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Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland Featured in Washington Post and Baltimore Sun

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By Michael Bruckler

This weekend, the Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland and its dedication was featured in the Metro section of the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../a9f57460-2b41-11eb...) and in the Baltimore Sun (

November 23, 2020

Visiting Professor and Alumna Janet Varner ’91 Published in Inside Higher Ed

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By Michael Bruckler

Visiting professor of educational studies and alumna Janet Varner ’91 has had an article published in Inside Higher Ed titled “From the Inside Out: Reflecting on a Dual Lens,” about how insights from higher education and K

November 19, 2020

Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland Featured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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By Michael Bruckler

St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland and its virtual dedication with keynote speaker Jelani Cobb is featured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.

November 19, 2020

Visiting Associate Professor Sharpless Published in Journal of Sleep Research.

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By Angela Draheim

Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology Brian Sharpless recently published an article in the Journal of Sleep Research with two colleagues from Charles University and the National Institute of Mental Health (NUDZ) in the Czech Republic. The article, "Could Sleep Paralysis be Pleasant? was a quantitative study of the prevalence and associated features of sleep paralysis episodes. 

November 18, 2020

St. Mary’s College to Dedicate its Unique Memorial to the Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

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By Michael Bruckler

St. Mary’s College of Maryland announces the virtual dedication of The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland with keynote speaker Jelani Cobb will take place on November 21 at 11:00 a.m. at www.smcm.edu/commemorative.

November 17, 2020

Prospect Research Coordinator Conner Wolfe Organized/Previewed Apra Maryland Fall Virtual Conference

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By Michael Bruckler

Conner Wolfe, prospect research coordinator in the Institutional Advancement office, helped organize and previewed the Apra Maryland Fall Virtual Conference via Facebook live with Sara Anello from Salisbury University and moderated by Jay Frost, considered among the top fundraisers in the nation. The conference ran Nov.

November 12, 2020

Grossman to Chair American Physical Society’s Committee on Education

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By Joshua Grossman

The American Physical Society (APS) has selected Josh Grossman, professor of physics, to chair its Committee on Education in 2021.  Grossman has served on the committee since the start of 2019.  The APS Committee on Education promotes and supports the education of physics students at all levels from within the physics community and also outside the physics community.  It does so by fostering broad access to high-quality physics and physical science education, supporting schools and departments in recruiting and retaining students from groups that are underrepresented in physi

November 11, 2020

David Froom's "Yeats Songs" Performed at University of Utah

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By David Froom

On Monday, Nov. 10, the University of Utah School of Music's New Music Ensemble released a live-stream performance of Professor of Music David Froom's "Yeats Songs." The two songs, using Yeats's poems, "The Wild Swans at Coole" and "Clothes of Heaven," are for soprano and violin. They were commissioned in 2014 for the 21st Century Consort (the Smithsonian Institution's New Music Group-in-Residence). This most recent (socially distanced) performance has now been released on YouTube, and can be found here:

November 10, 2020