Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25 where Theatre student Mia Rickenbach will present her visual research, "Seeing the Stories: How Art Can Impact Human Trafficking Awareness".

This research was a study of theatrical scenic art, which evolved into a project investigating the impact of visual storytelling on human trafficking awareness. The study of scenic art included working in large-scale, trompe l’oeil illusion painting, matching paint color, and faux finishes such as marble and wood grain. These techniques were developed at Cobalt Studios’ Summer Scene Painting, and employed in the scenic design and painting of UMBC’s Department of Theatre productions.

Read the rest of her abstract here...  #umbcurcad

UMBC's 22nd Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day is tomorrow, 
April 25, 2018

URCAD.umbc.edu

This is Ms. Rhea W. Thommasson of the Postmodern Town Arena 35 (wooded area).  She predicts that she will quite easily win the URCAD selfie contest.

"I'm crushing this thing," averred Thommasson, who was interviewed on her motorcycle. "I am a servant to the highest level of selfies. I got this thing in the proverbial bag."

Think you can beat Ms. Rhea W. Thommasson?

Upload your original photos to FaceBook and/or Twitter using  #umbcURCAD for a chance to win one of four gift cards to the UMBC Bookstore!

Categories:

• Best overall selfie: Take a photo with a UMBC celebrity (President Hrabowski, Provost Rous, Dean Cole…) or get creative!
• Best with mentor
• Best with family member
• Best with student presentation/poster

The contest starts on the evening of April 24 and will continue until the 27th at 6:00 p.m. To be eligible to win the contest, you must follow the steps outlined below including uploading your original photo to FaceBook, Instagram or Twitter using #umbcURCAD.

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25, where Interdisciplinary Studies major Ethan Griffin will present his research “Urban Transportation Landscapes: A GIS and Political Historical Narrative of Baltimore’s Transportation Deficiency” in UC 312 at 11:30 a.m.

The intent of the research is to represent the extent of Baltimore City’s transportation deficiency through the use of an interdisciplinary mixed method analysis utilizing the lens of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Political History. Metropolitan transportation is a complex network of mobility which contributes to the success of tangential urban systems which include but are not limited to access to green space, education and economics.

Read the rest of his abstract here... #umbcurcad

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25, History major Morgan Miller will present her research, 'Humphrey Jennings and the Documentary of the “People’s War”'.

The purpose of my research is to examine the work of Humphrey Jennings, a British documentary filmmaker during the Second World War. My particular focus is to examine how his highly influential films helped lay the foundations for what historians today refer to as the myth of the “People’s War”; a widespread belief in Britain that the war effort had rested in large measure on the extraordinary efforts and resilience of ordinary civilians on the home front.

Read the rest of her abstract here... #umbcurcad

Come to URCAD on Wednesday, April 25 where Information Systems student Satyajit DasSarma will present his research, "HaloWeb: An Integrated Web Application Suite for Prokaryotic Genomic and Transcriptomic Analysis".

HaloWeb is a web application suite for highly integrated genomic and transcriptomic analysis of prokaryotic microorganisms. With the arrival of new high-throughput sequencing technology, more genomic information is available than ever before, with an accompanying need for bioinformatic analysis tools.

Read the rest of his abstract here...

Video Games

10:00-11:30am- Patchwork Knight, Spook Room, Marscapone, Abduction, Steel Giants, Project Fadoodle

1:00-2:30pm- UMBC Game Developers Club Projects:  Star Marten, Project Phantom, Fansail, Top Cop, Marzipan, Baby Dragon Assassin, Little Golem, Ultrariah

This Wednesday, April 25th

Location: UC Ballroom

Games will be interactive in front of the UC Ballroom stage and projected on the big screen. Come test them out!

To read more about these projects, go to:

URCAD.umbc.edu

URCAD Film and Animation Festival

2:30pm- Emma Ayala, Strata: Layers in Space and Time

2:45pm- Mehki Adams, Super Predator

3:00pm- Courtney Culp, Color of me

3:15pm- Ezra Pailer, The Poetry of Jordann Allen: An Animated Documentary

3:30pm- Luke Ferguson, The Longfellow Hill

3:45pm- Rachel Morin, Freely You Have Received, Freely Give: A Documentary of Catholic Missions in Peru

Films will be shown in UC 310 this Wed. April 25th

Moderator: Prof. Corrie Parks

Filmmakers will discuss their films after the screenings.

Free popcorn!

To read these students' abstracts: URCAD.umbc.edu