.

Our everyday lives are increasingly affected by events and issues beyond our nation’s borders, and many colleges are responding by creating specific programs that address the need to understand different cultures, reports the Baltimore Sun in an education supplement story entitled “Learning through Language.” One program that the Sun highlights is UMBC’s new Asian studies program, the first such program at a public institution in Maryland. “Asia cannot be ignored, and our students need to be prepared for a world in which Asia plays a major role,” said Constantine Vaporis, director of the program. The story appeared in the Sun’s… Continue Reading Asian Studies Program in the News

MarylandReporter today noted that unless the U.S. Congress acts by January 1, physicians will face a Medicare reimbursement rate cut of 30%. Expense concerns have motivated some doctors to close their practices and go to work for hospitals, says UMBC Erickson School Professor Joe Gribbin, a former associate commissioner for the Social Security Administration. He explains, “The implications [of changes to reimbursement rates] are huge not just for physicians but for the beneficiary community, and they’re not well understood.” The article was also picked up by Citybizlist Baltimore.

As a photographer for the Baltimore Sun, A. Aubrey Bodine’s photography captured Maryland life. On Saturday, November 19, the Baltimore Sun will auction of over 7,000 of his prints. Tom Beck, chief curator at the Albin O. Kuhn Library, was on “Midday with Dan Rodricks” on November 17 to discuss the library’s Bodine collection, which contains over 3,000 Bodine prints. “He was the person who I think single-handedly invented our cherished traditional Maryland imagery,” said Beck. The full conversation can be heard here.