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Puppy Love

The four tiny Chihuahua puppies were whirlwinds of frantic energy moving across the carpeted sunroom floor.  The two smallest and darkest, male and female littermates, wandered among the watching...

Posted: January 30, 2011, 6:22 PM

Real People Profiles: Shivany N Trujillo

I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: January 27, 2011, 7:25 PM

Challenger

In the final moments of the dream, I watched my 9th grade Spanish teacher throw a portable radio high into the air.  As it landed with a crash, I awoke to the sound of my UCLA roommate, Bobby,...

Posted: January 27, 2011, 9:45 AM

Real People Profiles: Greg Simmons

I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: January 26, 2011, 12:48 PM

Real People Profiles: Heather Kopf

I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty, staff and alumni, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are...

Posted: January 25, 2011, 5:00 PM

While You Were Away

Here's a brief update on a few UMBC-related happenings since mid-December: UMBC’s chess team placed second among 28 teams competing in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship in...

Posted: January 25, 2011, 10:06 AM

Inauguration Day

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...

Posted: January 20, 2011, 8:17 AM

UMBC’s Winter 2011 Dissertation House: “Nothing is...

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...

Posted: January 18, 2011, 3:04 PM

The Social Animal

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...

Posted: January 18, 2011, 9:06 AM

Delayed Opening at UMBC Today, Dissertation House...

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...

Posted: January 18, 2011, 8:15 AM