UMBC News

Political Science Professor Arthur Johnson has been appointed as UMBC's interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. A member of the UMBC community since 1980, Johnson most recently served as chair of the political science department before accepting the interim provost position, effective July 1, 1998.

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has been named the recipient of the GBC Technology Council's Third Annual BETA Award.

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has been named the recipient of the GBC Technology Council's Third Annual BETA Award. The prestigious BETA Award -- which recognizes "Baltimore's Extraordinary Technology Advocate" -- will be presented to Dr. Hrabowski at TechNite '98, the premier celebration of technology growth in Greater Baltimore and throughout Maryland.

Doug Hamby Dance a professional dance company in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, presents an evening of collaboration at Dance Place in Washington D.C. on Saturday, July 25 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 26 at 7 p.m. Hamby, hailed by The Washington Post as "a bold and ambitious artist willing to take risks," draws inspiration from World Cup Soccer, robotics, Picasso, and T.S. Eliot to create an evening of dance that features not only humans but also a robot.

The environmental health sciences division of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a $100,000 research grant to Athena Environmental Sciences , a small and rapidly growing firm specializing in biotechnological solutions to environmental problems, to develop and test an innovative, non-invasive test for lead poisoning.