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The new U.S. Department of Education report “Advancing Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy” recognizes UMBC’s Prove It! as a unique initiative at the forefront the higher ed’s emerging...

Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts, spent her winter break traveling to the Czech Republic, for research, and to India, where she gave the first annual alumni lecture to...

At least eight Maryland candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives are running in congressional districts that do not include their own homes, the Baltimore Sun reports. Although federal...

A number of Baltimore County public officials use Twitter, Owings Mills Patch noted. Rebecca Adelman, assistant professor of media and communication studies, predicts Twitter use among public...

January 16 post on My Daily Journal Thing by Tanner Almon ’02, visual arts Tanner Almon ’02 has a lot on his plate, and everybody knows it. That’s because the visual arts alum runs multiple...