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Practical Idealism On March 1, 1961, President Kennedy established the Peace Corps by executive order, initiating a program that has sent over 200,000 volunteers to promote global peace through...

Value Judgments On March 3, four philosophy students will become UMBC’s first Ethics Bowl team to compete in the national Ethics Bowl tournament. The National Ethics Bowl will be held in...

When Mary Wyatt ’74, American studies, was a little girl, she loved to retreat to a secret space in her backyard. There, in a patch of grass surrounded by a grove of apple trees, she spent lazy...

Back in 2001, Kaliope Parthemos ’93, psychology, got some career advice that has resonated with her over a decade of public service. Parthemos was clerking for Baltimore Judge John C. Themelis...

In an office on Chase Street in Baltimore, a fiery one-woman pep rally for a young African-American professional is under way. Diane Bell-McKoy ’73, sociology, is holding forth on the necessity...