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The Data Incubator fellowship opportunity

for PhD students or recent graduates in Social Sciences

Program: The Data Incubator is an intensive 8 week fellowship that prepares masters students, PhDs, and postdocs in STEM and social science fields seeking industry careers as data scientists. The...

Posted: January 18, 2019, 10:39 AM

TIRF's 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants Competition

Application Deadline: April 24, 2019

TIRF - The International Research Foundation for English Language Education - is pleased to announce its 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) compeititon. Grants of up to $5,000 will be made to...

Posted: January 15, 2019, 1:10 PM

Smposium on the UN at 75: Listening, Talking & Taking Action

in a Multilingual World -- Call for Proposals

The Study Group on Language and the United Nations invites you to contribute to a Symposium on The United Nations at 75: Listening, Talking and Taking Action in a Multilingual World. It will...

Posted: January 15, 2019, 1:02 PM

Congratulations, UMB PROMISE Participants!

  “Students Maya Hanna, MPH, and Juan-David Rueda, MD, received the Department of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research’s (PHSR) Student Travel Scholarship to present their research at the...

Posted: January 14, 2019, 11:48 AM

Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumni

Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments!  Matt Baker, Geography and Environmental Systems, discusses the flooding in Ellicott City and...

Posted: January 11, 2019, 2:10 PM

TIRF 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Grants announcement

Grants up to $5,000 for English language education research

LLC graduate Dr. Polina Vinogradova was awarded the Russell Campbell TIRF DDG for having the most outstanding doctoral dissertation proposal during the first year that the awards were given. ...

Posted: January 10, 2019, 11:54 AM

GSA updates & design competition with chance to win $100!

For regular updates, please join GSA group!

Hello everyone, I hope you all have enjoyed the holiday break. I have a few announcements so thank you in advance for your attention:  1. Graduate Orientation: GSA is looking for volunteers to...

Posted: January 8, 2019, 10:40 AM

Dissertation Bootcamp @ UMB

The UMB Graduate School, Writing Center, and PROMISE Program Dissertation Boot Camp are returning to UMB the Dissertation House on January 15-17, 2019.  If you haven’t heard about this dynamic...

Posted: January 7, 2019, 2:19 PM