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The little town in southern North Carolina featured a small collection of chain hotels, the usual fast food joints and an industrial plant that had contaminated the groundwater with its waste.  I...

Full Title: UMBC’s Winter 2011 Dissertation House: “Nothing is Utterly Hopeless.” The day began late due to ice-encased cars, slippery roads, and a delayed opening. However, the graduate students...

I think this piece by David Brooks in The New Yorker is a little choppy, maybe because it's a boiled-down version of a forthcoming book.  But it contains some useful ideas for people with major...

Full Title: Delayed Opening at UMBC Today, Dissertation House Begins at 10AM Due to weather and UMBC’s delayed opening, today’s Dissertation House will begin at 10AM. Campus will open at 10AM...

The buses rolled into the Skycroft Conference Center at around 11:15 last Monday morning.  43 UMBC students, most of whom did not know each other before boarding, walked hesitantly down the steps...

Full Title: Advice for Preparing and Delivering Graduate Level Presentations by Barrett Whitener @PROMISE Symposium, Jan. 21, 2011Dear Graduate Students, We have a wonderful history of providing...

Happy New Year and welcome back. If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to make significant progress on your dissertation then this blog is for you. Dr. Carter believes “a good dissertation...

A beautiful sight on The Commons' 2nd floor: two rivals for UMBC's affections enjoy a brief, fragile coexistence.  But it will not last--probably not even past today.  Farewell, Coke machine.  I...

A few weeks ago I had a minor health scare: an anomaly during a routine checkup that could have been serious but turned out, after 11 days of waiting to see a specialist, to be nothing...

1. Baltimore Sun Says: Change UMBC's Name 2. April Fool: Towson SGA Declares War on UMBC 3. Real People Profiles: Robert H. Deluty, Ph.D. 4. Don't Lie for Me 5. Real People...