Germano's PIATTINI in Baltimore's LIttle Italy seeks restaurant servers. This contemporary Italian restaurant and bar is also the homeof the Cabaret at Germano's, offering dinner and music entertainment several evenings a week. (Little Italy is also the location of the MadonnariArts Festival.) This is a great opportunity for restaurant professionals with a background or interest in the arts to work in an art-loving environment. Apply in person at Germano's PIATTINI, 300 S. High Street, Baltimore MD 21202.

Kramer Installation: Fine Art Services

Immediate need of a full-time Art Handler / Installer based in Baltimore, MD.
Part-time positions will also be considered.

Packing / Transporting / Installing Artwork
This position will be responsible for residential and commercial installations with some museum work.

Nearly 500 students from UMBC and colleges across the region gathered on campus for HackUMBC 2016, a 24-hour hackathon for students to develop technological solutions (“hacks”) to problems that matter to them. The event enables students, both with and without coding experience, to work on innovative projects independently and collaboratively, to network and expand their skills, and to learn directly from leaders in the industry.

“I was completely blown away by how many people came out not only from UMBC but schools from across the East Coast. Seeing how much HackUMBC has grown and is continuing to grow is an overwhelming feeling that continues to leave me in awe year after year,” said Celeste Wong ‘18, computer science and social work, a HackUMBC co-organizer.

Participating student teams submitted 71 hacks at the end of the event. Twelve hacks received awards from the HackUMBC organization and from sponsors.

The award-winning app Parking Pronto was designed to help users find parking spots on campus through crowdsourcing, showing available spots based on permit type. Another app, Beige, won the award for the “Best Hack Against Online Harassment.” This app automatically blocks from a Twitter user’s view those accounts that post a certain number of “user-defined trigger words.”

Katherine Gibson ’08, computer science, and John Park, both lecturers of CSEE, and Rick Forno, assistant director of the UMBC Center for Cybersecurity, director of the Cybersecurity Graduate Program at UMBC, and faculty advisor to HackUMBC student organization, served as judges.

“Now in its fourth year, HackUMBC continues to grow in standing and regional attraction,” said Forno. “It’s always an awesome feeling to see the amazing intellectual energy and technical results these students—novices and experts alike—generate at this prominent, intense, around-the-clock campus event.”

In addition to becoming a very popular regional event, HackUMBC is gaining steam on a larger scale. The official student hackathon league Major League Hacking recently released standings for the North American Spring 2016 season, listing UMBC as eighth out of 47 schools. Wong explained that while the ranking shows HackUMBC has become a popular event with students, it also shows that the university’s “hackathon community is representing UMBC well across North America.”

For more information about the entries and winners of HackUMBC 2016, visit the HackUMBC website.

Logo courtesy of HackUMBC.

PROMISE will be hosting their annual graduate writing seminar, sponsored by GSA and PROMISE AGEP! Their guest speakers will discuss writing topics for professional development. Susan Hindle, Assistant Director of Internships and Employment at the Career Center, will be talking about writing to acquire employment - personal statements, cover letters, resume. Susan will also likely touch on other resources available through the career center. Dr. Kevin Omland, Professor in the Biological Sciences Department, will discuss writing for publications:  how to choose journals to submit to, how to evaluate those journals to curtail one's own writing, how to improve one's chances at finally acquiring publication. Dr. Christine Mallinson will touch on topics like writing for Theses, Dissertations and other academia-facing projects. Please come to listen to seminars on writing for professional development! 

Lunch boxes will be provided.

Event Details: 

Event: Graduate Student Writing for Professional Development 

Date: November 16, 2016

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM 

Location: Performing Arts, Room 214 

Agenda:

 4:30 - 4:45                             Arrivals

 4:45 - 5:00                             Susan Hindle

 5:00 - 5:15                             Dr. Kevin Omland

 5:15 - 5:30                             Christine Mallinson

 5:30 - 6:00                             Panel Q&A

RSVP by clicking the website link below!