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UMBC Launches BreakingGround: Dig in. Shape your world.

As the new semester brings fresh energy to campus, UMBC is launching BreakingGround: a campus-wide initiative to deepen and share our innovative approach to democratic engagement. In a time of...

Posted: August 29, 2012, 7:28 PM

The Hilltop Institute in The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun reports that the state of Maryland has secured $123 million of federal funding to launch its health insurance exchange, the Maryland Health Connection, where hundreds of...

Posted: August 29, 2012, 6:20 PM

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, in The New York Times

The impulse small children have towards creating pictures and stories lies at the center of several new children’s books reviewed by Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts,...

Posted: August 29, 2012, 4:28 PM

Tom Schaller, Political Science, in Salon

Political science professor Tom Schaller’s latest column on Salon dealt with the run-up to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa Bay. “Republican National Convention: The heart of...

Posted: August 29, 2012, 4:18 PM