UMBC News and Headlines

Nicole King, assistant professor of American studies, learned the dangers of texting while walkinghard way according to the story “Texting while walking emerging as possible danger for...

The Department of History is pleased to announce the addition of alumnus George Derek Musgrove to its faculty, beginning this fall. Musgrove attended UMBC from 1993-1997, obtaining a B.A. in...

In his May 29 column for The Baltimore Sun entitled “Markets are less competitive than you think”, UMBC political science professor Tom Schaller answered critics of his previous column, which...

The Department of English is pleased to announce that Deborah Rudacille, will join the department as a visiting professor of the practice this fall. A 1998 science writing graduate of Johns...

On Sunday, 88 students from local universities embarked on a cross-country bike trip as part of the 4K for Cancer program run by the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Among this year’s...

Laura Hussey, assistant professor of political science, is quoted in a recent Gazette story regarding Governor Martin O’Malley and his political future. The article focuses on O’Malley’s ongoing...

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, UMBC artist-in-residence and cartoonist for The Economist and The Baltimore Sun, is exhibiting his work at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Bucharest, and was...

Shawn Bediako, associate professor of psychology, has been named to the advisory board of the Center for the History of Psychology (CHP).  The CHP, which is located at The University of Akron,...

English lecturer Ryan Bloom was recently published on the New Yorker’s “Page-Turner” blog. His post, “Lost in Translation: What the First Line of ‘The Stranger’ Should Be” discusses the first...

On Monday, May 21, Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American Studies, was a guest on the Marc Steiner show to respond to comments by Maryland State Delegate Pat McDonough on “mobs of...