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Kimberly R. Moffitt named dean of UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

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International labor economist Tim Gindling is named UMBC’s 2021 – 2022 Liptz Professor

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UMBC’s Sherman Center for Early Learning in Urban Communities is transforming early childhood education in Maryland

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UMBC’s Mejdulene B. Shomali receives Woodrow Wilson Foundation fellowship for research on gender and sexuality in transnational Arab culture

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