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Focusing on Students: Scott Ward '92 Wins Endowed Chair

Congratulations to Scott Ward ’92, director of aquatics at the McDonogh School, who was recently recognized for his excellence in teaching with the Thomas R. Harper Endowed Teaching Chair. From...

Posted: September 29, 2011, 8:19 PM

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, in the New Yorker

This week, the New Yorker published a letter from Ellen Handler Spitz, honors college professor of visual arts, regarding an essay on the Oxford philosopher Derek Parfit. Spitz compares a literary...

Posted: September 28, 2011, 9:19 PM

UMBC Research Proves Valuable to Large Companies

One of UMBC’s top revenue-generating technologies has just been licensed for the third time, this time to GE Healthcare. This demonstrates that the University’s strong efforts to commercialize its...

Posted: September 28, 2011, 8:22 PM

Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture (10/6-12/10)

The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC) presents “Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture,” curated by Sara Krajewski and co-organized by Independent Curators International and...

Posted: September 28, 2011, 2:20 PM

Roy T. Meyers, Political Science, in the Washington Post

In the face of another political stalemate on Capitol Hill, Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein turned to Roy T. Meyers, professor of political science, to understand the possible impact of a...

Posted: September 27, 2011, 4:05 PM