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Provine Essay Selected Among Best American Science Writing

“Yawning,” an essay for the Nov./Dec. 2005 issue of American Scientist magazine written by Robert Provine, professor of psychology and an internationally renowned expert on the science of laughter...

Posted: April 28, 2006, 12:00 PM

Disaster Symbols Put UMBC on the Map

While some UMBC departments help train first-responders, the faculty, staff and students in the department of Geography & Environmental Systems(GES) recently helped make sure that emergency...

Posted: November 14, 2005, 12:00 PM