Jessica Berman, Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, Professor of English; Gender Women’s & Sexuality Studies; and Language, Literacy and Culture, UMBC. As the BBC turns 100...
October 17, 2022
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Devin Walker ’89, political science, is a man with a plan. And a cause and a vision and a passion. Oh, and a Grammy nomination. “Uncle Devin, the Children’s Drumcussionist,” as he’s...
October 3, 2022
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Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC. President Joe Biden has – not for the first time – suggested that the U.S. would intervene “militarily” should China...
September 19, 2022
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Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, UMBC U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hasn’t confirmed when – or even if – she is to visit Taiwan. Yet such is the sensitivity...
July 26, 2022
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A massive painting dwarfed Rob Kempton ’12, English, as he stood in a Baltimore Museum of Art gallery. In his security guard uniform, Kempton gestured to the swoop of orange oil paint on the...
July 25, 2022
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For Christopher Tong, discovering clues hidden in texts documenting history’s most devastating floods isn’t just about the promise of making social, cultural, and political change. It’s also a...
July 14, 2022
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UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program prepares students to collaborate across disciplines and address real-world issues. Illustrations by Kimberly Salt When Chelsea Okeh ’22, M30,...
July 11, 2022
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Noorzehra Zaidi, Assistant Professor of History, UMBC In early June 2022, Saudi Arabia announced a hajj “lottery” for Western pilgrims that made it mandatory for people from Europe, the...
July 7, 2022
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Laura Antkowiak, Professor of Political Science, UMBC Experts predict increased economic hardship now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
June 28, 2022
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Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMBC. Over the past few months, many journalists and pundits have credited the power of Donald Trump’s endorsements with determining the...
June 17, 2022
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