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James Smalls, Visual Arts, Featured at the Brooklyn Museum

James Smalls, professor of Visual Arts and affiliate professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, will be featured on a panel, Gender and Sexuality in the Harlem Renaissance, at the Brooklyn Museum,...

Posted: December 6, 2011, 8:04 PM

Alumni Help Judge UMBC Idea Competition

The Commons SportsZone was packed last month as finalists in UMBC’s 3rd annual Idea Competition — a bi-annual contest of entrepreneurial prowess — made their presentations to a panel of alumni...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 6:35 PM

Margie Burns, English, Included in Jane Austen Journal

Margie Burns, lecturer part-time in English, will be included in “Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal,” published annually by the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA). Her article, “Comic...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 6:03 PM

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

In his latest Baltimore Sun commentary, “Newt Gingrich Is the GOP’s Only Serious Candidate,” UMBC political science professor Thomas Schaller argues that despite claims of his unelectability,...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 4:25 PM

Mayhew '10, MFA, Receives Fulbright to Iceland

Jaimes Mayhew ’10, MFA in imaging and digital arts, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Iceland, where he will spend the next nine months working on a social practice art...

Posted: December 5, 2011, 2:24 PM

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in The Urbanite

This month’s Urbanite cover story “El Nuevo Baltimore” begins with a compelling premise: “Baltimore’s burgeoning Hispanic community could be a force for broader change—but only if we can make them...

Posted: December 2, 2011, 10:04 PM

Christine Routzahn, Shriver Center, in Diversity/Careers

Christine Routzahn, Shriver Center Director of Professional Practice, comments on the increasing value and popularity of internship opportunities in this month’s new issue of Diversity/Careers in...

Posted: December 2, 2011, 5:54 PM

New MLLI Faculty Publications

Sara Poggio, associate professor of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication (MLLI), is included in the new book “Migraciones Internacionales Contemporáneas: Estudios para el...

Posted: December 2, 2011, 5:15 PM