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Quarterly Patching Downtimes - 2/28 & 3/8

As part of our ongoing commitment to security, the Unix Infrastructure group will be conducting its quarterly system patching on Friday, February 28th and Saturday, March 8th.  While many of...

Posted: February 26, 2025, 10:11 AM

CPU & GPU Chargeback Process Initiated

To all PIs, For those faculty that contributed to last year's purchase of the CPU and GPU hardware that is now available from the chip cluster, please keep an eye out for emails from our...

Posted: February 25, 2025, 4:22 PM

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

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