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Erickson School Presents Memory Care Summit 2015: The Positive Case for Change in Dementia Services

Kim Campbell

Earlier this year, the Erickson School presented Memory Care Summit 2015 in Captiva Island, FL. The event was designed to address practical issues for the future of caring for those with memory impairment and their families. Several leading experts in dementia care, including Dean Judah Ronch and Dr. Bill Thomas from the Erickson School, presented at the summit to discuss innovative practices, growth strategies, and success for aging services leaders.

Among the speakers at the event was Kim Campbell, wife of country music legend Glen Campbell featured in the major motion picture “I’ll Be Me.” Campbell presented the keynote address at the event and shared her family’s experiences, challenges, struggles, discovery, and moments of joy in the journey of her husband Glen’s Alzheimer’s Disease diagnosis. To watch video clips of Kim Campbell’s keynote address, click here.

To learn more about the event, including a list of speakers and presentations from Memory Care Summit 2015, click here.

Humanities Forum: Four Types of Feminist Empiricism (3/26)

Miriam SolomonHumanities Forum
Thursday, March 26 | 4:00 p.m.
Evelyn Barker Memorial Lecture
Miriam Solomon, Chair and Professor of Philosophy, Temple University
University Center, Room 312

“Feminist empiricism” is a general term for a range of positions in philosophy of science that aim to combine empirical methods with the insights of feminism. This talk will give an overview of feminist empiricist work in the natural and social sciences in order to showcase four different ways in which feminist critique can improve scientific work. The relationship between the different feminist empiricisms and feminist standpoint theory will also be discussed.

Miriam Solomon is Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair in the Department of Philosophy at Temple University. She is also an Affiliated Professor of Women’s Studies. Professor Solomon is a graduate of Cambridge University (BA in Natural Sciences, 1979) and Harvard University (Ph.D. in Philosophy, 1986). She is the author of Social Empiricism (MIT Press, 2001), editor of several special journal issues, and author of papers in epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine and biomedical ethics. Her research interests are in philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, history of science, epistemology, gender and science, and biomedical ethics. She is currently completing a book on evidence-based medicine, medical consensus conferences, narrative medicine and translational medicine, titled Making Medical Knowledge, to be published by Oxford University Press (UK).

Sponsored by the Philosophy Department, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and the Gender and Women’s Studies Department.

Social Sciences Forum: The Middle East in Flames (3/25)

Daniel BymanSocial Sciences Forum
Wednesday, March 25 | 4:30 p.m.
Daniel Byman, Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution and Professor in the Security Studies Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University
University Center 312

The Middle East has gone from bad to worse. Four countries are in full-fledged civil wars, and the contagion might spread. Professor Byman will speak on perennial problems like the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and the Iranian nuclear program as well as the range of new crises engulfing the region.

Daniel L. Byman is a Senior Fellow and Director of Research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He served as a Professional Staff Member with the 9/11 Commission and worked as an analyst on the Middle East for the U.S. government. Dr. Byman has written extensively on topics related to terrorism, international security, civil and ethnic conflict. His most recent volume, “A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism,” appeared in 2011 (Oxford). Professor Byman has a concurrent appointment in the Security Studies Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and the Department of Government at Georgetown University.

Co-sponsored by the Departments of Judaic Studies and Global Studies.

Communicating Climate 2015 (4/20)

JCET-Logo1The UMBC Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology invites the campus community to a symposium focused on communicating the results of scientific climate investigations. A panel of noted climate researchers will contribute their knowledge of Earth’s climate a discussion prompted by questions from the broader UMBC audience.

This Communicating Climate symposium also celebrates the integration of art and science with renowned musician and composer Kenji Williams who will perform the multi-media presentation, “Beautiful Earth,” at 3:30 pm.

The event will be held in the University Center Ballroom, April 20, 2015 from 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM.

CPR for the Healthcare Provider (5/28)

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CPR for the Healthcare Provider will be sponsored by the Department of Emergency Health Services on the following date:

Thursday, May 28, 2015 – 5:30-10:00 pm
Sherman Hall – A-Wing – Room 305

This class is open to the public. Registration fee is $85 for the full provider course including the manual; $70 for the renewal course without the manual.

For further information, contact Danette McCoy at 410-455-3584 or email danette@umbc.edu.

A Look Ahead XVIII – Explorations in Transformative Research (4/15)

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With several hundred scientists, educators and biotechnology business leaders in attendance, A Look Ahead XVIII will be a unique opportunity to connect with Maryland’s scientific research community. The event will be held on April 15, 2015 from 3:30 – 7:30 p.m. in UMBC’s University Center Ballroom.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Louis M. Weiner, M.D.
Director, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and Chair, Department of
Oncology,Georgetown University Medical Center

Suzanne Ostrand-Rosenberg, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, UMBC and
Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Chair of Biochemistry, UMBC

Poster Session on UMBC Faculty Research begins at 3:30 p.m. and continues at 6:15 p.m.

Alums in the News: Raczynska, Krishnaswamy, and Masella

Here at UMBC, we take pride in what our alums accomplish after graduation. Take a moment to see which Retrievers have been on the move and making news!

Joanna RaczynskaRaczynska ’98, visual and performing arts, has been chosen as a juror for the Ann Arbor Film Festival. She will also present a program on experimental cinema in Eastern Europe at the festival. Raczynska’s work “Artists, Amateurs,  Alternative Spaces: Experimental Cinema in Eastern Europe: 1960-1990,” was recently featured in an article on M Live in Michigan. She is currently working as an assistant curator in the film department of the National Gallery of Art  in Washington, D.C.


Click here to read the full article.

 

KrishnaswamyIn an article by CNNMoney, Kavita Krishnaswamy ’07, computer science and mathematics, explains how using a Beam telepresence robot has offered her increased independence. She uses the Beam robot to see the world she otherwise would never get to experience. Through this technology, Krishnaswamy has the ability to participate in events all over the world and pursue her education. She also credits the Beam telepresence robot for allowing her to make her voice known in the world.

To learn more, click here.

 

MasellaAfter receiving her degreen in dance and early childhood education, Robin Masella ’07, dance, returned to her native New York, where she has made a name for herself performing across the country in shows such as Evita, The Little Mermaid, Spamalot, and Guys and Dolls. Recently, she returned to her Retriever roots when she performed in Chicago at the Hippodrome in Baltimore. She discusses her experience in an article from the Baltimore Sun.

 

Have a story of your own to share? Tell us about it in a class note.

UMBC To Be Represented at U.S. Women’s Chess Championship

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Junior Information Systems major, Nazi Paikidze, has been invited to compete in the invitation-only, U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, scheduled to take place at the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis, March 31 – April 13, 2015.

Ms. Paikidze, 21 and an International Chess Master, was the 2007 World Under-14 Girl’s Chess Champion, the 2008 World Under-16 Girl’s Chess Champion, and has multiple European Youth Championships to her name.

With such a distinguished series of achievements in the sport at such a young age, I felt inclined to ask what has been most memorable for her thus far. Nazi answered, “One of my favorite moments from my chess career is winning the women’s section of the 2010 Moscow Open. It was the largest tournament I’ve won. I was not even in top 20 by rating and I won the tournament by beating Valentina Gunina in the last round (she is twice European woman champion now and rated 2500 plus, I think).”

Hailing from Moscow, Russia, when asked what she misses most about home, she said, “I miss the city. I loved living in a big city – Moscow. And of course I miss my family and friends.”

Nazi anticipates graduating with a degree in Information Systems in May 2016. When asked of her plans for post-graduation, Nazi replied, “I just recently decided to minor in entrepreneurship and that’s what I really want to pursue after school. I don’t think I’m cut out for nine to five job and I want to be my own boss.”

Spoken like a true chess player.

UMBC has a proud history of being represented at both the Men’s and Women’s U.S. Championships. Several former students, including Sabina Foisor, Timur Gareev, Sergey Erenburg, and former U.S. Champion, Alexander Onischuk have competed and continue to compete in this prestigious tournament.

We continue to be proud of their achievements both over the board and in the classroom.

If you would like to share well-wishes with Nazi before she competes, you can send her e-mail at paiki1@umbc.edu.

Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards Ceremony (4/1)

15365064460_649cdd1abb_zThe UMBC community will celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s campus- and system-wide award recipients at 12 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1, in the University Center Ballroom. A light lunch will follow.

Release time will be granted for employees to take part in this event, and everyone is encouraged to attend. All campus offices will remain open, and services should continue to be offered. Supervisors and staff are asked to work together to coordinate staffing.

We will honor the following faculty and staff colleagues, each of whom was selected by a  committee of peers.

Michelle R. Scott
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, History
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies, Africana Studies and Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program
2015-18 Presidential Teaching Award

Katherine Seley-Radtke
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
2015-18 Presidential Research Award

Susan Martin
Associate Director, the Center for Women in Technology
2015-16 Presidential Distinguished Professional Staff Award

Susan L. Harrell
Executive Administrative Assistant, English Department
2015-16 Presidential Distinguished Non-Exempt Staff Award

Kate Brown
Professor, History
2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarship/Research/Creative Activity

Eileen O’Brien
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Michelle Scott
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, History
Affiliate Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies, Africana Studies and Language, Literacy and Culture Doctoral Program
2015 University System of Maryland Board of Regents’ Faculty Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Julie Rosenthal
Program Management Specialist, Asian Studies Program
2013-2014 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Staff Award for Exceptional
Contributions to the Mission of UMBC (Non-Exempt)

David Hoffman
Assistant Director, Student Life for Civic Agency
2013-2014 University System of Maryland Board of Regents Staff Award for Exceptional Contributions to the Mission of UMBC (Professional Staff)

Dottie Caplan
Executive Administrative Assistant
College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences
2014-2015 Karen L. Wensch Endowment Award for Non-Exempt Staff

Brian V. Souders
Associate Director, International Education Services
2014-2015 Jakubik Family Endowment Award

Alums in the News: Gimbel, Ne’eman, Hyland, and Dandois

Steven Gimbel

Steven Gimbel ’91, philosophy, recently discussed his new book Einstein: His Space and Time on WYPR’s “Midday with Dan Rodricks.”  During the show, Gimbel explained Einstein’s influence on American politics and civil rights, which are often overshadowed by his incredible scientific achievements.

Listen to the full interview.

Ari Ne’eman ’10, political science, recently spoke with BuzzFeed about #thedress and how individuals with autism view the world differently.  He said the viral phenomenon that #TheDress created provides a very real illustration of how people with autism deal with sensory issues.

Read the full article.

MaryBeth HylandMaryBeth Hyland ’06, social work, is among The Daily Record’s Top 100 Women of 2015. Hyland currently works as a director for  the United Way of Central Maryland. She was awarded the honor of one of the top 100 Women of 2015 out of a pool of 400 nominees. This year’s honorees reflect a distinguished representation of women who are leaders of companies and strive to create change and breakthrough boundaries. To find out more about click here.

Jonathan Dandois

Jonathan Dandois ’03 and ’14 Ph.D., geography and environmental systems, recently met with  Maryland Senator Ben Cardin. While Cardin and his wife were visiting Panama, Dandois was able to show them some of the work he’s doing using drones to map the tropical forest canopy.

Read more about Dandois’ work on his blog. 

Round Up: UMBC in the News, 03/13

One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community.


Read more at UMBC Insights!

Erle Ellis, GES, Discusses the Anthropocene in Nature

erle_ellis_2012A recent article in Nature outlines the debate surrounding a movement to establish the Anthropocene as a new global epoch. The Anthropocene refers to the part of the world’s history where humans significantly impact earth systems.

In the article, Erle Ellis, geography and information systems, argues against the current effort to formalize the Anthropocene as an epoch. He states, “We should set a time, perhaps 1,000 years from now, in which we would officially investigate this. Making a decision before that would be premature.”

Click here to read, “Anthropocene: The human age” in Nature.

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