News and Updates about UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building (ILSB) is an answer to two questions, says Dean Bill LaCourse: “What is UMBC going to be in the future?” and “What are our students going to need in the 21st century?” Continue Reading UMBC celebrates Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building groundbreaking
“UMBC was not only my home for six years during both my undergraduate and graduate pursuits, but I identify with this university as the place I found my calling,” says Pang. Continue Reading Washington Post names UMBC alumnus Sean Pang 2017 Teacher of the Year
Now in its twenty-first year, UMBC’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD) “attains a certain kind of maturity,” but it’s “thrilling to see that as it comes of age, it retains the brawling, restless energy that has always made it so special,” shares Simon Stacey, interim dean and vice provost of undergraduate education. Continue Reading UMBC students tackle complex questions with creativity at URCAD 2017
“Your collaborative work empowers people like me to help improve the human condition. You need to know that your work is critically important,” shared UMB President Jay Perman. Continue Reading Third annual UMBC-UMB Partnership Symposium reveals impact of collaborative research
The internal funding opportunities support faculty who wish to pursue new areas of research, and compete for external funding and support. Continue Reading START and SFF awards support UMBC faculty pursuing research in new directions
“Lack of reconciliation in BiH comes despite – or perhaps because of – a major international effort to ensure justice in the region,” Grodsky writes. Continue Reading Brian Grodsky examines challenges of emerging from conflict, 25 years after start of Bosnian war
The Universities at Shady Grove has awarded UMBC’s Andrew Nolan the Program Director of the Year Kendall Service Award for 2017. Nolan is senior lecturer and program director for UMBC’s history program at USG. Continue Reading USG honors historian Andrew Nolan with top program director award
Digital access isn’t an add-on for Hayden, it’s a core part of her mission and that of the library itself. “This is America’s library,” she shared. “This is your library.” Continue Reading UMBC welcomes Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden for conversation on digital access
The week-long Baltimore festival featured vibrant art installations, performances, and talks by UMBC faculty, students, staff, and alumni. Continue Reading UMBC voices at Light City connect visitors with new ideas
“As human populations grow,” Matt Baker says, “land transformation is degrading stream ecosystems at a truly historic pace.” Restoration efforts are on the rise, but do we know enough to make them effective? Continue Reading Ecologist Matt Baker discusses the health of our streams in new interview
“I think the more knowledge that is generated and the more we understand things, sometimes things that we find very scary or frightening, the better we are able to make good policy decisions and personal decisions on the basis of science,” Deborah Rudacille explains. Continue Reading UMBC’s Deborah Rudacille awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue writing project on addiction
“We’ve seen bird populations plummeting in Australia,” says Colin Studds, “but the thing affecting their populations is actually happening thousands of miles away in China.” Studds’ new study explains that mudflats in the Yellow Sea are critical stopover sites during migration—but they’re disappearing. Continue Reading New UMBC study highlights importance of multinational conservation efforts for migratory shorebirds
