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Summer Job Opportunity -- Orientation Advisors

Application Deadline: May 1, 2019

The Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising is currently recruiting new Orientation Advisors for Summer 2019. Orientation Advisors are responsible for educating new incoming...

Posted: March 26, 2019, 12:20 PM

SSF 3/26 CANCELLED

Dear colleagues, Due to illness, Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa is unfortunately unable to give the March 26th Social Sciences Forum lecture as scheduled.  We regret any inconvenience this cancellation...

Posted: March 25, 2019, 9:50 AM

License Update Information for UMBC Stata Users

License Update Information for UMBC Stata Users Stata Users: Please see the link to the "STATA Wiki" on UMBC's Software download page: https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Stata. As you will see on...

Posted: March 14, 2019, 2:12 PM

Come to GEARS Conference on March 27th

and Listen to CAHSS Panels with an LLC student and alumna

Attend the GEARS conference on Wednesday, March 27 and hear from CAHSS graduate students, including two people from LLC. CAHSS will have two student panels.  The first, from 10am-12pm, will...

Posted: March 14, 2019, 12:31 PM

Funding Opportunities

for Social Science Faculty & Graduate Students

Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. The Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Maryland Institute for Policy, Analysis, and Research (MIPAR) assist...

Posted: March 14, 2019, 12:05 PM

National Communication Association (NCA)

Annual Convention in Baltimore - November 14 to 17, 2019

The National Communication Association is hosting its 105th Annual Convention in Baltimore in November. The theme is "Communication for Survival" and is designed to help inspire us to think about...

Posted: March 14, 2019, 10:02 AM

Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumns

Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alum

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Olusayo Adeleye, UMBC Economics students, co-create 1st U.S. conference for Black women economists. ChrisCurran, public policy, published new research that suggests...

Posted: March 13, 2019, 12:06 PM

Grand Challenge Scholars Program

Calling All Undergraduate Social Scientists!

UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program is designed for students from all majors who are interested in solving important societal problems. The program fosters a vibrant interdisciplinary...

Posted: March 13, 2019, 11:50 AM

Graduate Student Week Events!

March 25-29th

Our annual Graduate Student Week is right around the corner on March 25th - 29th! This year GSA has a lineup of events to help show our appreciation for all the hard work that our graduate...

Posted: March 13, 2019, 10:48 AM

Popular Culture Assn & American Culture Assn in the South

September Conference CFP

The Popular Culture Association in the South and the American Culture Association in the South, along with publishing the journals Studies in Popular Culture and Studies in American Culture, meet...

Posted: March 12, 2019, 8:52 AM