UMBC AUTHOR WINS MARRARO PRIZE
James S. Grubb, professor of history at UMBC, was awarded the Helen and Howard R. Marraro Prize of the Society for Italian Historical Studies for his recent book, Provincial Families of the Italian Renaissance: Private and Public Life in the Veneto. The annual prize, given to an American author for literature on Italian history, is considered the leading award in the field. Grubb will be recognized at the American Historical Society Annual Meeting in Seattle next month.