Dean Scott Casper continues UMBC’s strong partnership with Maryland Humanities and the Greater Baltimore Alliance as a new board member
]]>The Sadie Collective is made up of undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate students from across the country, including student leaders from UMBC. Along with Opoku-Agyeman, the group includes conference co-organizer and head of logistics Olusayo Adeleye ’20, M28, economics and mathematics. Yasmin Graham ’19, mechanical engineering, served as event photographer. Bethany Woosen ’19, economics and mathematics, participated in the conference, along with other Black women in math, economics, and related fields from across the country.
]]>UMBC’s education department has built strong, lasting partnerships across Maryland’s public school districts, from Baltimore County and Baltimore City to Howard County and Anne Arundel County. This winter an exciting new partnership has developed to support even more teachers through professional development, and it’s having an international impact.
]]>Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Olusayo Adeleye, UMBC Economics students, co-create 1st U.S. conference for Black women economists.
ChrisCurran, public policy, published new research that suggests the term "zero tolerance" is often misunderstood. Just what are 'zero tolerance' policies - and are they still common in America's schools? (My San Antonio)
Taylor Darden, doctoral student, community psychology, discusses the social determinants of high rates of pregnancy-related deaths for Black women.
The Public Health Crisis of the Maternal Mortality Rate (Psychology Today)
Tim Gindling (Economics) received praise for his work with the Baltimore City Public Schools counting students in poverty in the school district.
Ruken Isik, doctoral student, language, literacy, and culture, explains the issues raised when the United Kingdom stripped ISIS wives of citizenship.
Ex-wives ISIS: Caliphate is over, take us back home! (Rudaw)
Bryan Kelly '92, economics, was named chair of the board of University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health. Bryan E. Kelly, James Harkins, Franklin Hajek and Richard Streett Jr. | UM UCH (The Daily Record)
Derek Musgrove, history, comments on the changing reasons why black people have been moving to Prince George’s county from DC over the last 50-plus years.
Prince George’s place in the black migration (The Washington Informer)
Joe Sherburne ’18, financial economics, was named the Academic All-American of the Year, in addition to America East honors. UMBC men's basketball captain Joe Sherburne named Academic All-American of the Year (Baltimore Sun)
John Rennie Short, public policy, writes about how an increase in foot and bike traffic in cities, while a good idea in the long run, is causing problems in the short and medium term.
Why cities are becoming more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians (The Conversation)
Jonathan Singer (Education) supports South Korean science teachers through Howard County partnership.
Chris Swan, geography and environmental systems, comments on how well native plants can thrive in urban environments.
The orchid whisperers: Rare blooms find an urban perch (Christian Science Monitor andEpeak News)
UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program is designed for students from all majors who are interested in solving important societal problems. The program fosters a vibrant interdisciplinary community to help tackle the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Grand Challenges, and gives students experiences and skills to create solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
The Grand Challenges are 14 broad problems in the areas of sustainability, health, security, and knowledge. Solutions to these issues require interdisciplinary teamwork and years of sustained effort. Read more at engineeringchallenges.org.
Each scholar will complete three one-credit seminars to help them create a personalized program to explore a selected Grand Challenge. This personalized program provides experiences in five program areas include research, interdisciplinarity, entrepreneurship, global dimensions, and service. Upon graduation, scholars will receive a formal designation for their accomplishments in the program.
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