ACTiVATE in the Baltimore Sun
The ACTiVATE program received a national 2007 Innovation Award from the Association of University Research Parks. As the Baltimore Sun noted in the “In Business” digest, ACTiVATE participants have evaluated 97 technologies from Maryland research institutions and formed 12 companies. The program also received a $50,000 grant from the Maryland Technology Development Corp. The item ran on Nov. 3.

www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.industry03nov03,0,5858130.story

Erickson School in the Baltimore Business Journal
The UMBC Erickson School plans to grow its enrollment tenfold during the next decade, boosted by additional funding from its chief backer, retirement community developer John Erickson, and other business leaders in the long-term care industry. J. Kevin Eckert, dean of the Erickson School, told the Baltimore Business Journal that the school hopes to enroll as many as 1,000 additional degree students during the next 10 years. The article, “UMBC Plots Aggressive Growth for School on Aging,” appeared on Nov. 2.

http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2007/11/05/story9.html

Tom Schaller, Political Science, in the News
Associate Professor of Political Science Tom Schaller’s latest column in the Baltimore Sun addressed legislation under consideration in the Maryland General Assembly to oppose a tax on snack food items. Schaller wrote that “no state government – certainly not Maryland’s, with its huge base of taxable incomes – should fix its structural-deficit problem by imposing highly regressive taxes on food.” The column, “Instead of Responsible Fiscal Policy, They Give Us Snack Taxes,” ran on Nov. 7.

www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller07nov07,0,2733295.column

Schaller was interviewed on ABC’s World News Tonight regarding the Republican Party’s traditional hold on the West. For decades, Democrats have had problems attracting Southern voters but the party sees promise in the West partly because of its changing demographics. “The Republican Party out west is fundamentally different than the Republican Party in the South,” Schaller told ABC News on Nov. 6.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/Vote2008/story?id=3826860&page=1

UMBC in the Catonsville Times
UMBC hosted a Good Neighbor Expo Resource Fair on Oct. 31 to help students gain familiarity with programs and resources available to them on and off campus. The Catonsville Times interviewed Phil Carroll, a UMBC information technology communications specialist who was at the fair to raise awareness of the University’s Campus Card payment program with merchants in Catonsville and Arbutus. The article, “Local Businesses Hoping to Register with UMBC Students,” ran on Nov. 7.
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