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On today's episode we hear from Lee Boot, Director of the Imaging Research Center (IRC) at UMBC. Lee is also Affiliate Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Computer Science & Engineering. The topic of our discussion is the recent Full Circle Climate Communication Workshop, held this January at UMBC.

Check out the following links for more information on UMBC, CS3, and our host:

• The UMBC Center for the Social Sciences Scholarship
• The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Ian G. Anson, Ph.D.

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Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, and our director is Dr. Eric Stokan. Our production intern is Jean Kim. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland (UMBC '24).  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance.  Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

The Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center is proud to present a series of roundtable conversations about accessible podcasting featuring creators from across Johns Hopkins and other universities. The series is organized by Tabb Center/AGHI postdoctoral fellow Milan Terlunen, co-founder of the Humanities Podcast Network and host of the postcasts How To Read and In Sacred Spaces.

The first event features Aaron Henkin, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (playing god?, Out of the Blocks) and representatives from Binghampton University SUNY (Immigrants Wake America).

Thursday, February 27, 2025

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Macksey Seminar Room (M2043), Brody Learning Commons and virtual

Information and registration at https://jhu.libcal.com/event/14088049?hs=a

Related Events:

March 10

• Lindsay Smith Rogers, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Public Health on Call)
• Tamar Rodney, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (On the Pulse)
• Matt Seybold, Elmira College (The American Vandal) 
  

March 26

• Rahne Alexander, Johns Hopkins University Press (The Hopkins Press Podcast, The Projection Booth)
• Dylan Selterman, Johns Hopkins Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (A Bit More Complicated)
• Ulrich Baer, New York University (Think About It, The Proust Questionnaire)
• Amanda Martin-Hardin, Columbia University (Everyday Environmentalism)
  

April 11

• Sarah Stern, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health (Indigenae)
• Robin McGinness, Johns Hopkins Peabody Institute (Max Q)
• John Plotz, Brandeis University (Recall This Book)

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The Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome – “The Centro” for short – is the premier study abroad program for students who are passionate about ancient Rome and who long to experience it up close and in depth.  We run one-semester programs in both the Fall and the Spring terms.

Want to learn more?

• Here’s a short video that introduces the program.
• Check out our webpage: TheCentroRome.org
• Follow us on social media: Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube
• Read on…

The Centro’s curriculum focuses on learning on-site. The central course, “The Ancient City,” takes students to archaeological sites and museums virtually every class day. Students experience lessons in the Forum, below the Vatican, at hidden gems around Italy – in other words, the Roman world is the classroom.

We take the show on the road – next year, to Asia Minor and the Bay of Naples.  In addition to outings within the city and day-trips from Rome, the Centro hits the road three times through the semester, experiencing a 7-day trip to Asia Minor and two 4-day trips to Campania.

In short, engagement with the raw stuff of history is central to the program’s ethos, and, thanks to the Rome staff’s connections, Centristi get into places that few (if any) other groups are allowed to tread.

The Centro has a policy of meeting every student’s financial need. We want to share the Centro’s unique experience with as many students as possible.  Students can receive more than $35,000 in financial aid when they demonstrate need.

Beyond “The Ancient City,” the Centro offers Greek and Latin at the intermediate and advanced levels, yet experience with Latin or ancient Greek is not required for the program.  Our course offerings extend to Elementary Italian, Renaissance/Baroque Art History, and Conservation of the Material Heritage of Ancient Rome.  Additionally, we offer an internship with the archaeological study collection at the American Academy in Rome.

Overall, the Centro provides your opportunity to study abroad in Ancient Rome.

CoLab is an in-person, paid summer internship in narrative-based research for UMBC undergraduates. Held during Summer Session One, student interns will work on interdisciplinary project teams to conduct research, create effective narratives, and develop public-facing final products that support the goals of on and off campus community-engaged organizations and scholars. Open to all majors, this is an excellent opportunity for students in STEM fields to learn to tell effective stories and for students in social science and humanities fields to gain research and technical skills.

Participants who successfully complete the internship receive a $3000 stipend and a tuition scholarship for the 3-credit internship course.

Program Dates
CoLab 2025 will be held during Summer Session One and meets in-person from Monday, June 2nd through Friday, June 27th. PLEASE NOTE: During these dates, student interns are required to dedicate Monday through Friday from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm to the in-person, on-campus internship. Participants will have preparatory work to complete on their own the week prior to the in-person start date of 6/2, and a final reflective paper to submit the week following the final in-person date of 6/27.

Summer 2025 Projects and Application can be found here.