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Another “Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam

More Fake Jobs Offers

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position to students to work for the Information Technology center. Below is an example...

Posted: April 13, 2021, 3:13 PM

“UMBC Student Employment” Impersonation Job Scam

Fake Job Offer For "Political Science Student"

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received reports of a scammer trying to impersonate Dr. William Blake. This job scam is claiming to offer a remote part-time job at UMBC to students....

Posted: April 13, 2021, 3:11 PM

MATLAB 2021a & Go Installed on taki

New software installs on taki cluster environment

To all taki users, MATLAB 2021a has been installed on the taki cluster environment. It is available as module 'MATLAB/2021a'. The default MATLAB module is 'MATLAB/2020b'. Additionally, the...

Posted: April 13, 2021, 2:04 PM

Free Training for Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor

Join an upcoming webinar to see the latest features

Join an upcoming training webinar from Respondus to see the latest features and integrations for LockDown Browser and Monitor. Learn how these applications are used with a range of online testing...

Posted: April 13, 2021, 11:41 AM

“Part- time administrative Assistants” Job Scam

Still More Scams

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position as an administrative/research assistant. Below is an example of this job scam...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

“UMBC STUDENT HIRE” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

More Fake Job Offers For "Student Administrative Assistant"

Below is an example of a job scam that has been reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The job scam is claiming to offer students an administrative assistant position at UMBC’s...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 7:01 PM

Downtime Update for UMBC HPCF

Downtime complete

To All HPCF Users, DoIT Staff have completed their scheduled downtime. Users can begin using the computing hardware. As always, please let us know if you have any questions.  If you...

Posted: April 6, 2021, 7:35 PM

Taki / Research Storage Network Scheduled Downtime for 4/6

We are taking downtime on 4/6 from 4pm to 7pm to making a number of storage network changes. We will be sending out an announcement once Taki and the Storage network is back online. Please let us...

Posted: April 2, 2021, 10:17 AM

Another “Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam

Please Pass The Word! These Offers Are Scams!

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a job scam claiming to be offering students a job as a research assistant in the Information Technology Center. The scammer is...

Posted: March 31, 2021, 4:57 PM