How to Build a Ramen Bridge With Dr. Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Back in 1958, when the late Japanese food magnate Momofuku Ando developed … ]]> With Dr. Timmie Topoleski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Back in 1958, when the late Japanese food magnate Momofuku Ando developed … https://magazine.umbc.edu/how-to-build-a-ramen-bridge/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107633/guest@my.umbc.edu/21aedb95eac9848899cff75cf110dafb/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:19:09 -0500 PAID Spring Internship With Knott Mechanical Knott Mechanical based in Timonium, MD is seeking a junior, senior or graduate level mechanical engineering student for an immediate opening for a PAID spring internship. As an intern you will be responsible for collection of data for use in wireless field force automation data, K-Track, which has been created by Knott Mechanical (see website for description). As well as collecting information through HVAC and plumbing services within existing contract base and making information available in company database. Interns who successfully complete the Spring internships may be offered full time positions during the Summer. Pay: $12/Hr Work schedule: Flexible, Minimum of 15 hrs/week Minimum GPA: 3.0 To apply, visit position 9237709 in UMBCworks or email your resume directly to Kerry Kidwell-Slak in the Shriver Center at kerryk@umbc.edu. Knott is looking to hire someone very soon - so act fast for best consideration! ]]> Knott Mechanical based in Timonium, MD is seeking a junior, senior or graduate level mechanical engineering student for an immediate opening for a PAID spring internship. 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Break Boards. Break Dance. UMBC alumnus Father Leo Patalinghug ’92 finds the divine in cuisine and competition. His quest may yet make him one … ]]> UMBC alumnus Father Leo Patalinghug ’92 finds the divine in cuisine and competition. His quest may yet make him one … https://magazine.umbc.edu/break-bread-break-boards-break-dance/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107634/guest@my.umbc.edu/4cc84f8d798bdf93985bd023126a006b/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:09:28 -0500 The Scholar at the Supermarket UMBC American studies professor Warren Belasco has pioneered food studies’ explosive growth in the classroom and the larger culture. By … ]]> UMBC American studies professor Warren Belasco has pioneered food studies’ explosive growth in the classroom and the larger culture. By … https://magazine.umbc.edu/the-scholar-at-the-supermarket/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107635/guest@my.umbc.edu/2e423954aaeac26e0396b555bccfee87/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:04:06 -0500 Edible UMBC Food is not only a means of individual sustenance. The act of sharing a meal helps to form and sustain … ]]> Food is not only a means of individual sustenance. The act of sharing a meal helps to form and sustain … https://magazine.umbc.edu/edible-umbc/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107636/guest@my.umbc.edu/ce0387e51db5ae7dd2c0b4ddc73642cb/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:53:21 -0500 Discovery – Winter 2010 A Date with Darwin Forgive Sandra Herbert if she’s a bit exhausted as 2009 comes to a close. Herbert, a … ]]> A Date with Darwin Forgive Sandra Herbert if she’s a bit exhausted as 2009 comes to a close. Herbert, a … https://magazine.umbc.edu/discovery-winter-2010/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107637/guest@my.umbc.edu/c66c7544bea8d286282c6280a3fdf6e7/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:47:30 -0500 At Play – Winter 2010 Gael Force Catonsville’s a long, long way from Tipperary, but a local band with a strong UMBC connection is bringing … ]]> Gael Force Catonsville’s a long, long way from Tipperary, but a local band with a strong UMBC connection is bringing … https://magazine.umbc.edu/at-play-winter-2010/ https://dev.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/107638/guest@my.umbc.edu/a8bb4b76c18b5a409166a2442cd2de30/api/pixel stories winter-2010 UMBC Magazine https://dev.my.umbc.edu/groups/umbc-magazine https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/original.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xlarge.png?1778114291 https://assets4-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/large.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/medium.png?1778114291 https://assets3-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/small.png?1778114291 https://assets2-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xsmall.png?1778114291 https://assets1-dev.my.umbc.edu/images/avatars/group/5/xxsmall.png?1778114291 UMBC Magazine 0 0 false Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:44:45 -0500 My Higher Education
I entered college as a freshman in fall 1984.  My declared major was Political Science; my orientation was careerist; my worldview embarrassingly narrow.  Over the years my horizons broadened.  I changed majors, and tried a few courses (but, in retrospect, far too few) just because they seemed interesting.  I went to law school and to graduate school in public policy.  When I finally finished in 1992, I thought I was done with classes, homework, exams and grades.  

I was wrong.  In 2005, while working full time, I entered UMBC’s doctoral program in Language, Literacy and Culture.  I took it one course at a time, sometimes grinding out the work and sometimes losing (or, more often, finding) myself in the ideas I was exploring.  And last semester, I completed my very last course requirement.  All that’s left to do is write a dissertation on a topic I care deeply about (no simple task, but one I’m largely free to shape and manage).  But as for classes, homework, exams and grades . . . I think I’m done.

Back in 1992, I created a list of every course I had taken after high school, by title, in chronological order.  The result offered a terribly distorted and superficial view of everything I had experienced and learned.  But it was sort of fascinating nonetheless, the patterns and details providing subtle hints of the profound changes in my life and perspective.  Now I’ve brought the list up to date.  Here it is, from first (fall '84) to last (fall '09):

The American Novel
Physical Geography
Evolution of the Solar System and Earth
The Supreme Court
Statistics
Evolution of Life and Humans
Comparative Politics
Principles of Microeconomics
Humans and the Ecosystem
Introduction to Politics
Greek Views of Humanity
Principles of Macroeconomics
Advanced Microeconomic Theory I
World Politics
Nature of the Universe
Advanced Microeconomic Theory II
Freedom of Communication
Law and American Education
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization Theory
Constitutional Law I
Demise of the Dinosaurs
Public Finance
Economic Analysis of Laws and Legal Institutions
Money and Banking
Law and Public Administration
Independent Research in Political Science
Contemporary Moral Issues
Economic Models of Public Choice
Economic Models of Conflict Resolution
Introduction to Sociology
Philosophy of the Mind
International Finance
The Sixties:  A Crucial Decade
Stars and Stellar Systems
Wage Theory
Government and Business
Economics of the Media
Microeconomics and Public Policy
Empirical Analysis I
Political and Organizational Analysis
Professional Responsibility [for Public Servants]
Public Speaking
Public Policy Workshop and Applications
Empirical Analysis II
Public Management
Conflict, Cooperation and Strategy
Introduction to Human Services, Labor and Education
Civil Procedure
Contracts
Torts
Property
Criminal Law
The Legal Process
Accounting
Environmental Law
Corporations
Introduction to Government and Business
Negotiation Analysis
Gender and Law
Evidence
Federal Income Taxation
Elective Politics
Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy
Constitutional Law II
Administrative Law
Professional Responsibility [for Lawyers]
Water Law
Advanced Legal Seminar on Global Climate Change
Seminar: Energy and Environmental Policy
Third Year Paper [Law]
Land Use
Public Lands
Introduction to Language, Literacy and Culture
Intercultural Pragmatics
Cyberspace, Culture and Society
Sociological Theory
Internship in Language, Literacy and Culture
Human Learning and Cognition
Construction of Race, Class and Gender
Topics in Language, Literacy and Culture: Community and Culture
Methods of Language, Literacy and Culture Research
Advanced Qualitative Methods
Research Proposal Seminar
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The Journal of Web Semantics has announced two new special issues. Heiner Stuckenschmidt and Jeff Heflin are editing a special issue on web-scale semantic information processing with a deadline of 1 July 2010 for submissions. Grigoris Antoniou, Mathieu d’Aquin and Jeff Z. Pan are editing a special issue on semantic web dynamics with submissions due 31 May 2010.

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During January break the New Media Studio held its fifth annual digital storytelling workshop for UMBC faculty. Participants learned the technology and methodology of digital moviemaking, creating their own personal narratives while exploring applications in teaching and learning. Ten UMBC faculty members were joined by Archana Bhandari, Director of Instructional Technology at UMB School of Social Work for the three-day course. Workshop alumn Jason Loviglio, Director of the Media and Communication Studies program assisted in facilitating the writing component of the workshop. Other facilitators included Paul Iwancio, Bill Shewbridge and studio research assistants Satarupa Joardar, Chris Ferrera and Steve Yeager.

Enjoy stories from the group:

Manil Suri The Letter
Jill Wardell Birthing Courage
Gergana Kostova My Knowledge Journey
Shawn Bediako The Mother Land
Ana Oskoz Unlike Any Other Place
Inez Quiroga Sundays in Mendoza
Karin Readel Away to Me
Terri Werner Learning & Adventure
Yasuko Walcott Lessons Learned
Mitze Mabe Ida
Archana Bhandari The MidSized Puppy

View more photos from the workshop.

 

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