Events

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September

Wednesday, September 9 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
“The Limits of Pixels:  How remote sensing can overestimate forest edge effects”
Dr. Matt Fagan, GES, UMBC

Thursday, September 10 | 12-1:30pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series
“AI and the Publication Process”
Join colleagues for an informal conversation about AI in the publication process—sharing your experiences using (or not using) AI as a writer, reviewer, or editor. We’ll talk through publisher policies alongside practical best practices in a relaxed space.  Pizza will be provided.  Please RSVP on myUMBC.

September 14 | 11:30 am – 12:45pm | PUP 367
“The Long-Term Returns to University Infrastructure: Evidence from Post-WWII Military Surplus Property Transfers”
ECON/Public Policy Seminar Series
Yujing Huang
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
UCLA Anderson School of Management

Tuesday, September 15 | 4-5pm | hybrid:  AOK Library Room 259 or virtual
AOK Library Workshop Series
“How to Prepare a Social Science/Humanities Literature Review”
Visit the library’s myUMBC group for full series details.

Thursday, September 17 | 12-1pm | AOK Library Gallery
Constitution Day 2026
Speaker:  Maryland State Delegate Lily Qi
Hosted by the Institute of Politics.
RSVP required.
Download and share the event flyer (PDF).
The event is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of Political Science.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.

Wednesday, September 23 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series:  GES Faculty Panel

Monday, September 28 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
The Mullen Lecture
Speaker:  James Choi, PhD, Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management
Hosted by the Department of Economics.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.

October

Monday, October 5 | 11:30 am – 12:45pm | PUP 367
ECON/Public Policy Seminar Series
Barton Willage, Ph.D.
Department of Economics, University of Delaware

Wednesday, October 7 | noon | Commons 329
CS3 Workshop
Adam Seth Levine, PhD
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University

Wednesday, October 7 | 4pm | AOK Library Gallery
Speaker:  Adam Seth Levine, PhD
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.

Thursday, October 8 | 12 – 1:30pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series
Non-Academic Publishing

Wednesday, October 14 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
Dr. Delta Merner (GES ’14)
Union of Concerned Scientists

Thursday, October 22 | 12-1pm | AOK Library Gallery
“The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation”
Dr. William Blake, Associate Professor of Political Science, will discuss his latest book, The Social Foundations of Constitutional Innovation

November

Monday, November 8 | 6pm | UC Ballroom
48th Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture
Organized by the Department of Africana Studies.
Part of the Social Sciences Forum.

Tuesday, November 10 | 12-1:30pm | Commons 331
“Writing Mixed Methods Research for Publication”
Matthew McCrudden, PhD, Professor of Education, Penn State University

November 12 | 12 – 1:30pm | PUP 451
CS3 Brownbag Series
Jé St. Sume, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, will discuss their work as a CS3 summer fellow.

Wednesday, November 18 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
Dr. Laura Sauls, George Mason University

December

Wednesday, December 2 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
GESTAR posters

Wednesday, December 9 | 12-1pm | Sondheim 108
GES Seminar Series
GES Graduate Student Lightning Talks