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Join Us for Virtual Commencement

Undergraduate Commencement Speaker: Rahila Olanrewaju

Senior Erica Puentes Martinez leads student rally in front of McKeldin Library

‘Scholar Activist’ Erica Puentes Martínez ’20 Named Undergrad Researcher Of The Year

Professor Rochelle Newman Named as Distinguished Scholar-Teacher

A person wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks by a closed storefront in Lebanon, Pa., Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Wide Majority of Americans Support Masks, Social Distancing, Staying Home to Fight Pandemic

Graduate Student Commencement Speaker: Amanda Hoffman-Hall

Celebrating BSOS Fulbright US Student Program Grant Recipients, Alternates

Road signs reading Sobriety Checkpoint Ahead

Constant Testing, Instant Punishment Lowers DUI Repeats, UMD Research Shows

Marina Cox and Danielle Zukerman Selected as Recipients of the Karin E. Young Memorial Scholarship

Upcoming Events

Jun 2 Jun 2

VIRTUAL: Parents Who Lead: Parent with Purpose, Fuel Your Career and Create a Richer Life

Jun 3 Jun 3

VIRTUAL: The Rise of White Collar Crime in Times of Fiscal Uncertainty and COVID-19

Jun 4 Jun 4

VIRTUAL: Managing Remote Work: Tips for Thriving and Surviving Work from Home

Jun 8 Jun 8

VIRTUAL Book Talk: Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization

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Taiwo Mustafa, GVPT, ‘20

Senior Taiwo Mustafa was recently awarded two prestigious and highly competitive fellowships — an American Political Science Association Minority Fellowship and a Graduate Re

Michael Igwemezie, ECON, '21

A summer internship can change your life. Just ask junior economics major Michael Igwemezie.

Alexandra Marquez, ANTH & JOUR, ‘21

The United States recently witnessed the third presidential impeachment proceedings in history. BSOS student Alexandra Marquez had a front row seat for the action.

Hilary Sandborn, ANTH & GEOG '21

"It’s a small field that nobody knows about, and there’s so much potential...

Elonna Jones, GVPT '20

Senior Elonna Jones makes it look easy: a government and politics major; Black women’s studies minor; Honors stude

Megan Springate, ANTH MA '15, Ph.D. '17

Finding a Place in History: Anthropology Alumna Documents LGBTQ Heritage Sites for National Park Service