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Southwest Promotion

If you’re planning university-related travel between July 18, 2025, and October 31, 2025, you could earn up to 10,000 Rapid Rewards® bonus points with Southwest Airlines—points that also count...

Posted: August 4, 2025, 10:16 AM

New Webex site URL for Students

The site URL for students within Webex will change on 8/11

Effective 8/11/2025, all students will transition to a new site, umbc-students.webex.com, for Webex meetings. The functionalities and features of this new site URL will remain consistent with...

Posted: August 1, 2025, 11:34 AM

European Union - Entry/Exit System (EES) 10.12.25

EU will be implementing new Entry and Exit procedures.

Starting on October 12, 2025, the European Union will implement the Entry/Exit System (EES)—an automated border control system for all travelers from non-EU countries, including the United States....

Posted: August 1, 2025, 10:09 AM

Updated eduroam Certificate

DoIT has applied the annual certificate update for eduroam

Today, July 31st 2025, DoIT updated the certificate for the eduroam Wi-Fi network at UMBC to enhance security and privacy. This certificate must be updated annually. If you see a message on...

Posted: July 31, 2025, 8:01 AM

GlobalProtect VPN Authentication Change

Login process for the GlobalProtect VPN has changed slightly

As part of a recent update, connecting to UMBC's GlobalProtect VPN system will use your computer’s default web browser when signing in.  This process differs from what VPN users may be familiar...

Posted: July 28, 2025, 8:11 AM

July 24th Network Disruption

A short network disruption occurred at 8:45 p.m. on July 24

Around 8:45 p.m. last night, July 24th, the UMBC campus experienced a network outage. During that time network connectivity for resources both on and off campus would have been down. Service was...

Posted: July 25, 2025, 3:39 PM

How To Detect a Phishing Email

Identifying Red Flags

As phishing messages targeting the UMBC community continue to be observed, you may find yourself as the recipient of a suspicious email and asking the question, “Is this a scam?”.  Avoiding...

Posted: July 24, 2025, 10:59 AM

Red flag on a pole with text "Phishing Red Flags" positioned beneath it, against a gray background.

FA2025 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 16, 2025

Reminder: New Course Creation & Student Enrollment Process

Blackboard course shells for Fall 2025 were created on July 16, 2025. All Fall 2025 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC), regardless of designation as lecture, lab, etc, or...

Posted: July 17, 2025, 7:37 AM

Fall leaves

Leveraging UMBC’s High Performance Computing Facility

Improving the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Maps

Cross posted from UMBC News & Magazine: New AI-supported, high-resolution Chesapeake Bay Watershed stream maps reveal additional waterways and will help prioritize restoration projects ...

Posted: July 9, 2025, 2:28 PM