I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...
January 26, 2011
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12:48 PM
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I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...
January 25, 2011
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5:00 PM
Here's a brief update on a few UMBC-related happenings since mid-December: UMBC’s chess team placed second among 28 teams competing in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in...
January 25, 2011
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10:06 AM
The little town in southern North Carolina featured a small collection of chain hotels, the usual fast food joints and an industrial plant that had contaminated the groundwater with its waste. I...
January 20, 2011
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8:17 AM
Full Title: UMBC’s Winter 2011 Dissertation House: “Nothing is Utterly Hopeless.” The day began late due to ice-encased cars, slippery roads, and a delayed opening. However, the graduate students...
January 18, 2011
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3:04 PM
I think this piece by David Brooks in The New Yorker is a little choppy, maybe because it's a boiled-down version of a forthcoming book. But it contains some useful ideas for people with major...
January 18, 2011
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9:06 AM
Full Title: Delayed Opening at UMBC Today, Dissertation House Begins at 10AM Due to weather and UMBC’s delayed opening, today’s Dissertation House will begin at 10AM. Campus will open at 10AM...
January 18, 2011
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8:15 AM
The buses rolled into the Skycroft Conference Center at around 11:15 last Monday morning. 43 UMBC students, most of whom did not know each other before boarding, walked hesitantly down the steps...
January 16, 2011
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11:52 AM
Full Title: Advice for Preparing and Delivering Graduate Level Presentations by Barrett Whitener @PROMISE Symposium, Jan. 21, 2011Dear Graduate Students, We have a wonderful history of providing...
January 14, 2011
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3:31 PM
Happy New Year and welcome back. If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to make significant progress on your dissertation then this blog is for you. Dr. Carter believes “a good dissertation...
January 6, 2011
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12:53 PM