In the News

Members of the UMBC community in print and digital publications.

ACTiVATE in the Business Monthly
The Business Monthly profiled UMBC’s ACTiVATE program, which educates and supports career women who seek to start their own technology-based business, and ACTiVATE alumna Kris Appel. The story, “Women Activate Careers Through UMBC Program,” ran in the March 2008 issue.
www.bizmonthly.com/3_2008_special/f_8.shtml
Men’s Basketball in the Baltimore Sun
Baltimore Sun sports columnist David Steele described the “student code of conduct” UMBC students will sign before boarding a bus to Binghamton, N.Y., to support the men’s basketball team in the America East tournament during the weekend of March 8-9. Jake Steel ’09, the Student Government Association’s assistant director for athletic awareness, and President Freeman Hrabowski are quoted. The column, “Cheer for this,” ran on March 6.
www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.steele06mar06,0,5006038.column
CADVC in the News
The Washington Post reviewed the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture exhibit, “Andrea Robbins and Max Becher: Portraits.” The review, “The Photographer as Customs Inspector: Judgment Mars the Focus,” ran on Feb. 29. The Howard County Times also reviewed the exhibit. Its coverage, “ ‘Portraits’ Tracks Routes of the Uprooted in Exhibit at UMBC,” appeared on March 5.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022803501.html
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=573&NewsID=883259&CategoryID=16662&show=localnews&om=1
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, Imaging Research Center, on WYPR-FM
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, Imaging Research Center (IRC) artist-in-residence, was featured on the WYPR-FM program “The Signal” and discussed his work with students in the IRC. The interview aired on Feb. 29, in advance of KAL’s campus lecture on March 5.
http://publicbroadcasting.net/wypr/.artsmain/article/14/347/1235541/from.the.Signal/Kal%e2%80%99s.View/
Jason Loviglio, American Studies, on NPR’s Radio Lab
On March 7, Jason Loviglio, director of the Media and Communication Studies program in the Department of American Studies, was a guest on the National Public Radio’s (NPR) Radio Lab. The program will examine the power of media to create panic through vehicles such as the classic broadcast of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.” Loviglio discussed the soothing tone of Franklin Roosevelt’s “fireside chats.”
www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/03/07
Susan McCully, Theatre, in the News
Susan McCully, lecturer in the theatre department and creator of the IN10 theater festival, discussed the program in interviews with the City Paper and WYPR-FM’s Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast. IN10 seeks to showcase plays that feature female protagonists and antagonists, offering strong roles for women actors. The City Paper story, “All About Eves,” ran in the March 5 issue. The WYPR interview aired on March 4.
http://citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=15402
www.wypr.org/MD_MORNING.html
Robert Provine, Psychology, on NPR’s Radio Lab
Robert Provine, professor of psychology, appeared on the NPR program Radio Lab to discuss his research on laughter.
www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2008/02/22
Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the Buffalo News
Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller told the Buffalo News that Hillary Clinton’s comeback wins in Ohio and Texas mean there will be an extended competition for the Democratic presidential nomination. The newspaper reported that Schaller, “a fierce critic of the Clinton campaign, (likened) Clinton to a political poltergeist.” The story, “Democrats Clinton and Obama Fight for Delegates and Momentum,” ran on March 6.
www.buffalonews.com/home/story/292517.html