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“UMBC STUDENT HIRE” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

More Fake Job Offers For "Student Administrative Assistant"

Below is an example of a job scam that has been reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The job scam is claiming to offer students an administrative assistant position at UMBC’s...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 7:01 PM

Downtime Update for UMBC HPCF

Downtime complete

To All HPCF Users, DoIT Staff have completed their scheduled downtime. Users can begin using the computing hardware. As always, please let us know if you have any questions.  If you...

Posted: April 6, 2021, 7:35 PM

Taki / Research Storage Network Scheduled Downtime for 4/6

We are taking downtime on 4/6 from 4pm to 7pm to making a number of storage network changes. We will be sending out an announcement once Taki and the Storage network is back online. Please let us...

Posted: April 2, 2021, 10:17 AM

Another “Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam

Please Pass The Word! These Offers Are Scams!

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has seen reports of a job scam claiming to be offering students a job as a research assistant in the Information Technology Center. The scammer is...

Posted: March 31, 2021, 4:57 PM

“Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam

Beware Offers for Part-Time, Remote "Assistant" Jobs!

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position as a research assistant for the Information Technology Center. Below is an...

Posted: March 30, 2021, 4:54 PM

Do You Need A Password Reset Email Address?

Hint: Yes

UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) asks that all students set-up a password reset email address for their accounts. This email address ensures that your profile is secure, and it...

Posted: March 30, 2021, 4:44 PM

Another “UMBC Student Employment!” Scam

Abigail Granger is NOT looking for an Admin. Assistant

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is continuing to receive reports of new variants of a job scam claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant at UMBC. Below is an...

Posted: March 30, 2021, 4:29 PM

Group content release, peer assessment coming to Ultra

Frequently requested features available in April

In early April, a frequently requested feature finally comes to Ultra courses. Conditional release of content to groups or individual students allows faculty to create remedial paths to certain...

Posted: March 29, 2021, 10:57 AM

Taki update - back online!

Hello all. We are happy to announce that taki is back online for use.  There may be some nodes that are not yet online, but the user nodes and the ability to submit jobs with Slurm are available...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 2:27 PM

Taki Status Update - 03252021 1pm

Hello again all. We believe we have all the issues resolved with the networking on Taki.  We're working to restart all nodes and user nodes to confirm functionality.  We expect this to be done by...

Posted: March 25, 2021, 1:09 PM