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GEARS Presents: Spring 2021 Gaming Event

Register and Vote for the Game We Play by 2/23, Event 2/27

Hello graduate students, We at GEARS welcome you all to the spring semester here at UMBC. To start this semester, GEARS is planning to host a game event February 27, 2021. Please fill out the...

Posted: February 20, 2021, 3:04 PM

Black Excellence Summit

Redefining Black Excellence: Register by 2/21!

At UMBC, we believe in the importance of building community. UMBC’s community is especially appreciated for its diversity among the students, staff, and faculty. However, minority students, mostly...

Posted: February 19, 2021, 9:58 AM

Head of Google's Product Inclusion Team, Annie Jean-Baptiste

Counts toward CIRTL Cert. Diversity and Inclusion.

On Thursday, 18 February 2021, from 9 to 10am, the American Society of Engineering Management (ASEM) and UMBC are hosting a fireside chat on Product Inclusion with Annie Jean-Baptiste, author...

Posted: February 17, 2021, 4:32 PM

Green Dot Bystander Intervention Preview Session

Preventing gender-based violence at UMBC

Click here to join  In order to decrease the prevalence of sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking at UMBC, we need to enact a cultural shift. That cultural shift is what we call a...

Posted: February 17, 2021, 3:50 PM

Maryland RELIEF Act

Claim Your Relief Today!

Good morning, RELIEF Act: The RELIEF Act, signed into law Monday by Governor Larry Hogan, passed several benefits for MD residents. Listed below are only some of the benefits in the RELIEF...

Posted: February 17, 2021, 3:45 PM

Black History Month Event with Sybrina Fulton

Community Resilience, Empowerment, and Systemic Change

RSVP HERE On Wednesday, February 24th at 6:30 pm EST, we will be having our virtual Black History Month event. The theme is "Community Resilience, Empowerment, and Systemic Change." We are...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 4:56 PM

Three Pandemics, Three Conversations

Public Policy in a Triple Pandemic

Wednesday, March 3 • 5 - 6:30 p.m.  A Virtual Community Event Register Here UMBC alumni, faculty, and staff are at the forefront of scientific, social, and policy responses to the grand...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 4:51 PM

Learn How Your Student Fees Are Spent

Learn about your tuition expenditure and provide feedback

Link  to meeting: umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=md26eec6f7db87c952122cf9d33fd9296

Posted: February 16, 2021, 4:38 PM

Conversation Event: Black Power in DC

***Repost from IRC***

Please join us for this live conversation event: Black Power in DC A new digital humanities project by George Derek Musgrove February 25th, 12-1pm On February 1, 2021, Associate Professor...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 2:03 PM

ISRC Invited Talk: Dr. Oliver Haimson

***Repost from ISRC***

Date:  February 22, 2021 @3pm Talk title: Designing Trans Technology  Abstract: Transgender and nonbinary people face substantial challenges in the world, ranging from social inequities and...

Posted: February 16, 2021, 1:38 PM