From UMBC News and Magazine
Announcing the latest grants from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation
We are proud to announce the projects awarded grants in the spring 2015 round of the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation competition. ADAPTATION AWARDS Explore Baltimore Heritage: A Partnership...
Posted: August 31, 2015, 9:28 AM
F. Chris Curran, School of Public Policy, Writes About Teacher Overtime Policy in Education Week
F. Chris Curran, a new assistant professor in the School of Public Policy, recently wrote a letter to the editor about including teachers in overtime pay discussions that was published...
Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:06 PM
Christelle Viauroux, Economics, Finds that Mandatory Life Jacket Use Could Reduce Recreational Boating Deaths by 80 Percent
A new study by Christelle Viauroux, an associate professor of economics, found that requiring recreational boat operators to wear life jackets would increase the odds of surviving a boating...
Posted: August 28, 2015, 5:05 PM
Tim Brennan, School of Public Policy and Economics, Comments on Net Neutrality in the Brisbane Times
Tim Brennan, professor of public policy and economics, was quoted in a recent Brisbane Times article about the possibility of proposed net neutrality rules in Australia. Brennan, who served as...
Posted: August 27, 2015, 8:24 PM
Sarah Jewett, STEM Transfer Student Success Initiative, and Susan Martin, CWIT, Write Series of Op-eds for Evolllution
Sarah Jewett, executive director of the STEM Transfer Student Success Initiative, and Susan Martin, associate director of the Center for Women in Technology, recently co-wrote a two-part series...
Posted: August 27, 2015, 8:23 PM
How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities
Joe Jones remembers the day vividly. After attending Freddie Gray’s funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015, he walked to his office across the street at the Center for Urban...
Posted: August 25, 2015, 7:09 PM
John Fritz, Instructional Technology, Discusses Course Feedback Study in PBS Newshour
A recent PBS Newshour report explored how universities are using big data to help students succeed. John Fritz, assistant vice-president for instructional technology, was interviewed about his...
Posted: August 25, 2015, 6:59 PM
Danielle L. Beatty Moody, Psychology, Receives NIH Career Development Award
Danielle L. Beatty Moody, an assistant professor of psychology, has received a Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year, $600,000 project will...
Posted: August 25, 2015, 4:04 PM
Pres. Hrabowski Shares How UMBC Prepares Students for the Workforce in Pacific Standard
Pacific Standard, in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, began “The Future of Work and Workers” project in...
Posted: August 24, 2015, 6:41 PM
Steph Ceraso, English, Receives the 2015 Richard Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Award
Steph Ceraso, an assistant professor of English, has been selected for the 2015 Richard Ohmann Outstanding Article in College English Award. The annual award is presented by the National Council...
Posted: August 24, 2015, 4:49 PM
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