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Global Digital Story Festival – Where I Find Strength

    “In 1348 a party of wealthy young patricians take refuge from the plague that is raging in the city in a villa outside Florence. To pass the time, they tell each other stories…” (Cover...

Posted: March 27, 2020, 12:36 PM

COVID-19-Related Updates and Information from CS3

Staying Connected The Center for Social Science Scholarship remains a resource for our UMBC social science community during this challenging time. Faculty, staff, and students -- don't hesitate...

Posted: March 27, 2020, 11:22 AM

IMPORTANT - PROMISE 5-minute SURVEY!!!

Raffle for a $25 Amazon or Target gift card

Good afternoon, PROMISE is developing ways to help students succeed in pursuing academic careers, and we’d like your input and opinions. Would you please take this short 5-minute survey? Please...

Posted: March 25, 2020, 4:03 PM

X-Finity Announces free Hotspots

X-Finity just announced that they are making their network of hotspots open to the public. See details here: https://wifi.xfinity.com/?rid=1795519155&mid=20200323_Adhoc_CM_Crisis_DWWeekly

Posted: March 24, 2020, 11:11 AM

StoryCenter: Online Training in Digital Video w WeVideo

Free orientation Trainings for Educators This Friday 3/27

StoryCenter to Offer Online Training in Digital Video in Collaboration with WeVideo.com Free orientation Trainings for Educators This Friday! Over the last...

Posted: March 22, 2020, 12:19 PM

Montia Gardner Successfully - and Virtually - Presents

her Dissertation Proposal

LLC is pleased to announce that Montia Gardner, of Cohort 19, successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal to her committee on March 13, 2020. She was the first LLC...

Posted: March 20, 2020, 12:56 PM

Schooling From Home

Teachers' Democracy Project conversations

Dear Friends, TDP is hosting conversations two evenings per week designed to help parents and teachers navigate this challenging moment. Conversations will typically be Mondays and Thursdays....

Posted: March 20, 2020, 8:29 AM

Campus PROMISE Events Cancel

As of today, following guidance from the University System of Maryland and UMBC, PROMISE events will be canceled up until April 6th.   Please continue to closely monitor this myUMBC page and...

Posted: March 13, 2020, 10:45 AM

Compliance announcement: Video conferencing for interviews

What to use in place of face to face interviews - COVID-19

Announcement from the UMBC Office of Research Protections & Compliance: Our office has received several information requests about using virtual/online formats to take the place of...

Posted: March 12, 2020, 9:49 AM