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UMBC Grand Challenges Scholars Program

Engaging students in problems that matter!

The Grand Challenges Scholars Program is centered around the National Academy of Engineering's 14 Grand Challenges facing society:  * Sustainability: Solar energy, Clean water access, Energy...

Posted: March 11, 2016, 10:56 AM

Global Studies Summer Term 2016

Knockout a few GLBL courses this summer!

Africana Studies  AFST 213 - Africa: Culture and Development (Track 1, 2, 3)  American Studies  AMST 352 - American Culture in Global Perspective* (Track 1, 3)  Anthropology ...

Posted: March 4, 2016, 12:23 PM

Spring 2016 Events of Interest

Attend one (or all!) of these events on and off campus!

Encounters Among Faiths: Offit Symposium on Muslims, Jews, and Christians in the Medieval Mediterranean  February 5, 2016 9 AM- 5 PM  Johns Hopkins, Homewood Campus,...

Posted: February 1, 2016, 11:32 AM

Dr. Felipe Filomeno on local immigration policy

Research featured on the blog of the Urban Affairs Review

"The migration-development nexus in local immigration policy: Baltimore City and beyond" Dr. Felipe Filomeno University of Maryland, Baltimore County "Challenging the plenary power of...

Posted: October 27, 2015, 10:09 AM

New faculty members in Global Studies!

Welcome the newest additions to the Global Studies program!

Tania Lizarazo, Ph.D., MLLI / GLBL Tania Lizarazo received her Ph.D. in Latin American Literature and Cultures, with emphases in Feminist Theory & Research and Studies in Performance &...

Posted: August 17, 2015, 3:38 PM

2015-16 France-Merrick Scholarship Program

Scholarships for Service

The Shriver Center coordinates this undergraduate scholarship program, funded by the France-Merrick Foundation. Now in it's 20th year, this scholarship is available for students who demonstrate an...

Posted: August 13, 2015, 1:15 PM

Fall 2015 Humanities Forum Lineup

Checkout and support the Humanities Forum events this fall!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17  5:30 p.m., Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery HARVEST OF EMPIRE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF LATINOS IN AMERICA Eduardo López, television producer, journalist, and documentarian...

Posted: August 13, 2015, 12:03 PM

Dr. Felipe Filomeno, Early Career Prize Recipient

Congratulations to Political Science and Global Studies professor Felipe Filomeno, who has been awarded the Early Career Prize of the Economics & Politics Section of the Latin American Studies...

Posted: April 1, 2015, 11:18 AM

Global Zero Action Corps

Innovative grassroots movement to eliminate nuclear weapons

GLOBAL ZERO ACTION CORPS “Global Zero is grassroots organizing at its finest.” -UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon At Global Zero, the international movement for the elimination of nuclear...

Posted: February 24, 2015, 1:25 PM

Bard College's Asian/Environment Student Research Conference

Now accepting paper and poster proposals!

Undergraduate and graduate students engaged in research related to Asia and the environment are invited to submit posters and papers for presentation at the first in a series of annual...

Posted: February 24, 2015, 12:48 PM