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Installing the Future: Coco Ni Reflects on her A/V Experience

A Graduating DoIT Student Employee Story

Coco Ni, a UMBC student majoring in Information Systems with a certificate in Chinese Studies, shares her hands-on job experience with the Division of Information Technology’s (DoIT) A/V Services...

Posted: May 7, 2026, 8:00 AM

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Reminder: Blackboard Courses Scheduled for Server Retirement

Courses before Fall 2023 to be retired beginning 6/1

During Summer 2026, DoIT staff and Blackboard will archive our entire instance of Blackboard, which will save individually backed-up copies of every course and organization through SU2023. Courses...

Posted: May 7, 2026, 8:00 AM

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UMBC REX Analytics Adds New Portal & Hub

New ‘Front Door’ Streamlines Access to Campus Reports

DoIT is pleased to announce the official launch of the new REX Analytics Portal (REX 2.0), our comprehensive campus reporting portal at rexanalytics.umbc.edu, also accessible at umbc.edu/go/rex20....

Posted: May 6, 2026, 10:00 AM

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Upgrade Alert: RT 6 Has Arrived!

Modern, Faster, and Built for Your Best Work

You may have heard the news: RT is better, shinier, and faster than ever before! The move to RT 6 brings a more intuitive experience to our daily workflows. While there are plenty of technical...

Posted: May 5, 2026, 1:55 PM

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April HPCF Newsletter

Hi everyone, I'm writing to give everyone an update regarding the UMBC HPCF and other Research Computing projects currently undertaken by DoIT.  Summary Critical Vulnerability Patched...

Posted: May 5, 2026, 10:20 AM

Downtime Complete

To all users, We have successfully patched a critical vulnerability on the system. Jobs that were running were cancelled. We understand this is frustrating and we sincerely apologize for the...

Posted: April 30, 2026, 8:37 PM

Emergency Downtime: Critical Vulnerability

To all users: We will be taking an emergency downtime to patch a critical vulnerability that was announced this morning. During this time users will not be able to login. You should also expect...

Posted: April 30, 2026, 3:29 PM