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Donald Norris, Public Policy in the Baltimore Sun

“Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler came under fire Tuesday for comments that his top rival in the Democratic primary for governor is running on little besides his African-American...

Posted: August 14, 2013, 5:25 PM

Gerontology Honor Society Expands, Plans Year Ahead

Sigma Phi Omega (SPO) is the national academic honor society in gerontology, for professionals who work with or on behalf of older persons. The UMBC chapter of SPO, Delta Lambda, has continued to...

Posted: August 14, 2013, 4:53 PM

Kasper O’Brien ’09, AmSt, to Coach Lax at VCU

Former UMBC women’s lacrosse player Jen Kasper O’Brien ’09, American studies, has been named the head coach of the new Virginia Commonwealth University’s women’s lacrosse program, set to start...

Posted: August 13, 2013, 1:16 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

A new Baltimore Sun column by UMBC’s Thomas F. Schaller, professor of political science, examines last week’s rejection of President Barack Obama’s proposal “to exchange a cut in corporate tax...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 8:19 PM

Meyerhoff Alums Featured in “Where Are They Now”

Photo by Meyerhoff Scholar Tolu Omokehinde ’16 Now celebrating its 25th year, the Meyerhoff Scholars Program boasts more than 800 graduates, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers as...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 6:23 PM

UMBC Alums to make B.F.A.: The Series

A group of UMBC theatre alumni have something to say about life in the arts, and they’re saying it with a new Baltimore-based web series, B.F.A. On the group’s Indiegogo fundraising page, they...

Posted: August 12, 2013, 3:28 PM