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Non-Academic GSA Town Hall Announcement

Opportunities available to grad students plus a Q&A!

Non-Academics Senators are looking forward to meeting other fellow graduate students during our first Town Hall. During the event you will learn about our work in the Graduate Student Association...

Posted: November 1, 2021, 10:36 AM

GSO Fall Update

Info regarding changes that affect event planning & funding

Hello GSOs, Please read the below information in regards to reminders, updates and new changes that will affect event planning and the submission of funding requests. The Graduate School and...

Posted: November 1, 2021, 10:31 AM

NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)

***featured external grant opportunity***

NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) Full Proposal Due Date: February 7, 2022 An academic career often does not provide the uninterrupted stretches of time necessary for acquiring and building new...

Posted: November 1, 2021, 9:18 AM

MCS Lecture on November 10th @ 3pm

Dr. Hermanus Wasserman, Univ of Cape Town, South Africa

Wednesday, November 10th @3pm on Webex: The Department of Media and Communication Studies presents The Challenge of Information Disorder: A View from the Global South Herman...

Posted: October 29, 2021, 9:54 AM

Google Student Researcher Program 2022

Paid Student Researcher Position!

Google Student Researcher Program 2022 APPLY TODAY! Applications for the 2022 Student Researcher roles are officially open. This paid Student Researcher position offers students the opportunity...

Posted: October 28, 2021, 1:30 PM

Congratulate Zainab on being the GSotW!!

Want 2b considered for Grad Student of the Week? See form

Want to be considered for GSotW? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/1SVbTzVZ9msr2sSL6

Posted: October 28, 2021, 10:44 AM

CS3's Podcast: Retrieving the Social Sciences

New Episode this Friday, 10/29!

New episode coming this Friday! Are We Underinvesting in Education? Featuring 2021 Nobel Laureate and 2020 Social Science Forum guest Dr. David Card.  Subscribe on Spotify, Apple,...

Posted: October 27, 2021, 4:45 PM

Textshop Experiments sponsors book talk with media theorist

Dr. Janneke Adema on November 4, 2021 at 2:00 pm

Textshop Experiments, founded by Dr. Kevin Wisniewski and Dr. Felix Burgos (LLC '18 alums), is sponsoring a book talk with cultural and media theorist, Dr. Janneke Adema, of The Centre for...

Posted: October 27, 2021, 3:48 PM

Decolonizing Teaching English to Speakers of Other Language

What does it mean to decolonize TESOL?

The UMBC Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Program Presents a Virtual Session in Celebration of International Education Week Decolonizing Teaching English to Speakers of Other...

Posted: October 27, 2021, 3:19 PM