Join us for the annual PROMISE Fall Harvest Dinner, 6:00 PM, Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Riggs Alumni Center on College Park’s Campus. This event is open to all graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff from any school within the University System of Maryland (http://www.usmd.edu/institutions/) who want to participate in, and support the mission of PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation – “Diversity in STEM Education” - https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/new-nsf-promise-agep-grant-funded-until-2017-includes-university-system-of-maryland-ccbc-aacc-and-agmus/

PROMISE AGEP: Maryland Transformation will engage the University System of Maryland in a system-wide focus on diversity in STEM graduate education, and will share resources and facilities to provide professional development for participants that might otherwise be limited or non-existent at some of the institutions without the alliance. This state-wide alliance eliminates the “silo-effect” or independent STEM diversity efforts, and it promotes as a core mission the collaboration to expand and connect a community of scholars through the state.

Read about our AGEP: 

Tull, R. G.,  Rutledge, J.C.,  Warnick, J. W.,  and Carter, F. D. (2012). PROMISE: Maryland’s Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Enhances Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students. Academic Medicine, 87(11), p. 1562-1569.

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CLICK and REGISTER for the 2013 Fall Harvest Dinner,Friday, November 22, 2013:

This event is free, but you must have a ticket. A ticket will be sent to your email as an attachment to your registration confirmation. Please remember to print and bring your ticket. 

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Location: The Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center at the University of Maryland College Park:

Website: http://www.riggs.umd.edu/

Directions: http://riggs.umd.edu/map.html (Note that this link has a sidebar menu with detailed directions and parking. The Riggs Center is near the Stamp Student Union.)

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• Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Craig Mello – Mon. Nov. 4th UMB Campus (@UMBNews) (promiseagep.wordpress.com)
• Professional development seminars for graduate students: FALL 2013 (promiseagep.wordpress.com)

Our UMB Co-PIs for PROMISE: Maryland AGEP Transformation invite graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to hear Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Craig Mello, on Monday, November 4, 2013, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

• Location: UMB’s Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF) Auditorium, 685 West Baltimore Street (also accessible by 10 S Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201)
  • http://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/directions_interactive.asp
  • Directions: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/minimed/directions.asp
  • If you drive, please plan to pay the fees for the parking garage. We do not have any indications that there will be parking validation.

• Pre-lobby meeting for PROMISE: 9:00 AM
• Program begins at 9:30 AM

Dr. Craig Mello is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for the discovery of RNA interference.
Register here: https://elm.umaryland.edu/ai1ec_event/lecture-by-nobel-prize-laureate-dr-craig-mello/?instance_id=
Your UMB status is “student” if you are a graduate student, and “faculty” if you are a postdoc. Your “UMB Affiliation” is Graduate School. If you are attending, please let us know so that we can look for you in the lobby at 9:00 and we can sit together.  Either send email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Mello Lecture” or you can post a comment at the bottom of this message. 

More about Dr. Mello and the Nobel Prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/mello-photo.html

More about Dr. Mello’s research: 

http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/craig-c-mello

http://profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=1009

Our UMB Co-PIs for PROMISE: Maryland AGEP Transformation invite graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to hear Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Craig Mello, on Monday, November 4, 2013, 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM.

• Location: UMB’s Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF) Auditorium, 685 West Baltimore Street (also accessible by 10 S Pine St., Baltimore, MD 21201)
  • http://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/directions_interactive.asp
  • Directions: http://medschool.umaryland.edu/minimed/directions.asp
  • If you drive, please plan to pay the fees for the parking garage. We do not have any indications that there will be parking validation.

• Pre-lobby meeting for PROMISE: 9:00 AM
• Program begins at 9:30 AM

Dr. Craig Mello is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for the discovery of RNA interference.
Register here: https://elm.umaryland.edu/ai1ec_event/lecture-by-nobel-prize-laureate-dr-craig-mello/?instance_id=
Your UMB status is “student” if you are a graduate student, and “faculty” if you are a postdoc. Your “UMB Affiliation” is Graduate School. If you are attending, please let us know so that we can look for you in the lobby at 9:00 and we can sit together.  Either send email to promisestaff@gmail.com with the subject “Mello Lecture” or you can post a comment at the bottom of this message. 

More about Dr. Mello and the Nobel Prize: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2006/mello-photo.html

More about Dr. Mello’s research: 

http://www.hhmi.org/scientists/craig-c-mello

http://profiles.umassmed.edu/profiles/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=1009

With a Body Composition Screening, you'll be able to determine your BMI & body fat percentage. FREE to all students, faculty, & staff. For more info or to make an appt. contact 410-455-1558 or galli1@umbc.edu.

As many of you know, UMBC has had a large number of phishing attacks in the past few weeks.  This has resulted in a number of compromised accounts which the attackers are using to setup fake web pages and send out large volumes of spam.  In an attempt to better protect accounts from fake web pages, DoIT will be removing permissions from user AFS web volumes for accounts not currently using their web space (http://userpages.umbc.edu/~username).  

This will not affect anyone who currently has a web page or stop anyone from creating a web page, but will stop automated attacks and make it more difficult for attackers to setup web pages on people’s accounts.  The permission change is minor, and can be easily reversed by anyone wishing to use their web space moving forward.  

Directions for how to re-enable your web directory, as well as general information regarding using userpages, can be found at https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=31195980.  If you have questions or concerns please contact the Technology Support Center (x53838) and they will be happy to assist you.

To learn more about Baltimore GiveCamp, visit http://www.baltimoregivecamp.org, or connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter (@BmoreGiveCamp). To learn more about or register for Seminar Saturday, visit http://www.seminarsaturday.org. To find out more about the national GiveCamp movement, visit http://givecamp.org/.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjbDyCHUNY

Press release:  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11202568.htm

This morning, we opened the Fall 2013 “Dissertation House for Employees and Non-Traditional Students.”

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Here is the original announcement that went out via MyUMBC:

If you are an employee of UMBC (50% time or more) or a “Non-Traditional” student, and if you are working on your graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you! We’ve worked with our UMBC employees who are also graduate students at UMBC, College Park, Northeastern, and other institutions.  This year, we are extending this opportunity to non-traditional students who are coming back to school or working full-time. This time is for you! This session will have support, coaching, and food will be provided for you on both days.

You work hard every day to serve others on our campus! You may be supporting your family members, or you have decided to take some time for yourself to reach your goals.  Now, let us work with you to finish your graduate degree. This version of the “Dissertation House” was created just for you!

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees and Non-Traditional Students
Friday, 10/11/13,   9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), COMM 331
Saturday, 10/12/13, 10:00 – 3:00 PM(Part II), COMM 318/COMM 332

If you are a graduate student from another school within the University System of Maryland, you may apply to participate in this session, and your application will be considered. You are responsible for your own transportation and lodging. 

UMBC’s graduate students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/18934

ALL applicants must adhere to the regular “Dissertation House Application” procedures: http://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/

This morning, we opened the Fall 2013 “Dissertation House for Employees and Non-Traditional Students.”

————————————————————————

Here is the original announcement that went out via MyUMBC:

If you are an employee of UMBC (50% time or more) or a “Non-Traditional” student, and if you are working on your graduate school courses, proposal, or dissertation, then this event is for you! We’ve worked with our UMBC employees who are also graduate students at UMBC, College Park, Northeastern, and other institutions.  This year, we are extending this opportunity to non-traditional students who are coming back to school or working full-time. This time is for you! This session will have support, coaching, and food will be provided for you on both days.

You work hard every day to serve others on our campus! You may be supporting your family members, or you have decided to take some time for yourself to reach your goals.  Now, let us work with you to finish your graduate degree. This version of the “Dissertation House” was created just for you!

Dissertation House for UMBC Employees and Non-Traditional Students
Friday, 10/11/13,   9:00 – 5:00 PM (Part I), COMM 331
Saturday, 10/12/13, 10:00 – 3:00 PM(Part II), COMM 318/COMM 332

If you are a graduate student from another school within the University System of Maryland, you may apply to participate in this session, and your application will be considered. You are responsible for your own transportation and lodging. 

UMBC’s graduate students: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/18934

ALL applicants must adhere to the regular “Dissertation House Application” procedures: https://dissertationhouse.wordpress.com/apply/