UMBC News and Headlines

“How much do the Tampa Bay Rays boost their local economy?” asks the Tampa Bay Times. In arguments for building a new stadium, St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster estimates the team’s local economic...

An excerpt from Piotr Gwiazda’s translation of Grzegorz Wroblewski’s book of prose poems, Kopenhaga, scheduled for publication by Zephyr Press, is scheduled to appear in the April 1, 2013 issue of...

“Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters” by Kate Brown, associates professor of history, was recently reviewed by Nature. “A multitude...

Amy Froide, associate professor of history, has been elected President of the Middle Atlantic Conference on British Studies (MACBS). The MACBS is the Mid-Atlantic regional affiliate of the North...

Delta Lambda chapter Secretary Alida Loinaz 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...

Several faculty members and alumni were awarded Individual Artist Awards by the Maryland State Arts Council this month. The Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards are monetary...

Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon will kick off the Associated Black Charities’ speaker series next month, sparking speculation of a possible return to politics. “This is the year I’m going to...

The UMBC English department’s composition course redesign was recently profiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education. “In an age when many educators are promoting active learning by “flipping”...

Robert Provine, professor of psychology, is a contributor to the recent “Body Issue” of New Scientist magazine. Provine’s piece, “It’s Only Natural,” discusses the curious behaviors of our...

Christopher Corbett, professor of the practice of English, recently reviewed a new book about Davy Crockett for the Washington Post. In “Born on a Mountaintop,” author Bob Thompson visits sites...