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UMBC Response to Earthquake

At approximately 1:51 p.m. a 5.9 magnitude earthquake occurred that was centered in Mineral Virginia (near Richmond). The earthquake was felt up and down the entire east coast to include the UMBC...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 7:48 PM

Robert Deluty, Graduate School, Publishes His 33rd Book

Robert Deluty, associate dean of the graduate school, has published a new book of poetry, “Between Nothing and All.” In his review, Richard Berlin writes, “The French poet and critic Stephane...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 6:12 PM

Humanities Forum: Rebecca Boehling Reads (9/14)

[Video] In 2002, Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, professor of biology, found hundreds of WWII-era family letters in her parents’ home. She contacted Rebecca Boehling, professor of history and...

Posted: August 23, 2011, 4:11 PM

Christopher Corbett, English, in Style Magazine

“‘The Amiable Baltimoreans’ was published in 1951—just 60 years ago—and yet the city contained within it is as remote from our time as Carthage, and as alluring as the Seven Cities of Cibola,”...

Posted: August 22, 2011, 8:53 PM