Grad student Liz Winters ’13 featured on Maryland Public Television’s Ways to Pay for College program

Nov 25, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

A recent program produced by Maryland Public Television about college affordability featured UMBC student Liz Winters ’13, psychology, and current master’s student in industrial and organizational psychology. The program “Ways to Pay for College” guided viewers through the many options of funding higher education. Several financial experts and student success stories were featured during the program which aired November 21 and 23 on Maryland Public Television. https://youtu.be/Zsn23C-n6Us Liz Winters (story begins at 33:50 in the video above) described her path in finding ways to finance her education at UMBC. After she served in the military for 12 years, she returned… Continue Reading Grad student Liz Winters ’13 featured on Maryland Public Television’s Ways to Pay for College program

Shawn Bediako receives inaugural Marilyn Demorest Award for Faculty Advancement

Nov 13, 2015 / 3 minutes of reading

A message to the UMBC community from Provost Philip Rous: I am pleased to announce that Shawn Bediako, Associate Professor of Psychology, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Marilyn E. Demorest Award for Faculty Advancement. This annual award is provided through an endowment established by Marilyn E. Demorest, Professor Emerita of Psychology and former Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, to support the advancement of all UMBC faculty members in their academic careers; to facilitate their professional development; and to recognize their contributions to faculty advancement and success at UMBC. Dr. Bediako is recognized for his deep commitment to fostering… Continue Reading Shawn Bediako receives inaugural Marilyn Demorest Award for Faculty Advancement

Roundup: UMBC in the News

Nov 6, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. Dr. Hrabowski is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ new Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. He will also speak at a conference on data-driven diversity practices at the College of the Holy Cross on November 13. Hrabowski has also written an op-ed for Time about the… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News

Roundup: UMBC in the News

Oct 8, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. Jeff Halverson, geography and environmental systems, talked to NPR’s Robert Siegel about the “inscrutability” of Hurricane Joaquin. Stephen E. Braude, professor emeritus and former department chair of philosophy, was interviewed for the new book REINCARNATION: Good News for Open-Minded Christians & Other Truth-Seekers. UMBC hosted the 18th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News

Doing Good with Trauma: Lia Mack ’98 releases new novel

Sep 22, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Matty Bell, the 30-year-old protagonist of the novel Waiting for Paint to Dry, is a woman in constant survival mode, a woman, wounded as a girl, who hasn’t fully healed. The novel follows her through her recovery from a traumatic rape during her teenage years, as she learns to fully embrace life again. Hers is an experience the book’s author, Lia Mack ‘98, psychology, is intimately familiar with as a survivor of sexual assault, and her story arose from the author’s own healing process. The book was a long time coming, says Mack. Writing the novel itself was a ten-year… Continue Reading Doing Good with Trauma: Lia Mack ’98 releases new novel

Robert Provine, Psychology, Explains the Science of Laughter

Sep 4, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

Psychology Research Professor and Professor Emeritus Robert Provine recently conducted two interviews with podcast programs to explain his research on neglected human instincts such as laughter, hiccuping, and sneezing. On WBUR’s “You’re the Expert,” a program that brings together comedians and academics in which panelists learn more about research topics of broad interest, Provine appeared at DC Improv Comedy Club to record the segment in front of a live audience. The podcast addressed a wide range of topics, and Provine talked about his research process in trying to get people to laugh. “The key ingredient to get people to laugh is not… Continue Reading Robert Provine, Psychology, Explains the Science of Laughter

UMBC alumni share their experiences supporting Baltimore communities at the 2015 University Retreat.

How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities

Aug 25, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Joe Jones remembers the day vividly. After attending Freddie Gray’s funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015, he walked to his office across the street at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) and found his staff gathered around a television watching CNN footage of unrest just blocks away. As he shared that experience with a crowd of UMBC faculty, staff, and student leaders four months later, he emphasized that two words came to mind as CFUF planned how to move forward with community-building in Baltimore: respect and trust. Jones ‘06, social work, was one of six UMBC… Continue Reading How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Psychology, Receives NIH Career Development Award

Aug 25, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

Danielle L. Beatty Moody, an assistant professor of psychology, has received a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year, $600,000 project will investigate the ways in which racial disparities in exposure to early life social disadvantage promote accelerated diseases and disorders related to the brain including stroke, dementia, and cognitive decline in African Americans across the span of the lifetime. “Pronounced racial disparities are observed across multiple clinical and subclinical brain health endpoints in African Americans compared to Whites and may be attributable, in part, to accelerated age-related disease processes,” NIH stated in a public health… Continue Reading Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Psychology, Receives NIH Career Development Award

Narrative Arc: Stephen Morgan ’72, Psychology

Aug 18, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Sometimes a person’s journey to become one of the state’s most effective CEOs is surprisingly direct. Take Stephen Morgan ’72, psychology, who is the executive director of The Arc Baltimore. Morgan began his career at the organization as an undergraduate, teaching at a summer camp for disabled adults. Fast forward to 2014, and the Maryland Daily Record names him as one of “Maryland’s Most Admired CEOs.” It’s an achievement that Morgan observes is as much about the organization as it is about his leadership. “The award is flattering,” he says, “but what I like is that it’s for the ‘most… Continue Reading Narrative Arc: Stephen Morgan ’72, Psychology

Lipitz Professor Named

Jul 6, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

Shari Waldstein, professor of psychology, has been named the Lipitz Professor for 2015-2016. This professorship is supported by an endowment created by Roger C. Lipitz and the Lipitz Family Foundation “to recognize and support innovative and distinguished teaching and research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.” A clinical psychologist who specializes in cardiovascular behavioral medicine and medical neuropsychology, Dr. Waldstein is known internationally for fundamental contributions to the understanding of the links among early, multi-level risk factors for cardiovascular disease, sub-clinical brain pathology, neurocognitive performance, and their development across the lifespan. In… Continue Reading Lipitz Professor Named

Robert Provine, Psychology, Explains Why We Yawn in Wired Magazine

Jun 26, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

In a Wired article published on June 23, Psychology Research Professor and Professor Emeritus Robert Provine shared insight into why humans yawn when they do. Provine has done extensive research on the topic and is author of Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping, and Beyond. In the article, Provine noted that we tend to yawn when we are tired: “Right after waking and before bedtime,” he said, “which is consistent with yawning’s role in facilitating state changes: sleep to wakefulness, wakefulness to sleep, arousal to de-arousal, or vice versa.” When further examining the reasons for yawning beyond physiological state changes, Provine shared that, “Nervous people will definitely yawn… Continue Reading Robert Provine, Psychology, Explains Why We Yawn in Wired Magazine

Shari Waldstein, Psychology, Named Lipitz Professor for 2015-2016

May 27, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

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