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SAP Concur Travel Implementation Kickoff

Dear UMBC Community, We are excited to announce the kick-off of the SAP Concur Travel implementation project. This initiative is part of our ongoing commitment to enhance our travel management...

Posted: February 24, 2025, 1:37 PM

Beware of PayPal "New Address" Emails

New approach (to phishing). Same goal.

Cyberattackers constantly evolve their tactics to bypass organizational defenses. A recent trend involves exploiting PayPal's gift address feature to deliver phishing messages. These messages...

Posted: February 24, 2025, 9:09 AM

Financial Aid and Job Offers Email

It seemed phishy because it was!

This morning, several individuals received a phishing email disguised as a job opportunity. We want to thank everyone who reported it. Your reports allow us to take immediate action to protect...

Posted: February 21, 2025, 9:37 AM

Migration Timeline of HPC Hardware to chip

The DoIT Research Computing Team has deployed a new High-Performance Computing Cluster, chip. This new cluster is better equipped to handle the variety of research workflows than ada or taki. The...

Posted: February 20, 2025, 1:58 PM

Google Career Certificates Available to Help You Gain In-Demand Skills

Access Google Career Certs in AI, Data Analytics, and More!

In partnership with Google, The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH), The University System of Maryland (USM), and the University of Texas System (UT), UMBC is offering a...

Posted: February 19, 2025, 10:48 AM

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DUO Multi-Factor Authentication Outage

We are aware of an issue affecting DUO Multi-Factor Authentication for some users. While certain authentication methods may still be working, others are experiencing intermittent or complete...

Posted: February 13, 2025, 5:40 PM

New Compute Nodes and Research Storage Systems Deployed

Enhancing UMBC's Research Computing Capabilities

We are excited to announce that DoIT’s Research Computing team has successfully deployed over 60 new CPU and GPU nodes along with integrating the high-performance computing environment with the...

Posted: February 13, 2025, 2:44 PM

Important Travel Advisory

Potential Winter Weather Impact on Travel Plans

Important Travel Advisory: Potential Winter Weather Impact on Travel Plans Due to forecasted winter weather, many airlines are proactively rebooking flights, which may lead to schedule changes and...

Posted: February 11, 2025, 2:03 PM

Potential Winter Weather Impact on Travel Plans

Posted: February 11, 2025, 2:02 PM