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Congratulations, Ethics Bowl Champions!

UMBC's Ethics Bowl team Won the Chesapeake Regional Ethics Bowl this past weekend! Extra special congratulations to Tafat Boudif and Aziza Mattaka, members of the team and Humanities Scholars. Woo...

Posted: December 9, 2025, 1:57 PM

Spring 2026 Critical Disability Studies Course Offerings

The Criticsal Disability Studies Minor is offering the following courses for the Spring 2026 semester" ENGL 222: Introduction to Critical Disability Studies* TuTh 10-11:15AM, Physics 107,...

Posted: October 27, 2025, 2:21 PM

HCST Course Offerings Winter 2026

HCST 100: The Human Context of Science and Technology In this course, students explore interactions among the humanities, the sciences and technology, including study of the sciences and...

Posted: October 27, 2025, 1:53 PM

Critical Religious Pluralism: Confronting Hate, Building Belonging

Culture Conversations with Division of Institutional Equity

Division of Institutional Equity presents their Fall 2025 Culture Conversations This fall's culture conversations is a three-part series that explores how a values-driven approach can deepen...

Posted: October 1, 2025, 12:41 AM

Storytelling Scholarships for UMBC Students!

Deadline is Friday, October 17

The UMBC Public Stories Lab is thrilled to announce the launch of their Storytelling Scholarships for the 2025-2026 academic year.  The application, which can be accessed here,  is intended...

Posted: September 17, 2025, 10:23 AM

Announcing the AOK Library's 2025 AI Symposium!

Join us for our virtual series this fall!

**REPOST** On the heels of the successful “AI, Privacy, and Ethics Symposium” of April 2024, we’re back with a new iteration! Please join us for this fall’s AI Symposium, titled “Exploring...

Posted: August 27, 2025, 2:27 PM

A New Course on the Athenian Empire

Take ANCS 350-01: Athenian Imperialism this Fall!

NEW ANCIENT STUDIES COURSE IN FALL 2025 ANCS 350-01: ANCIENT ATHENIAN IMPERIALISM  T/Th 1:00-2:15, PAHB 441 Dr. David Rosenbloom The Athenian empire (478/7-405/4 bce) has sometimes taken a...

Posted: June 24, 2025, 5:13 PM

Summer Class - ARCH 365: Experimental Archaeology

Now with Culture and A/H GEP Designations!

Join Drs. Johnson and Jones-Lewis for our second year of ARCH 365: Experimental Archaeology. This 8-week summer course (May 27 - July 17) meets T/Th from 1:00-3:30 and features experiments in...

Posted: May 20, 2025, 11:36 PM

An image with the words "What can we learn by doing that we can't learn from thinking about? Come find out. ARCH 365: Experimental Archaeology May 27-July 18 Tuesday/Thursday 1-3:30pm