From UMBC News and Magazine
Mellon Foundation grants CAHSS $750K to establish Global Asias Initiative
Kimberly Moffitt, dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Socials Sciences, and co-pi Tamara Bhalla, associate professor of American studies and director of the Asian American studies minor,...
Posted: April 3, 2024, 11:06 AM
Restaurateur and Retriever Lane Harlan goes back for seconds
Some have dark wood and cozy corners, some have bright, natural light and textured walls—but each of Lane Harlan’s establishments can be looked at like a love letter to the people of Baltimore,...
Posted: April 2, 2024, 2:18 PM
Urban development simulation helps students learn how to balance growth, equity, and environmental sustainability
Urban development firms Future Roots and Team Elle Woods are competing to win the City of Yorktown’s Elmwood District urban redevelopment project. The teams hover over their LEGO-built cities...
Posted: March 27, 2024, 3:08 PM
James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ is reimagined for a new generation of TV viewers
Written by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis, professor of history, UMBC In 1980, when James Clavell’s blockbuster historical novel “Shōgun” was turned into a TV miniseries, some 33% of American...
Posted: March 25, 2024, 10:46 AM
UMBC faculty share knowledge and passion during Diversity in Cybersecurity, Brunei event
Over two weeks at the end of January, six UMBC faculty woke up early to deliver lectures and lead workshops with students more than 9,000 miles away, in the small Asian nation of Brunei, located...
Posted: March 22, 2024, 4:12 PM
How to stay in touch—4 steps to being a prolific pen pal
Headshot of Winona Caesar ’09 in her letter writing “command station.” (Marlayna Demond ’11/UMBC) With Winona Caesar ’09, American studies and history As a first-year student—before...
Posted: March 22, 2024, 10:05 AM
‘Your work is so important,’ White House environmental justice leader tells UMBC ICARE trainees
UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) program, a cohort-based master’s program focused on local environmental research, held its first annual ICARE...
Posted: March 14, 2024, 4:18 PM
Ballet dancer Misty Copeland shares personal mission in visit with students at UMBC
By Lisa Traiger Misty Copeland is a ballerina on a mission—and last week she brought that mission to UMBC. Renowned for both her ethereality and powerful muscularity, as well as her activism...
Posted: March 14, 2024, 1:16 PM
Meet a Retriever—Madelyn “Maddy” Pollack ’24, Humanities Scholar and Honors College member
Madelyn (“Maddy”) Pollack ’24, history, is a Humanities Scholar and a member of the Honors College. She is pursuing minors in public history and Judaic studies, and she is active in Hillel and...
Posted: March 12, 2024, 12:36 PM
Dean Moffitt interviewed about media and Black hair and body politics
Kimberly R. Moffitt, dean of UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, speaks about the inspiration for and journey of her career in an interview with mastersincommunications.com,...
Posted: March 7, 2024, 12:44 PM
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