Abell Award in Urban Policy

The Abell Award in Urban Policy is given annually to the student(s) who authors the most compelling paper on a policy problem facing the City of Baltimore. The competition invites students to identify a policy problem affecting the city and offer a feasible solution. The top paper can win up to $5,000. For more information about the Abell Award, please check out our website: http://ips.jhu.edu/pub/Abell-Award-in-Urban-Policy.

This year, we're really trying to make sure that students from ALL of the Baltimore schools are notified about this opportunity and we appreciate your help. Over the next week or so, I was hoping you could send an email to students in your department or in relevant student groups and organizations about the program and let them know that entry forms can be found on our website (http://ips.jhu.edu/pub/Entry-Form) and must be sent to abellaward@jhu.edu by Friday, October 18th at 4:00 p.m.

Seminar: “Differences in Timing Perception Due to Aging May Not Entail Difference in Timing Use”

EVENT #4 (HESP)

Seminar: “Differences in Timing Perception Due to Aging May Not Entail Difference in Timing Use”

DATE:  Wednesday, October 2, 2013

TIME:  noon – 1 p.m.

LOCATION: 2208 LeFrak Hall

HOST:  Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences

Guest Speaker

Chris Heffner

Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences/Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

http://hesp.umd.edu/gradprofile/Heffner/Christopher

CONTACT: Matthew Goupell

Goupell@umd.edu

301-405-8552

Workshop: “Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL”

EVENT #3 (SOCY)

Workshop: “Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media: Creating Maps and Measures with NodeXL”
DATE: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
TIME: 9 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
LOCATION: 2115 Art-Sociology Building (Sociology Conference Room)

HOST: Department of Sociology

Guest Speaker

Dr. Marc A. Smith

Chief Social Scientist

Connected Action Consulting Group

Abstract:  Networks are a data structure common found across all social media services that allow populations to author collections of connections.  The Social Media Research Foundation's NodeXL project makes analysis of social media networks accessible to most users of the Excel spreadsheet application.  With NodeXL, Networks become as easy to create as pie charts.  Applying the tool to a range of social media networks has already revealed the variations present in online social spaces.  A review of the tool and images of Twitter, flickr, YouTube, and email networks will be presented. 

CONTACT: Alan Neustadtl

smilex3@umd.edu

301-405-6411

Discussion: “Grassroots Voices: Lessons from Building A Civil Society Movement”

EVENT #2 (CIDCM)

Discussion: “Grassroots Voices: Lessons from Building A Civil Society Movement”
DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
TIME: 3:30  - 5 p.m.
LOCATION: 2212 B Banneker Room, Stamp Student Union

HOST: Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)

Moderator- Professor Suheil Bushrui (BSOS)

Baha’i Chair for World Peace

Refreshments will be served.

Guest Speakers

Tal Harris

Executive Director, OneVoice Israel

Samer Makhlouf

Executive Director, OneVoice Palestine

CONTACT: CIDCM

CIDCMinfo@umd.edu

“Individual Behavior and Population Health Disparities: The Affordances Framework for Understanding Population Disparities in Physical and Mental Health”

EVENT #1 (MPRC/AASD)

Seminar: “Individual Behavior and Population Health Disparities: The Affordances Framework for Understanding Population Disparities in Physical and Mental Health”
DATE: Monday, September 30, 2013
TIME: noon – 1 p.m.
LOCATION: Margaret Brent Room, Stamp Student Union

HOSTS: The Maryland Population Research Center, African American Studies Department, and Center for Health Equity in the School of Public Health

Guest Speaker

James S. Jackson

Professor, Department of Psychology

Director, Institute for Social Research

University of Michigan

http://www.popcenter.umd.edu/new_e/event_1369852627115

Tea Time Tech Talks: Technology in the Classroom

Tea Time Tech Talks are informal conversations about pedagogical challenges in teaching in a technologically-enhanced learning environment, co-hosted by the Division of Information Technology and the University of Maryland Libraries. Each talk is mentored by a knowledgeable faculty member or librarian, but the conversation is free flowing and intended to raise as many questions as might be answered.

All sessions are located in McKeldin 2109 (Terrapin Learning Commons) from 3-4pm on Thursdays; light refreshments will be served and no registration is required.

9/26: Facilitated by Scott P. Roberts, Psychology Department and Ronald A. Yaros, Philip Merrill School of Journalism
”Mobile Devices in the Classroom:  BYOD (Bring Your Own Device or Your Own Distraction)?”

The facilitators represent a range of views on the topic.  Dr. Roberts, along with his colleague Dr. Ryan Curtis, has collected and analyzed performance and behavior data from hundreds of students that supports other studies that indicate digital devices can have a negative impact on learning.   Dr. Yaros is a university innovator in the successful integration of mobile devices and technologies in his teaching.  The conversation should be lively!

"Ways To Fail A Ph.D. Program"

A light-hearted article on "Ways That Students Fail PhD Programs". Not without merit, according to many recent UMD Ph.D. program graduates & faculty. Enjoy!

http://matt.might.net/articles/ways-to-fail-a-phd

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