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Victor Adebanjo Wins July 2026 Gritty Award

Celebrating excellence in campus AV installations.

This recognition celebrates Victor’s exceptional problem-solving, attention to detail, and unwavering dedication to delivering flawless audiovisual installations. Going Above and Beyond As a...

Posted: August 6, 2026, 1:00 PM

Gold star on a black background with the UMBC shield inside it with the text "D-O-I-T Gritty Award"

Beyond PDFs: Better Ways to Share Content

Rethinking a default file format to remove barriers.

You've probably uploaded a PDF to your course or website dozens of times without a second thought: a syllabus, an article, a set of lecture notes.  PDFs are everywhere in higher ed. For years...

Posted: August 6, 2026, 9:29 AM

A human figure with outstretched arms inside a circle of two curved arrows, suggesting movement. Below the figure are two words: digital accessibility.

Data Science Journey at UMBC

Student Stories: Soumya Bhate

[Video] If you’ve ever felt the sheer panic of tackling a new technical skill while trying to survive grad school, UMBC international student Soumya Bhate’s new video is the ultimate comfort...

Posted: August 4, 2026, 1:00 PM

Action Required: Quick Fix for eduroam Connection Error

Fix your eduroam Wi-Fi in under two minutes.

The Wi-Fi Issue Affected Service: eduroam Wireless Network Time of Status Update: Beginning Thursday 7/30 Due to a recent update from an external security provider, some laptops and mobile...

Posted: August 3, 2026, 1:09 PM

D-O-I-T system update with the U-M-B-C Shield

chip SLURM Job Queueing Issue

Hi everyone, DoIT staff are aware of an issue regarding SLURM job scheduling on the chip cluster, where jobs are indefinitely stuck in the pending state with a reason of “(None)”. This boiled...

Posted: August 3, 2026, 12:54 PM

July HPCF Newsletter

Happy end of July everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT during the month of July. Summary...

Posted: July 31, 2026, 3:16 PM

Mid-Year 2026 Mileage Reimbursement Rate Update

Dear Campus Community, Effective July 1, 2026, the mileage reimbursement rate for authorized business use of Privately Owned Vehicles (POV) has increased to $0.76 per mile. Please note the...

Posted: July 31, 2026, 8:58 AM