Free drinks and baked goods served with a side of spooky · Step into a 5-STAR Experience with the STARS Computing Core Club!!! ✨ Looking for the perfect spot to study, relax, or just hang out with friends? We’ve got you covered! Join us at the 5 STARS Cafe for an amazing time featuring: Free Drinks & Treats: Enjoy complimentary matcha, fresh coffee, and delicious baked goods Costume Contest: The person with the best Halloween costume will score some...
A student pulls up the assigned primary source the night before class: a scanned nineteenth-century pamphlet, photographed at an angle, half the page lost in shadow. She can make out maybe two-thirds of the text. The rest she'll have to guess -- or skip. She hasn't even reached the difficult work of interpreting the source yet. Fixing that barrier matters. But even when a text, image, or primary...
Mark your calendars, you won’t want to miss this! · In celebration of ADHD Awareness Month, join us for From Stuck to Start, a 60-minute virtual, interactive experience led by Shayne Swift of SwiftLyfe Coaching and Consulting. Feeling overwhelmed by your to-do list or struggling to figure out where to start? This session is an engaging, experiential session designed for ADHD and neurodivergent individuals who often find themselves overwhelmed,...
Tools for organizing your research from start to finish · This workshop explores practical strategies for managing your research materials, notes, and citations throughout the research process. Participants will be introduced to tools and techniques for staying organized, from document organization and citation management software to tracking literature searches and research decisions. Whether you're just starting a project or deep into your writing,...
a virtual book talk with UMBC's Shuling Yang and co-editors · Please join us for a virtual discussion of Making Student Voices Matter: Implementing Culturally Sustaining Literacy Practices in Pre-K – 12 Classrooms with Dr. Shuling Yang, Assistant Professor of Literacy in UMBC's School of Education and her co-editors Rachelle S. Savitz, Judy Paulick, Brooke Ward Taira, Julia A. Lynch, and Sara A. Field. Five copies will be raffled off to attendees! Use...
Throughout October, we’ve hosted a variety of events inviting the UMBC community to come together to recognize and celebrate Disability Awareness Month. Thank you to everyone who has attended and participated! As we enter our final week, we invite you to join us for our remaining events as we close out the month together. Mark your calendars, click the event links to learn more and save your...
Greetings PCA Working Group! I am taking a group of ten students to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History on Friday, November 6th for a curator-lead tour of the new exhibit, American Stories: Artists' Books from the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. We also have the opportunity to visit the Dibner Library collections and view a few items that were not chosen for exhibition. I...
Join the Astronomy Club and the Pride Center as we travel out of this world to explore LGBTQIA2+ individuals in the field of astronomy and space exploration! Click this link for more information on Galactic Gays! This event is open to everyone regardless of sex, gender, sexuality, race, religion, or national origin.
What is Happening? Newly identified safety flaws have been discovered in PHP—the underlying engine that powers a massive portion of the web, including publishing tools like WordPress, Drupal, and custom site platforms. If left unaddressed, these flaws allow unauthorized users to disrupt web pages, leak sensitive data, or take control of affected web systems. For technical details, view the...
Creighton C. Smith retired on October 1, 2026 from UMBC after 42 years of dedicated and exemplary service to the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department and the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. Creighton is also a UMBC English Major Alum '84. His knowledge and experience have been invaluable to the research and educational missions of the department. Creighton contributed significantly...
B.A.: International Disaster Resilience and Security Major, Minor, Certificate, and/or Honors: Honors College Security Studies Certificate Degree Mentors: Dr. Lauren Clay| Professor & Department Chair, UMBC Department of Emergency & Disaster Health Systems Dr. Daniel Aldrich| Dean’s Professor of Resilience and Director of the Resilience and Security Studies Program, Northeastern University Dr....
As we mentioned earlier this semester, as part of our continued growth, evolution, and commitment to fostering an accessible and inclusive campus environment for individuals with disabilities, the offices of Student Disability Services (SDS) and Accessibility & Disability Services (ADS) have officially unified under a new name: the Office of Disability Access & Resources. As part of this...
From the Center for Global Engagment SAVE THE DATE! A joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week (IEW) is an opportunity for campuses to celebrate international education in all its forms. The Center for Global Engagement encourages the UMBC community to get involved. We invite all to celebrate our international community,...
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...
It's HERE! Join ABA for our bi-annual Art Symposium and Exhibition, Cover to Cover, on Friday, November 20th at 6:30-9pm on University Center, 3rd Floor. Come out for a night filled with music, artistry, and love (and light refreshments) as we support the artists showcasing their work! We encourage attendees to dress as though they are attending a rodeo. Hats, Spurs, Boots, dress to the nines!!!...
What is Liberation?: Socialist Feminisms in Baltimore 1968-1988 The Albin O. Kuhn Library Rotunda exhibit What is Liberation? brings together ephemera collected from a wide range of feminist activities occurring in Baltimore between 1968 and 1988. The exhibition borrows its title from the second issue of Women: A Journal of Liberation, a socialist feminist publication founded in Baltimore in...
Lipi Mukherjee (613/UMBC) recently received an AGU26 Faculty Travel Grant to attend the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, December 7–11, 2026. Established in 2024, this grant program aims to support 40-50 faculty members. "The AGU Faculty Travel Grant is an NSF-funded program administered by AGU to support faculty participation in the AGU Fall Meeting, with an...
The American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) will host a virtual school fair today (Tuesday, October 27th) from 1pm-4pm. Learn more about medical programs and make connnetions with admissions representatives. Check out details about the DO virtual fair. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is also hosting a fair today and tomorrow. Today (11am-5pm), the AAMC...
The original post on the UMBC Athletics myUMBC group includes the direct link for Faculty & Staff to claim their two free tickets for this specific match - https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/athletics/events/159736 UMBC Volleyball hosts Coppin State on Wednesday, October 28 and we want YOU at the match! Faculty & Staff - You can claim up to two (2) free tickets by clicking the ticket link and signing...
Jason Loviglio, UMBC professor of media and communication studies and a Fall 2026 Dresher Center Residential Faculty Fellow, shares his work on how AI vocal technologies represent the latest and strangest chapter in the long history of gendered technology and technological gender. Get more information and the online link here.
