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National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

NCFDD Membership for grad students and postdocs

Graduate Students and Postdocs,         Just a friendly reminder that all faculty, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows that UMBC has an institutional membership to the National Center...

Posted: May 6, 2020, 10:32 AM

Tym Wowk Successfully Defends his Dissertation

On April 30, 2020 Tymofey Wowk of LLC Cohort 15 successfully defended his dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy. His virtual defense went very smoothly and he gave an...

Posted: May 4, 2020, 9:05 AM

Ali to Lebron: The Long Walk Towards Freedom

Scoop Jackson and David Zirin, May 7, 5pm

Join Scoop Jackson and Dave Zirin for an unfiltered conversation about the intersection of sports and politics in a time of crisis.

Posted: April 29, 2020, 7:15 PM

Intersectionality Matters

A Conversation with Kimberle Crenshaw May 5, 5pm

Tuesday, May 5, 5:00 PM EDT Coronavirus did not create the stark social, financial, and political inequalities that define life for so many of us, but it has made them more strikingly visible...

Posted: April 29, 2020, 7:11 PM

Mediapolis seeking student responses to COVID-19

Send video or audio essays, photographs, mixed media, prose!

The editors of Mediapolis are soliciting student responses to the COVID-19 pandemic for a special installment of the Student Voices section of the journal. Students are welcome to respond in a...

Posted: April 29, 2020, 7:07 PM

Jamie Gillan awarded Outstanding Faculty Award at MC!

Congratulations Jamie!

Congratulations to Jamie for wining the outstanding faculty awards at Montgomery College for scholarship and professional accomplishment.  MONTGOMERY COLLEGE Office of the Senior Vice...

Posted: April 24, 2020, 12:26 PM

Vote for the Annual GSA Awards!

Nominations due by May 8th!

Even though we can't end the year with our in-person Award ceremony, we still want to celebrate the wonderful members of our graduate community! The Graduate Student Association has...

Posted: April 23, 2020, 5:12 PM

Summer Data Science Fellowship Opportunity

The Data Incubator's Summer 2020 Data Science Fellowship application is open! Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in...

Posted: April 22, 2020, 3:49 PM

Kimberly Moffitt is Promoted to New Rank

We are pleased to announce that after a year-long evaluative process the LLC Program's Director, Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, is being promoted to the rank of Professor, effective July 1, 2020....

Posted: April 22, 2020, 11:26 AM