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UMBC receives 1.5M to organize a new UMBC Quantum Science Institute (QSI).

According to Dr. Todd Pittman, QSI Director and Professor of Physics, “We have some heavy hitters here who are founders in the field, and the QSI is building on that foundation with a new generation of outstanding quantum-focused faculty.

Earl Brooks explores how Black musicians shape political and social discourse in his debut book

On Rhetoric and Black Music argues that the rhetorical power of music—specifically music created by Black artists—is what bridges cultural figures such as rapper Kendrick Lamar and abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and many others, together.

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In the March 2014 issue of World Future Review (WFR), Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short was interviewed about his book Stress Testing the USA. WFR is a quarterly publication that explores...

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