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National Science Foundation (NSF)

New Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide - Oct 5th

Effective October 5, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will begin enforcing the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) requirement to use NSF-approved...

Posted: September 15, 2020, 8:46 AM

Apply to develop external proposals with Hanover Research

REMINDER: Deadline is September 25th

Applications are now open for teams of CAHSS faculty to apply to work with Hanover Research professionals! CAHSS is continuing our partnership with Hanover Research, a grant development and...

Posted: September 14, 2020, 9:18 AM

Welcome New Social Science Faculty

Join us on Oct. 14th for CS3's next virtual coffee hour!

Thanks to all who attended CS3's virtual coffee hour yesterday.  It was a wonderful opportunity for new colleagues to make connections across departments, especially since we're not able to meet...

Posted: September 10, 2020, 10:48 AM

UMBC's 2020-2021 Fulbright Recipients

Congratulations to all!

“Ten recent UMBC alumni are recipients of 2020 – 2021 Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards, including seven from UMBC’s Class of 2020. Each year over 11,000 students apply and just over 2,000 are...

Posted: September 10, 2020, 9:09 AM

Two LLC Cohort 23 students are elected GSA Senators

Two members of LLC's latest cohort applied for GSA senator positions and were just elected for academic year 2020-2021. The GSA Senate is broken up into four interest groups (CAHSS, CNMS,...

Posted: September 9, 2020, 12:35 PM

Not Politics as Usual: World War Zero

An American Democracy Project Webinar offered by the AASCU

Not Politics as Usual: World War Zero, a Conversation With Former Secretary of State John Kerry and Former Governor John Kasich  (Webinar) September 9th  2-3 p.m. eastern   This event is free...

Posted: September 3, 2020, 4:00 PM

Review UMBC COVID-19 website

OIA seeks students for interviews

The Office of Institutional Advancement relaunched the COVID-19 website and they are looking to conduct user interviews with students about how the website updates have performed, and what can be...

Posted: September 3, 2020, 2:12 PM

Faculty Working Groups for Fall 2020

The Dresher Center for the Humanities welcomes one new Faculty Working Groups for 2020 - 2021: Latin American Feminisms (see description below) All Faculty Working Groups are accepting new...

Posted: September 2, 2020, 12:40 PM

Pedagogy Pop Up -- the Latest Issue of TextShop Experiments

founded and edited by two LLC Alumni

LLC Alumni, Kevin Wisniewski '18 and Felix Burgos '18, began the open access online journal, TextShop Experiments, while still doctoral students. They have now published their 8th issue, organized...

Posted: August 27, 2020, 12:45 PM

NIH Sexual & Gender Minority Research Symposium

September 17th - Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Symposium & NIH SGM Research Investigator Awards Program! This symposium, which will be held on September 17, 2020, from...

Posted: August 26, 2020, 2:15 PM