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  <Title>UMBC&#8217;s newest grads leave a legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and support for fellow students</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">On the back of every UMBC black and gold ID card is a guide to essential emergency resources, including numbers for health, counseling, sexual assault, and suicide prevention helplines. The new card design was the result of student advocacy through UMBC’s Retriever Courage initiative, seeking to better prevent and respond to sexual assault and violence. And the person who suggested that change is Autumn Cook, graduating this week, a tireless advocate for fellow UMBC students.</div>
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  <Summary>On the back of every UMBC black and gold ID card is a guide to essential emergency resources, including numbers for health, counseling, sexual assault, and suicide prevention helplines. The new...</Summary>
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    <Title>New UMBC grads honor parents&#8217; immigrant journeys by forging their own paths</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">Graduating seniors Anthony Cano, Renato Zanelli, and Maya Scheirer came to UMBC with pride and hunger instilled by their immigrant parents’ work ethic. They brought rich cultures, languages, and hearts full of dreams and aspirations with the goal of forging futures of their own. “As a first-generation college student," Zanelli says, "I can now be a role model for my younger cousins. I can help and inspire them. They will not have to do it alone.”</div>
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    <Summary>Graduating seniors Anthony Cano, Renato Zanelli, and Maya Scheirer came to UMBC with pride and hunger instilled by their immigrant parents’ work ethic. They brought rich cultures, languages, and...</Summary>
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    <PostedAt>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:29:36 -0500</PostedAt>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s first virtual conference on inclusive language engages hundreds of education professionals from around the world</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">“To acknowledge that Black lives matter, that abuse of power must be stopped is paramount," shared DàVida Plummer, keynote speaker at UMBC's Inclusive Language Conference. “And for journalists the world over, we must capture this reality, tell our stories, and maintain objectivity.”</div>
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    <Summary>“To acknowledge that Black lives matter, that abuse of power must be stopped is paramount," shared DàVida Plummer, keynote speaker at UMBC's Inclusive Language Conference. “And for journalists the...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC historian Constantine Vaporis brings samurai scholarship to the public through TED-Ed animation</Title>
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          <div class="html-content">UMBC’s Constantine Vaporis, professor of history, has partnered with TED-Ed Animations to produce "A Day In The Life of A Teenage Samurai." This original video draws from over thirty years of scholarship Vaporis has completed on Japanese history and culture, and it's already received over 550,000 views.</div>
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    <Summary>UMBC’s Constantine Vaporis, professor of history, has partnered with TED-Ed Animations to produce "A Day In The Life of A Teenage Samurai." This original video draws from over thirty years of...</Summary>
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    <Title>UMBC&#8217;s Gloria Chuku is named the 2020 &#8211; 21 Lipitz Professor for her research on the Igbo people of Nigeria</Title>
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  <Title>Graduating UMBC student advocates keep building community in an unprecedented time</Title>
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    <Title>Three years in, UMBC&#8217;s Inclusion Imperative connects humanities scholars focused on diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice</Title>
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  <Title>&#8220;Appreciate the differences&#8221;: How study abroad shaped four UMBC student experiences</Title>
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