Dear members of the UMBC community, It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our colleague and friend, Mark Lasuk. Mark, an integral part of the Client Services and Desktop Support team within the Division of Information Technology, passed away at age 57 on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Mark dedicated more than 27 years of service to the UMBC community, starting as a student and...
Calling all Black faculty and staff! 🖤 Take a break from your busy day and join us at Skylight in The Commons for food, great conversations, and meaningful connections! Whether you're catching up with familiar faces or making new connections, come pull up, share some laughs, enjoy good conversation, and build community with your fellow Black faculty and staff as we begin to wrap up the Fall 2026...
Join us for a screening and conversation with the producer · Student hunger is an invisible epidemic. This powerful documentary follows student leaders and advocates fighting to end food insecurity in Virginia. From passing landmark legislation to confronting ongoing stigma, their journey proves the strength of community activism. Join us for a film screening, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. Food will be provided.
An image without a description. A scanned reading that a screen reader can't access. A Word document where bold text stands in for headings. Small issues like these can create unnecessary barriers for students trying to engage with course materials. Today is Fix Your Content Day! Your challenge: Fix 10 accessibility issues in your Blackboard course, or spend 30 minutes making your content more...
Conversation on the intersection of religion and queerness. · Come join us at Kaleidoscope for important conversations around translating what love means! How can love be queered in religious contexts? We will be discussing what it means to “queer” love. Does it already happen because of who we are? Is it societal? Interpersonal? Come join interns Rosalina and Joey for fun conversation!
Join us for our December Supplier Spotlight featuring strategic university partner Maryland Correctional Enterprises (MCE). This informative session will provide an in-depth look at MCE’s extensive product offerings, specialized design services, and streamlined purchasing pathways available to the campus community. Whether you are planning a complete office redesign or sourcing facility...
Dear UMBC Community, On Thursday, I joined our partners at the College of Southern Maryland (CSM) to sign a new dual admission agreement. This partnership puts our BOLD MOVES strategic plan into action, strengthening our support for transfer students coming to UMBC. The event was about so much more than a signature on a piece of paper. Working groups from both institutions were in the room...
UMBC NEEDS TO STOP BRINGING WAR PROFITEERS ON OUR CAMPUS! You can do something about it, email the career center about the war crimes that these companies are complicit in. Speak up about how you do not want these companies, that profit off war and weapons manufacturing, on YOUR campus. These weapons are used to murder students just like you, and it is important to speak up about it. We do not...
Dear UMBC Community, We hope that you will join us for the 2026 Service Awards Ceremony as we celebrate UMBC's staff and their dedicated years of service to the state of Maryland and the university. We are excited to celebrate with you and all of our colleagues! This year's theme, "This Is Us…Our UMBC: Six decades of community, one place to call home," marks UMBC’s 60th birthday by honoring the...
Bring all your old/not working electronics to the E-Waste Collection Day at the Circle behind the RAC to recycle! Get ready for summer by clearing out your office/home of clutter, starting with electronics such as toner cartridges, batteries, monitors, cords, devices, and more. All faculty, staff, students, and members of our community are welcome to drop off. Use this link to see the full list...
Students in Sarah Bass’s chemistry courses who use the course-grounded AI assistant say it feels like talking to their professor. Many of their classmates, though, don’t know the assistant exists or aren’t sure what it’s for. That gap between a well-designed support and the student who actually uses it was the focus of “When Good Design Is Invisible: Helping Students Recognize UDL,” a National...
As AI rapidly reshapes the digital landscape, how do we secure emerging technology while navigating complex legal frameworks? Join UMBC's Shady Grove for a timely discussion on building effective AI governance. This session will explore how to develop tailored governance frameworks, mitigate algorithmic threats, and address the critical intersection of AI, law, and cybersecurity. Register here.
Human Resources & Strategic Talent Management and Retriever Support Services invite all UMBC student, faculty, and staff veterans to a UMBC-sponsored luncheon in honor and celebration of your service. Join us at the Skylight Room on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM for a complimentary meal and giveaways. To help us better prepare for the event, please RSVP to the event...
David Hoffman, Ph.D. ‘13, director of the Center for Democracy and Civic Life, was interviewed on WJZ TV’s 6 p.m. newscast, part of the station’s November 3 election day coverage. The segment focused on the increase in young voters, including students at UMBC. “More students than ever before have seen that public policy makes a difference in their lives,” Dr. Hoffman said. “I think for a lot of...
Free Name Change & Gender Designation Clinic in partnership with FreeState Justice! Hosted by Pre-Law Advising and the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program in partnership with FreeState Justice and the Baltimore County Public Library Catonsville Branch UMBC students are invited to get involved in the upcoming Free Name Change & Gender Designation Clinic in partnership with FreeState Justice!...
The Linux Users Group (LUG) has been hard at work expanding infrastructure for the campus and open source community. Started last summer under the leadership of club President Alex Merryman and Vice President Danielle Esposito, LUG maintains a public Linux mirror hosted in the engineering datacenter. With support from the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) for datacenter operations and...
David Hoffman, Ph.D. '13, director, and Tess McRae '22, assistant director for connective learning, Center for Democracy and Civic Life, participated in Imagining America’s National Gathering from October 22 through 25 in Davis, California. Imagining America is a national consortium of artists, scholars, community leaders, and civic educators that envisions and seeks to enact a more just and...
Please be advised of a change to how university-owned Dell products are procured through PAW. Due to changes made by Dell on their Premier Page, a specific account must be selected prior to browsing the Dell punchout in PAW. As you launch the Dell punchout in the PAW system you will be presented with a screen asking you to select an account ID and name. Please select account P12832051840 | UMBC...
Name(s): Gisselle Guevara-Melendez, Carina Duodu, Elizabeth Onafuwa Pronouns: Gisselle: She/Her Carina: She/her Elizabeth: She/Her Semester of Work Experience: Fall 2026 UMBC Major or Program: Gisselle: Visual Arts - Animation Carina: Financial Economics B.S. and Mathematics B.A. Elizabeth: Information Systems Current Class Level: Gisselle: Sophomore Carina: Junior Elizabeth: Sophomore I recently...
Congratulations to Lionel Arteaga and the other authors of the 2026 paper titled "Evaluation of timing and amplitude biases in the controls of simulated Southern Ocean pCO2," which recently was published in AGU's Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES). This paper was selected by the JAMES editorial board to be featured on AGU's social media platforms, specifically on November 8th...
