The Library is testing a new service allowing students to reserve Study Rooms. We've set aside 6 study rooms on the 3rd floor for this pilot program.  To reserve one, use this form or try the touchscreen kiosk near the 3rd floor elevators.

These are the rules we're starting with:

1. Reservations are limited to 3 hours per person or group each day.
2. Reservations can be made up to five days in advance.
3. Although the room is a more private space, please be mindful not to disturb others.
4. Clean up the room before you leave.
5. Reservations containing inappropriate language may be canceled without warning.

Let us know what you think!

• a UMBC student (undergrad or grad)?
• able to meet with our researchers for 1 hour in the next 2 weeks?

Dear Graduates,

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&T) is soliciting applications for a postdoctoral research scholar position in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention. A position description is attached and applications are available through the website at  https://jobs.ncat.edu/postings/11653

NCA&T is a public, land grant university and constituent member of the University of North Carolina system (UNC). Established in 1891, it is a historically black college/university (HBCU) that leads the nation in the number of African American students who receive bachelor’s degrees in engineering and technology. The university campus is located on 188 acres in Greensboro, North Carolina, and includes a 600-acre university farm. Greensboro is 300 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 350 miles north of Atlanta.

Please consider this highly competitive opportunity. Also, we encourage you to share it with your colleagues who have research interests in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention.

You are invited to participate in the NextProfScience 2017 workshop being offered at the University of Michigan on May 2-5, 2017 (see link). NextProf Science is aimed at future faculty—advanced doctoral students or postdoctoral fellows who are interested in an academic career in science at an exceptional academic research institution and who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity.

The science and mathematics departments of the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and Arts will host ~50 future faculty participants on the U-M campus to show them the rewards of an academic career, help them understand the faculty search process, and connect them with faculty in their research area, as well as academic leaders, and other participants.

The NextProf Science 2017 workshop is free to participants, who must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Underrepresented minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. Travel, lodging, and meals will be covered by the program.

Applicants may nominate themselves or be nominated by a faculty mentor. Find additional information about the workshop and application materials on the NextProf Science website at: sites.lsa.umich.edu/nextprof-science

The deadline to receive all applications and supporting materials is: February 15, 2017.

If you have additional questions, please contact um-nextprof-science@umich.edu.

Dear Graduates,

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NCA&T) is soliciting applications for a postdoctoral research scholar position in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention. A position description is attached and applications are available through the website at  https://jobs.ncat.edu/postings/11653

NCA&T is a public, land grant university and constituent member of the University of North Carolina system (UNC). Established in 1891, it is a historically black college/university (HBCU) that leads the nation in the number of African American students who receive bachelor’s degrees in engineering and technology. The university campus is located on 188 acres in Greensboro, North Carolina, and includes a 600-acre university farm. Greensboro is 300 miles south of Washington, D.C., and 350 miles north of Atlanta.

Please consider this highly competitive opportunity. Also, we encourage you to share it with your colleagues who have research interests in Behavioral and Environmental Sensing and Intervention.

The Winter 2017 Dissertation House starts today at UMBC. All participants will be blogging daily, but anyone can join, from any location in the world. Are you working on your dissertation? Join in!

Click here:

Winter 2017 DH Blog

Aren’t you ready to finish and cross over to the other side? 

More about The Dissertation House:

UMBC NEWS: New research highlights Dissertation House as an effective support model for minority STEM Ph.D. candidates

The book: Sisters in the Dissertation House

The journal article: The Dissertation House Model: Doctoral Student Experiences Coping and Writing in a Shared Knowledge Community

Photo Credit: Andibeit

Left-to-right: UMBC Graduate Students: Hector Medina, Saadi Habib, Gloria Opoku-Boateng; David Delaine (Assistant Professor of Engineering Education at the Ohio State University); a student attendee from Colombia. Photo Credit: Hector Medina

From November 4 – 6, 2016, graduate students of the LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellows and PROMISE AGEP community attended the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) in Seoul, South Korea. The students were funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s International Engagement and Broadening Participation in STEM project.  The students had a wonderful time and their experience was featured in the UMBC News: http://news.umbc.edu/umbc-grad-students-talk-stem-teaching-mentorship-and-collaboration-in-south-korea/.