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Come to the Retriever Essentials Non-Perishable Food Pantry

Pack your OWN grocery bag!

Going home over the summer? Working a low-paying or unpaid internship and worried how you’ll pay for groceries? Just interested in a free bag of nonperishable food? Retriever Essentials has an...

Posted: May 22, 2019, 3:02 PM

Webinar for Fulbright U.S. Scholar Grants on May 24th

For Postdoctoral and Early Career Applicants

May 24, 2019, 4:00-5:00 PM Click to Register The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is hosting an interactive session highlighting opportunities specifically for early career and postdoctoral...

Posted: May 20, 2019, 3:12 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: May 16, 2019, 10:16 AM

Students who want their chosen name read at Commencement

Please contact the Registrar's Office

Students who would like their chosen name read at the Commencement, please contact the Registrar's Office.  Currently, the default name which is read at the Commencement is the student's legal...

Posted: May 15, 2019, 12:05 PM

Jessica Berman named Lipitz Professor for 2019-20

Jessica Berman, Professor of English and Director of the Dresher Center, has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2019-20. As the Lipitz...

Posted: May 13, 2019, 12:48 PM

Announcing our 2019-20 Residential Research Fellows

Residential Faculty Research Fellows Erin K. Hogan, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication Fall 2019 Residential Faculty Research Fellow Project:...

Posted: May 13, 2019, 12:17 PM

Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumns

Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments! Amy Bhatt, gender and women's studies, discusses her most recent book "High-Tech Housewives:...

Posted: May 13, 2019, 11:43 AM

Of Note: LLC Students' Recent Publications

Congratulations to three of our students on their recent articles! Charlotte Keniston (cohort 21) The (Social) Mediated Myth of Childbirth Sedrick Smith (cohort 18) Purple Visions of...

Posted: May 8, 2019, 3:23 PM

Retriever Courage Reports

Three reports have been released regarding recommendations on the prevention of and response to sexual violence/misconduct at UMBC. These reports were solicited by Retriever Courage in their work...

Posted: May 8, 2019, 10:16 AM