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    <div class="html-content"><div>Fright Night Trivia</div><div><div>Tuesday, October 31, 2023 · 7 - 9 PM</div><div>The Commons : Lower Flat Tuesdays</div></div><div><br></div><div><div>Join us for some free Halloween-themed trivia, light refreshments, and fun!</div><div><br></div><div>Trivia goers are encouraged to show up in their Halloween costumes. You can play by yourself or on a team of up to 5 people. Prizes awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners! You can register your team ahead of time or right at the door!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Additional Information: </div><div>You can <a href="https://forms.gle/tbvRPChNQtaAABfh8" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">register</a> your team ahead of the trivia night for a quicker check-in experience. Team size is limited to five players or smaller. Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams. Changes to your team roster can be handled at the event but must occur before gameplay starts.</div></div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/healthed/posts/136673/attachments/49416" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div>Wellness Wednesdays</div><div><em>How to Become a Master in Mindfulness</em></div><div>Wednesday, November 1, 2023 · 12 - 1 PM</div><div>The Commons : Mainstreet</div><div><br></div><div>Join the Peer Health Educators for Wellness Wednesdays! This Wednesday stop by The commons mainstreet and become a master in mindfulness.</div></div><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/healthed/posts/136673/attachments/49415" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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We welcome all applicants, including those who identify as part of historically marginalized groups.</p><p><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=57878e97-34f51c07-5787a0c0-3cecefd20872-2da9b58d88d117d4&amp;q=1&amp;e=f8d889b3-5eb4-4265-80e8-1e36b68b1e4b&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Faws.predictiveresponse.net%2Ffwdhs.htm%3Fredirect%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rand.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Frand%2Fwww%2Fexternal%2Fjobs%2Fsummer-associates%2Frand-summer-associates-flyer-2023.pdf%26utm_source%3DAdaptiveMailer%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3D7014N000001zSgOQAU%26utm_term%3D00v4N00000fBbskQAC%26org%3D1674%26lvl%3D100%26ite%3D281002%26lea%3D1552954%26ctr%3D0%26par%3D1%26trk%3Da0wQK000000DhtaYAC" title="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=57878e97-34f51c07-5787a0c0-3cecefd20872-2da9b58d88d117d4&amp;q=1&amp;e=f8d889b3-5eb4-4265-80e8-1e36b68b1e4b&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Faws.predictiveresponse.net%2Ffwdhs.htm%3Fredirect%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.rand.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Frand" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Download a printable flyer </strong></a></p><h2>RAND Summer Associate Paid Internship</h2><div><a href="https://www.rand.org/jobs/summer-associates.html?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=7014N000001zSgOQAU&amp;utm_term=00v4N00000fBbskQAC&amp;org=1674&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=281002&amp;lea=1552954&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=a0wQK000000DhtaYAC" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LINK TO APPLY</a></div><div><br></div><div>RAND provides a unique opportunity for graduate students to apply their research skills to important, policy-relevant research projects. Available positions encompass a wide variety of policy-relevant substantive areas (e.g., education, health, justice policy, social and economic policy, labor, national security, cyber policy, data science, etc.) and methodological skills (e.g., quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis, machine learning, etc.).</div><p>Summer Associates are mentored by an experienced researcher, typically work in an interdisciplinary team, and engage in a wide range of activities to learn what it is like to work at RAND. The program is typically 12 weeks of full-time research; students receive a bi-weekly paycheck.</p><h2>Application Information</h2><table width="100%" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Application Deadline: December 4, 2023</strong></p><p><em>Please note: Our Summer Associate Program will be hybrid for summer 2024. Students will participate in-person at one of RAND's four U.S.-based offices or fully remote/virtual from where they live.</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Positions will only be available for students residing in the U.S. (excluding U.S. territories) for the duration of the summer associate assignment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><a href="https://www.rand.org/jobs/summer-associates.html?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=7014N000001zSgOQAU&amp;utm_term=00v4N00000fBbskQAC&amp;org=1674&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=281002&amp;lea=1552954&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=a0wQK000000DhtaYAC" title="https://www.rand.org/jobs/summer-associates.html?utm_source=AdaptiveMailer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=7014N000001zSgOQAU&amp;utm_term=00v4N00000fBbskQAC&amp;org=1674&amp;lvl=100&amp;ite=281002&amp;lea=1552954&amp;ctr=0&amp;par=1&amp;trk=a0wQK000000DhtaYAC" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><strong>Read more important details and FAQs </strong></a></p><h2>About RAND</h2><p>The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. RAND's research and analysis address issues that impact people everywhere, including security, health, education, sustainability, growth, and development. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest.</p><p>Our research is sponsored by government agencies, international organizations, and foundations. We rely on philanthropic support to pursue visionary ideas; address critical problems that are under-researched; and devise innovative approaches for solving acute, complex, or provocative policy challenges. RAND values objectivity and integrity in both its research processes and internal interactions. 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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="136502" important="false" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/osl/posts/136502">
<Title>Welcome Ann Tropea, Assistant Director</Title>
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    </span><div><span><br></span></div><div></div><span>Ann brings many years of professional editorial, communications, and legal expertise to her position. She is a published author, experienced public speaker and interviewer, and podcast co-host. Most recently, Ann served as the editor-in-chief of <em>Seapower</em> magazine, the flagship publication of the Navy League of the United States. She is also the former communications director at Career Valet, a woman-owned professional services firm. A licensed attorney in Louisiana and the District of Columbia, Ann has represented a variety of individual and multinational clients in both federal and state court litigation. Her additional writing and publishing experiences include: managing editor and food &amp; lifestyle writer for online news website <em>TheLatest</em>; editor and publisher of a community cookbook for the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem; managing editor of the <em>Law Journal</em> for the Loyola University Chicago School of Law; editor-in-chief of New York University’s Department of Culture and Communication magazine <em>Medium Cool</em>, and associate publisher and nightlife editor for New York City’s <em>GO Magazine</em>. 
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