A feature published in the December 2015 edition of Seattle Magazine examines how Seattle’s South Asian population is becoming more visible in the philanthropic community. Amy Bhatt, an assistant...
January 14, 2016
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Piotr Gwiazda, an associate professor of English, has been selected for a prestigious list “Best Books of Poetry in English 2015.” The list was compiled by Adam Zdrodowski, a poet and translator...
January 14, 2016
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Black Girls Vote, a nonprofit organization designed to boost voter turnout in Baltimore, was recently featured in the Baltimore Sun. In the article, Kate Drabinski, a lecturer of gender and...
January 14, 2016
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F. Chris Curran, an assistant professor in UMBC’s School of Public Policy, has been named an Emerging Education Policy Scholar for 2015-16 by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and the American...
January 14, 2016
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Center for Integrated Study of Japan inauguration
In conjunction with the inauguration of University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Integrated Study of Japan, Constantine Vaporis presented an invited talk that focused on his research about...
November 30, 2015
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Offering analysis of lack of diversity in new tech
A National Journal article published November 23 examines why even with the recent boom in podcasts, there’s still a lack of underrepresented minorities in tech. Jason Loviglio, an expert in media...
November 30, 2015
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Chris Curran recently had an op-ed published in the Baltimore Sun, discussing the need for Baltimore schools to improve to attract families. Speaking as a recent Baltimore transplant and a parent...
November 30, 2015
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From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion on the surface, one might think it fits the pattern...
November 30, 2015
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Inaugural Marilyn E. Demorest Award for Faculty Advancement
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...
November 13, 2015
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On research about transnational movements in 20th c. media
At a recent symposium held at Uppsala University, Sweden featuring prominent international modernist research, Jessica Berman, director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities and professor of...
November 13, 2015
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