Coffee Monday for Grad Students! Happening until 1pm

Come stop by the Commons 308 and get your daily dose of fuel! Recharge, mingle with fellow grad students, and kickstart your week.


Don’t miss out. We hope to see you soon.



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Join us for A Gathering on the Green: Making Neighbors out of Strangers on Saturday, September 13, from 4–7 p.m. at the green space on the corner of Linden Avenue and Shelbourne Road.

This free, family-friendly event brings the UMBC community and local neighbors together for an evening of connection, fun, and celebration. Enjoy delicious food, music, games, and activities for all ages in a welcoming and lively outdoor setting.

Whether you’re new to the area or a longtime community member, A Gathering on the Green is the perfect opportunity to meet new people, build connections, and celebrate the spirit of community.

Hosted by UMBC and community leaders, this event is open to everyone. Bring a friend, bring your family, and come be part of this vibrant neighborhood tradition!

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  • Sunday: Closed

  • Monday: 9 AM - 7 PM

  • Tuesday: 9 AM – 7 PM

  • Wednesday: 9 AM – 6 PM

  • Thursday: 9 AM – 5 PM

  • Friday: 9 AM – 4 PM

  • Saturday: Closed 

  • Visit at Commons 308! Follow their myUMBC page for all future updates!

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    To join a group, a student should schedule a brief initial conversation by calling 410-455-2542 or booking through the RetrieverCare portal. 

    Check out the attached flyers for all the information on the different programs, there's something for everyone!

    Questions? Contact Aminah Wells at amwells@umbc.edu
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    Stop by the Office of Graduate Student Life (Commons 308) from 10am - 2pm!

    Come hang out, grab a cup, and connect with your fellow grad students. We can't wait to see you there!

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    1) Ayokunnumi Ogunsanya
    2)Tori LaChapelle-Sproat
    3)Bethel G. Beyene
    4)Vaibhavkumar Ginoya

    Thank you for participating, and we look forward to a fantastic year with these incredible leaders!
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    Involvement Fest is the perfect place to get started and to get connected to the active Graduate Student Organizations on campus.

    Involvement Fest will feature the following categories of organizations:
    • Academic and Departmental
    • Arts and Performance
    • Career and Professional
    • Club Sports
    • Cultural and Ethnic
    • Fraternities and Sororities
    • Governance
    • Hobbies
    • Honors Societies
    • Intellectual Sports 
    • Media
    • Political
    • Religious and Spiritual
    • Service

    Retriever Activities Center (RAC)

    Noon – 2 p.m.


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    Voting ends at 11:59 PM tonight.

    To vote: Vote for your GSA CNMS Senators for 2025-26! · UMBC Graduate Student Association · myUMBC
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    On the heels of the successful “AI, Privacy, and Ethics Symposium” of April 2024, we’re back with a new iteration! Please join us for this fall’s AI Symposium, titled “Exploring the Gadgets & Gizmos in Your AI Toolkit.” This fall’s series will highlight various topics ranging from Google Gemini and its integration into UMBC platforms, to the broader legal implications of using generative AI, and much more! This free symposium will be held virtually at noon via Webex on Wednesdays beginning October 1st through November 12th. 

    Below you will find the individual links for each discussion:

    Wednesday, October 1st @ 12pm EST:
    Dr. Mariann Hawken (Director of Instructional Technology, UMBC) 
    Google Gemini: AI Tools for Research, Teaching, & Learning

    Wednesday, October 8th @ 12pm EST:
    Brianna Hughes (STEM Reference & Instruction Librarian, UMBC)
    Assembling an AI Toolbox: Access-Oriented Approaches to Scholarship and Instruction

    Wednesday, October 15th @ 12pm EST:
    Nina-Simone Edwards, JD (Senior Institute Associate at the Institute for Technology Law & Policy)
    Beyond the Hype: Embedding Ethics in AI Policy for Libraries and Higher Ed

    Wednesday, October 22nd @ 12pm EST:
    Jennifer Posada, (PhD student, Human-Centered Computing, UMBC)
    Making Sense of Data with AI: Lowering Barriers, Expanding Who Participates

    Wednesday, October 29th @ 12pm EST:
    Dr. Manas Gaur (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, UMBC)
    Yash Saxena (PhD student, Computer Science, UMBC)
    Building Trustworthy LLM Agents for Academia through Structured, Interpretable Knowledge Retrieval and Source Attribution

    Wednesday, November 5th @ 12pm EST:
    Dr. Roberto Yus (Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, UMBC)
    The Privacy Paradox of GenAI: What It Knows, Why It Matters, and How We Fight Back

    Wednesday, November 12th @ 12pm EST:
    Dr. Eric Stokan (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science & Director of CS3, UMBC)
    Advanced Opportunities with AI and Large Language Models (LLMs): Examples from the Social Sciences


    Our symposium was made possible thanks to the following sponsors:
    UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT), The Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, the Department of Information Systems, and The Hackerman Foundation.
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