Private room available in a townhouse for a male at Westland Gardens for a 3-month move-in, available from May to August. 

Fully furnished 2BHK townhouse: 

• Spacious Living Room with a sofa + TV. 

• Oven, Microwave, Fridge, Dishwasher.
• In-house Laundry(Washer + Dryer).
• Centralised Heater and Cooler.
• 1 min walk to the UMBC Bus stop.
• 10-minute walk to UMBC campus.
• Rent is 600$ + utilities.

DM for more information: +12029375716 or email me at IO95979@umbc.edu

To all chip users,

The DoIT Research Computing & Data (RCD) Team is continuing to work on the storage system performance issues that have been impacting the chip cluster since early February. For some users this is intermittent or not noticeable, for others the issue is persistent. When present, these issues are manifesting as unusually long file read/write/load times for operations as simple as "ls" or "cd" when navigating the filesystem or as complicated as long slurm job runtimes.

While the RCD Team continues to optimize the RRStor Ceph File Storage System to meet the needs of the diverse user base, certain research workflows have been identified as specifically vulnerable to low performance. These workflows are those which feature the reading and/or writing of many (more than one hundred thousand) small (10s of KB or less) files or their enclosing directory from the storage system.

In light of this, the RCD Team has identified a number of research groups whose job runtimes have been adversely affected and are beginning to reach out to group PIs and group members to assess cluster workflows. The RCD Team is continuing to work with our support vendor with multiple touch-points a week to test new ideas and potential solutions while minimizing the impact to users.

Other types of standard cluster operations (e.g., software loads) are still generating long wait times, and the RCD Team will continue to investigate and propose solutions to these and similar problems.

We will continue to give weekly updates and give substantive updates as they develop.

Roy Prouty
Assistant Director for Research Computing
UMBC DoIT

In an open forum session, Dr. Jessica Standbury, Dr. John Donahue, and Dr. Allison Papadakis will answer questions and discuss how AI is reshaping our inner lives and relationships, and its impact on our mental health. AI expert Jason Perry will guide the dynamic Live Q&A session.  Register here to get the link for this online event.

Video of the session

Hello everyone,

We will be having our next meeting on Monday, 4/6 from 12:00-1:00 in ITE 231. We will be discussing our club constitution among other things. If you have any questions or concerns please let someone from the club eboard know.

Kick off Graduate Student Appreciation Week by finding your competitive rhythm.

Join us and the Military and Veterans Office for a night of board games, video games, and community.

You deserve a break from the research—come hang out!.

HAPPENING NOW FROM 3-6PM

COMMONS GAMEROOM

Dear UMBC Community,

On behalf of the Strategic Plan Steering Committee, I write to remind you to share your ideas for strengthening UMBC’s strategic plan and pillars via this survey. The survey deadline has been extended from Tuesday, April 7, to Friday, April 17, to ensure as many responses as possible. You can choose which sections to complete based on your interests and experiences. Please note that each section takes approximately 10 – 15 minutes, and all responses are anonymous and confidential.

Our pillar subgroups have started posting engagement events in the myUMBC Strategic Planning group. The Transform Teaching and Learning pillar subgroup is inviting UMBC faculty to two events next week. On Tuesday, April 7, a Virtual Town Hall will be held at 4 p.m., which faculty can register for here. On Wednesday, April 8, an In-Person Town Hall for faculty will take place in Engineering 027 from noon to 1 p.m.

Finally, please visit the strategic planning website for current information, which includes a feedback form on the homepage.

Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and feedback; your voice is essential to ensuring a strong UMBC Strategic Plan. We appreciate your support.

Regards,

Charissa S. L. Cheah
Professor, Psychology and Asian Studies Affiliate Faculty
Chair, Strategic Plan Steering Committee

The Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC) elections are now open. We encourage you to vote. Please take a few minutes to review the GAAC candidate information and their speeches to make an informed decision before voting.
Links: Nominee Information   GAAC Nominee Speeches
How to Vote:
Please use the Google form to cast your vote:GAAC Voting Form 2026-2027

Important:

• Please vote for onlyone candidateas per the voting guidelines.
• Voting is open now and willclose on Tuesday, April 7, at 5:00 PM
• This voting is exclusively for graduate students holdingGA, TA, RA, or Graderpositions. Only eligible graduate assistants may cast a vote for GAAC candidates.

Your vote plays an important role in shaping academic initiatives and graduate student representation at UMBC. We strongly encourage your participation.

I&T members! Here is our Information flier for our upcoming M&M event!!