Prof. Short's article can be found here at The Conversation, a platform for academics and researchers to contribute to public discourse.

Please click on the link to sign up for an advising appointment as soon as possible.

All Asian Studies advising appointments with Dr. Oyen will be done in Dr. Oyen's Asian Studies office, Fine Arts 549 South - accessible only by using stairs or elevator closest to the Engineering building.

Freshmen and Sophomores may be advised by Dr. Song or Mr. Hamilton in their respective offices.  Please contact them for their advising appointment schedules.

Just a reminder that you will not be able to register for Spring 2019 classes until you have been advised and cleared in the system.

Please continue to check your UMBC emails on a daily basis.

Thank you.

On Thursday, Public Policy Professor Jane Lincove spoke on a panel at the Promise Neighborhoods National Network Conference in Arlington, VA. This conference, hosted by the Institute of Education Science at the US Department of Education, focused on the role strong schools play in neighborhood success. Prof. Lincove discussed the continued importance of neighborhoods in systems of school choice.

Prof. Lincove is a coprincipal investigator with the National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH) at Tulane University, which is also funded by the Institute of Education Sciences.

SGA is sponsoring FREE transportation to early polling stations across the region for students. Seats are limited to 30 per trip, so don't wait! Questions and clarifications can be directed to SGA, sga@umbc.edu

SCHEDULE:

Thursday, October 25th, 3:00 - 6:00 pm -- Howard County

Friday, October 26th, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm -- Carroll County

Monday, October 29th, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm -- Montgomery County

Tuesday, October 30th, 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm -- Anne Arundel County

Wednesday, October 31st, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm -- Harford County

Thursday, November 1st, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm -- Baltimore County

For more information, check out our events through Election Night Extravaganza.

Recent advances in scientific research have included a renewed interest in biological concepts of race and explanations of racial inequality. The science that emerged from sequencing the human genome has been marked by investigations of race-based genetic difference and the redefinition of race as a genomic category. The genomic era has generated collaborations between biological and social scientists that seek to link social outcomes to genetic traits. Even some researchers who study the impact of social inequality on biological outcomes have explained racial disadvantage in biological terms. And the biological and social scientists developing a new racial science avoid the political implications of their research by distinguishing their objectivity and socially beneficial aims from scientific racism of the past. This lecture will critically examine the new racial science and propose a more just way for social and biological scientists to study race and racism.

Dorothy E. Roberts, the 14th Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, and Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professor of Civil Rights, University of Pennsylvania

Dear Asian Studies Students,

It’s advising time!  Juniors, seniors, and new transfer students need to be advised by Dr. Oyen, who will be meeting with students in her Asian Studies office, FA 548 South (only accessible by using elevator or stairs closest to the Engineering Building).  Otherwise you may see Dr. Oyen, or contact Dr. Song nianshen@umbc.edu or Mr. Hamilton jamham@umbc.edu for advising and registration clearance.

In order to reserve advising time with Dr. Oyen, please go to the link below, sign into your myUMBC account if you are not already signed in, and reserve an open appointment slot.

Dr. Oyen will continue adding times for the following weeks in November, so check back if there is nothing available that suits you.  You may also email her directly at oyen@umbc.edu to arrange an appointment.