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Can anything be read as poetry? Keegan Cook Finberg, English, is opening students’ eyes to the poetic world 

Mar 12, 2026 / 8 minutes of reading
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The chase and thrill of researching erotic worlds

Dec 15, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading
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Who is AI for? Eric Stokan receives USM professorship to address barriers and promote AI equity for students and faculty

Oct 9, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading
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Hrabowski Fund for Innovation awardees continue to drive new approaches to teaching and learning

Oct 7, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading
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Jane Austen as an abolitionist? Margie Burns unpacks the loaded history of the phrase “pride and prejudice”

Aug 7, 2025 / 4 minutes of reading
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The evolution, existence, and extinction of butch culture

Aug 1, 2025 / 2 minutes of reading
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My life between the yellow borders

Jun 2, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading
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Meet a Retriever—Brandon Dudley ’04, teacher and author, who honed his passion for English at UMBC  

May 30, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading
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Queer country: LGBTQ+ musicians are outside the spotlight as Grand Ole Opry turns 100

May 30, 2025 / 5 minutes of reading
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From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’

Apr 14, 2025 / 6 minutes of reading
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UMBC’s Virtual Tandem Conversation project with German universities is changing the way students see Germany and the U.S.

Apr 1, 2025 / 7 minutes of reading
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