If you've ever run an Ally course accessibility report and found a long list of untagged PDFs, you know the feeling: the problem is clear, but the path forward is time-consuming. Tagging PDFs for accessibility is one of the most technically demanding parts of document remediation -- and it's often where momentum stalls. UMBC has been selected to participate in Ally's Auto-tagging Early Adopter...
The Bookstore's annual Summer Sale is here from June 22 - June 30. Enjoy 40% off UMBC logo merchandise! Shop in-store and online to enjoy this hot deal.** *See our website for our store hours. **All sales may not be combined with any other promotions. Offer excludes Carhartt, diploma frames, drop ship items, books, gift cards, electronics, school supplies, clearance items, health & beauty...
Inclusive Excellence in Action is a dynamic series highlighting key equity, inclusion, and social justice areas, practices, and behaviors at UMBC. These sessions aim to provide an opportunity to learn from on campus experts in the Division of Institutional Equity (the Office of Equity and Civil Rights, Accessibility and Disability Services, the Women's Center, and the Center for Social Justice...
Email is one of the most universal communication tools we have at UMBC, and one of the most commonly overlooked places where accessibility breaks down. Whether you’re sending a department update, a meeting invitation, or a campus-wide announcement, the way you format your email affects whether every recipient can actually read and understand it. For users who use screen readers, have low vision,...
Inclusive Excellence in Action is a dynamic series highlighting key equity, inclusion, and social justice areas, practices, and behaviors at UMBC. These sessions aim to provide an opportunity to learn from on campus experts in the Division of Institutional Equity (the Office of Equity and Civil Rights, Accessibility and Disability Services, the Women's Center, and the Center for Social Justice...
Links are everywhere -- in syllabi, announcements, email, assignments, websites, and Blackboard pages. They’re one of the most useful tools for connecting students to resources and one of the most commonly overlooked accessibility issues. For anyone using screen readers, a link is read aloud exactly as it appears: “click here” or “hxxps // web(dot)com/long-string-of-characters” -- this...
Inventory - Property Custodians · This training is intended for new Property Custodians or any UMBC Property Custodians and support staff that require a refresher on maintaining the departments inventory. The training will review the following: Equipment Capital & Sensitive Account Codes Acquisitions Equipment Tagging Inventory Control Forms Disposal Procedures Physical Inventory Policy Physical Inventory Procedures Inventory...
Join the Office of Sustainability, the Grounds Shop, and Retriever Essentials to pot your own garden plant to take home! Learn about the new free seed library and other new upgrades coming to the community garden! Stop by anytime between 11-1 at the Library Pond on Tuesday, June 16th. This giveaway is for UMBC staff & faculty (student staff also welcome)- we appreciate you all! All soil, pots,...
By: Margot Anthony | WGEC Student Staff Member | Social Work Student This is going to be a continuation from my last blog post “Beginning Again.” Since creating that post I have worked to become more comfortable in my identity as a survivor of gender-based harm, specifically sexual assault. Writing my first blog post in November and December was both emotional and cathartic. It was very emotional...
This is a repost from Instructional Technology, we have modified it slightly to add more Sites context. Huge thank you to their team for this very useful set of tips! View the original post on DoIT's myUMBC. Links are everywhere -- in syllabi, announcements, email, assignments, websites, and Blackboard pages. They’re one of the most useful tools for connecting students to resources and one of the...
Researchers have developed a new approach using data from NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite to observe the timing and progression of fall colors across landscapes. The study, published in Remote Sensing Letters and led by Karl F. Huemmrich, a research professor at UMBC’s Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II center, focuses on detecting changes...
Dear UMBC Community, We write to you today on behalf of the Federal Orders and Actions Core Team to update you on some recent federal government actions and how they will or may impact UMBC. OMB Proposed Regulation for Federal Assistance On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed the Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance to substantially revise the federal grants...
Balmory Moran II ’24, history, used to describe himself as a soccer player above all else. The soccer field and his team were where he felt most at home. In high school, an injury ended his hopes of playing at the collegiate level, and doubts about his future settled in until he met Joe Thompson, a professor of history and political science at Montgomery College (MC), and Andrew Nolan, teaching...
Join us to watch the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the first game Mexico vs. South Africa on Thursday, June 11th from 2:00pm-5:30pm at the Commons Sports Zone.
By Abigail Asare, Psychology Major, Student Staff Member Don’t worry. It’s not human. I never had enough money for that. My room was cluttered with excessive bags of synthetic beauty supply hair, so I had to get creative. I put any leftover or new packs of braiding hair in this random empty suitcase I found lying around. I haven’t opened it in months, though. I stopped getting my hair done...
Want to work on real-world challenges? The Grand Challenge Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County is open to students from all majors. The program is built around the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges and is designed to address major issues in sustainability, health, security, and joy of living. Students create a personalized path through research,...
UMBC CSEE Assistant Professor Roberto Yus received a prestigious NSF CAREER Award to support his research on democratizing the Internet of Things (IoT) by introducing a semantic abstraction framework that hides the complexity of raw sensor data. While IoT devices collect vast amounts of valuable data, most organizations struggle to use it because transforming raw readings into actionable insights...
CSEE professor Rebecca Williams (PI) and IS professor Edward Dillon (CO-PI) were awarded a four-year NSF grant to build industry and academic partnerships and to establish a set of recommendations, resources, and upskilling materials for undergraduate computing faculty and students focused on cultivating AI-related competencies. Working with hiring managers, employees, faculty, and students, they...
Hello Retrievers and Valued Riders, We are pleased to announce that beginning tomorrow, Friday, June 12, 2026, UMBC Transit will resume all regular bus stops on and off campus. With the conclusion of the high school graduation ceremonies hosted at Chesapeake Arena, all routes will return to their normal on-campus pickup and drop-off locations. Thank you for your patience, flexibility, and...
Traffic around the arena will be very heavy beginning at 7:30am on 6/11/2026 and throughout the day to accommodate three high school graduations. Graduation start times are 9am, 1:30pm and 6pm. Faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to avoid entering campus from I-195, as parking on the east side of campus will be difficult to access. Please plan to park in any available legal...
