UMBC News & Magazine Headlines

From UMBC News and Magazine

Tom Schaller, Political Science, in Salon

In a June 5 essay for the online magazine Salon entitled “Can liberals cure stupidity?“, Tom Schaller, associate professor of political science, discussed one of the major obstacles for the left...

Posted: June 13, 2012, 2:13 PM

Arnold Blumberg, English, in The Baltimore Sun

The zombie trend continues to spread across the pop cultural landscape and shows little sign of slowing down. Speaking with The Baltimore Sun‘s John-John Williams IV for a June 9 story entitled...

Posted: June 11, 2012, 7:18 PM

Rachel Wilkinson, English, in BmoreMedia

In aJune 5 article entitled “What’s the Buzz? Beehives Burgeon in Baltimore Backyards,” Rachel Wilkinson, adjunct professor of English, recently reported on the local beekeeping community for the...

Posted: June 11, 2012, 3:04 PM

UMBC Memorial Service for Judy Shinogle

To celebrate the life of our colleague and friend Judy Shinogle, the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, and the Department of Public Policy, will hold a memorial service on...

Posted: June 11, 2012, 12:35 PM

Scholarship Success: Paige Khoury '12

Each year, the Alumni Association Scholarship program helps amazing students succeed at UMBC. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of their stories with you. This week, meet scholarship...

Posted: June 10, 2012, 6:51 PM

Scholarship Success: Paige Khoury ’12

Each year, the Alumni Association Scholarship program helps amazing students succeed at UMBC. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of their stories with you. This week, meet scholarship...

Posted: June 10, 2012, 6:51 PM

A SIRI-ous Mind

British writer and scientist Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” And for many of us, that’s exactly how the beeps and pings...

Posted: June 8, 2012, 12:07 AM