News and Updates about UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Shin is one of just 46 emerging leaders selected nationwide for the the prestigious higher education leadership development program. Continue Reading Sarah Shin named American Council on Education Fellow for 2017-18
With college admissions season kicking into high gear, we got a few on-campus alumni together last week to send personalized notes to students accepted into the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). Retrievers shared their memories and well wishes with accepted students across Maryland and all around the country. The project caught on off-campus, as well: all told, we had 61 alumni from a variety of CAHSS majors send out over 1,400 postcards to prospective students. We can’t wait to meet the Class of 2021! To learn more about opportunities to get involved as an alum, like us… Continue Reading Postcards from True Grit: CAHSS alumni send their well wishes to admitted students
Just six years after its founding, the UMBC Mock Trial team is already taking the nation by storm, outperforming hundreds of other college teams to secure an invitation to the National Championship Tournament in Los Angeles later this month. Continue Reading UMBC Mock Trial heading to Los Angeles to compete in national championship
The program has seen results. In 2013 and 2014, under just 30% of SGA candidates were women. That proportion has increased to over 40% for each of the last three years. Continue Reading UMBC’s Elect Her introduces students to electoral politics to boost gender parity in government
The Grand Challenge Scholars Program’s inaugural symposium featured lightning talks by faculty who described their research in relation to the program’s 14 interdisciplinary global challenge topics in just two minutes. Continue Reading First-ever Grand Challenge Symposium focuses on value of interdisciplinary collaboration
UMBC’s department of music acquires a custom-built harpsichord that the ensemble Musica Spira will showcase in a premiere performance on Wednesday, April 5. Continue Reading New harpsichord graces the stage in Linehan Concert Hall
UMBC’s Dresher Center for the Humanities and College of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences are launching a major new five-year initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the humanities through a $750,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Continue Reading UMBC receives major award to support inclusive excellence in the humanities
The evening celebration of light and its companion series of daytime innovation conferences — the Labs@LightCity — will prominently feature UMBC faculty, staff, students, and alumni as artists and thought leaders. Continue Reading UMBC adds spark to Light City Baltimore
“In nature, timing is everything,” says Colin Studds. As climate change affects different seasonal processes in different ways, he reflects, “It means everything is out of sync.” Continue Reading Colin Studds discusses how climate change affects seasonal rhythms on WYPR’s On the Record
The three pillars of the program are mentorship, research, and empowerment. By giving young women training and information, program founder Isabel Geisler ’17 hopes to positively influence participants’ education and career paths. Continue Reading UMBC Sondheim Scholar creates the Reach Initiative to support Baltimore teen girls in STEM
“The punchline here in terms of our results is that the neighborhoods that have this history of disinvestment have up to three times as many…mosquitoes as do the upper-income neighborhoods that don’t have that history of disinvestment,” Biehler told Edge Effects. Continue Reading Dawn Biehler spotlights link between urban pests and housing inequality
Coleman is one of five experts who contributed to a special feature on the best-designed products of all time, published in Scientific American, Salon, and the Christian Science Monitor. Her essay focuses on the Microsoft HoloLens. Continue Reading Carla Viviana Coleman highlights how a virtual reality tool is changing work and play
