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Manil Suri, Math and Fashion, Scholastic

Manil Suri was featured in a “Math and Fashion” episode on the Scholastic website. This is their first episode with the specific aim of popularizing mathematics amongst school kids by tying it to...

Posted: November 18, 2013, 7:38 PM

Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, on the Marc Steiner Show

Challenges facing adjunct professors were among topics of discussion on the  “Marc Steiner Show” on Wednesday, November 13.  Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American Studies, joined other...

Posted: November 18, 2013, 6:51 PM

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Latest Essay in New York Times

In the latest essay for his Race Stories column for the New York Times, Maurice Berger, CADVC, discusses Civil Rights Photographer Jon Lewis’ pictures of farm workers outside of the Jim Crow...

Posted: November 15, 2013, 5:35 PM

John Rennie Short, Public Policy, on Radio New Zealand

Tokyo recently won the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, and the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia is just a few months away. As the Olympics have made headlines in...

Posted: November 15, 2013, 5:32 PM

Alum Gives Back Through GiveCamp

On October 18-20, UMBC hosted the third annual Baltimore GiveCamp, which was organized by Douglas McCaw ‘99, information systems. During this weekend-long hack-a-thon, more than 230 software...

Posted: November 15, 2013, 4:33 PM

UMBC Women’s Soccer – On the Road to the NCAA!

Some UMBC soccer alumnae who came out to a game to cheer on their fellow Retrievers! Congratulations to the UMBC women’s soccer team on their America East title win! It’s been so much fun to...

Posted: November 14, 2013, 8:57 PM

Devin Hagerty, Political Science, Op-Ed in Inside Higher Ed

This fall marks the first semester of the global studies major, an interdisciplinary program that integrates courses in 12 departments and trains students to develop research, critical thinking,...

Posted: November 12, 2013, 6:59 PM