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Donald Norris, Public Policy, in The Baltimore Sun

There has been growing speculation in recent weeks that Rep. John Delaney (D-MD) has plans on entering the Maryland race for governor. Delaney is a first-time lawmaker and a former banking...

Posted: January 23, 2014, 6:27 PM

UMBC’s Hilltop Institute in The Baltimore Sun

An article published January 19 in The Baltimore Sun examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act as Marylanders gain health insurance coverage, but points to how many are switching from...

Posted: January 22, 2014, 5:38 PM

Robert Provine, Psychology, to be Featured in New Book

Psychology professor Robert Provine participated in this year’s annual question on Edge.org, which features a collection of online essays that is later published as part of a high-profile and...

Posted: January 22, 2014, 3:57 PM

Celebrating MLK Day

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, check out UMBC’s online exhibit “For All the World to See,” which focuses on the civil rights movement. For All the World to See: Visual Culture and...

Posted: January 20, 2014, 2:00 PM

Tim Finin appointed co-editor of CACM Viewpoints

Tim Finin, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, has been appointed as a co-editor of the Viewpoints section of the Communications of the ACM, the monthly magazine of the Association for...

Posted: January 15, 2014, 3:12 PM

Manil Suri, Mathematics, Op-Ed in The Times of India

In an op-ed published in The Times of India on January 12, mathematics professor and affiliate professor of Asian studies Manil Suri wrote about the nuclear terrorism threat in South Asia. The...

Posted: January 14, 2014, 8:57 PM

Kate Brown, History, Writes Op-Ed for Al Jazeera America

In an Al Jazeera America op-ed titled “Two decades later, ex-Soviet republics reject absolute independence,” history associate professor Kate Brown writes that a combination of self-governance and...

Posted: January 14, 2014, 7:33 PM

Adelstein '96, bio chem, brings tech firm to bwtech@UMBC

Mike Adelstein ’96, biochemistry & molecular biology, CEO of Potomac Photonics, recently moved the 31-year-old tech company to bwtech@UMBC. Potomac specializes in microfabrication and can...

Posted: January 14, 2014, 3:37 PM