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Dr. Patrice McDermott, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, has been named Senior Fellow at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) where she will partner with the STEM...

UMBC Library Associate Director, Joyce Tenney, was elected President of the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG) for the 2013/2014 term. NASIG is the premier professional...

On August 14, Constantine N. Vaporis, History, presented an invited paper, Performance, Display, and the Spectacular. The ‘Great Peace’ and Samurai Culture in Tokugawa Japan, at the International...

McCully in Inexcusable Fantasies The Fringe NYC performances of Inexcusable Fantasies — written by Susan McCully, theatre, and directed by Eve Muson, theatre — received praise in...

Erle Ellis, associate professor of geography and environmental systems, appeared on a Smithsonian Magazine blog this week. The post “Watch How America’s Lands Changes from Forests to Fields”...

As Baltimore anticipates the start of the 2013 Grand Prix, a well-known 2011 economic impact analysis by UMBC economics professor Dennis Coates is again making news. The Press Box Online article...

Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of public policy at UMBC, offers insight in The Daily Record this week on a Maryland campaign finance law that prohibits statewide elected officials from...

Each year, the UMBC Alumni Association presents Outstanding Alumni of the Year Awards to honor alumni for their professional and personal achievements and service to the University. The UMBC...

In advance of Labor Day, UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller writes in his latest Baltimore Sun column that despite increased productivity, U.S. workers have less access to...

Kevin Maxwell ’02, Ph.D., language, literacy, and culture, was recently appointed chief executive officer of Prince George’s public schools. Maxwell has a long history in public education, having...