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Join us for a 12-hour Mini Hackathon where you can sharpen your skills, enjoy free food, and compete for a chance to win a Nintendo Switch 2!
📅 Date: April 18th, 2026
🕗 Time: 8am – 8pm
📍 Location: ITE 231, 233, 237
Whether you're a seasoned coder or just starting out, this is your chance to gather your courage, show off your cunning, and build something amazing. Glory, growth, and grand rewards await those bold enough to enter! Use the link below to secure your spot on this adventure!
Come out and be part of the fun! We hope to see you there!
The Social Justice Dialogues Cohort Experience (SJDCE) at UMBC invites participants from all perspectives and experiences to engage in meaningful conversations across difference. Rooted in intergroup dialogue theory, SJDCE provides a space to learn and practice the skills, tools, and mindsets necessary for effective communication across diverse identities and lived experiences — with courage, empathy, and openness.
The Social Justice Dialogue Cohort Experiences at UMBC are 8 two-hour dialogue circles that bring together students, faculty, and staff, to engage in sustained, facilitated dialogue across difference. Each cohort meets weekly within one of UMBC's vibrant cultural centers: The Mosaic, The Pride Center, and The Gathering Space.
In a time of growing polarization and deepening social divides, and fear surrounding living authentically, the Social Justice Dialogues Cohort Experience (SJDCE) offers a way forward, not through debate or persuasion, but through connection, listening, and shared learning.
Cohorts will be split between faculty/staff and students (both undergraduate and graduate), allowing participants to forge meaningful relationships with peers similarly passionate about social change, leadership and humanizing pedagogies.
Students interested in applying for the pilot program can do so here. Additionally, faculty and staff can nominate students by emailing csjdialogue@umbc.edu by March 10.
Faculty and staff can apply here. Applications are due by March 12.
This is a pilot that is a part of a larger research project, meaning cohort sizes are limited and the 2026 sessions will be used to collect data for assessment purposes.
These events are open for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University's nondiscrimination policy.
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Modern advances in AI have produced tools and technologies that can make you smarter, faster, and more innovative. In this talk, UMBC CSEE Professor Tim Oates explores how Large Language Models can be used as force multipliers in startups, from ideation to marketing to customer acquisition and more. Hear what he learned while using AI to scale the data science company, Synaptiq.
Get more information and register here.
Sponsored by the Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Hosted by the Office of Graduate Student Life and the Career Center, this evening is designed with graduate students in mind — though all are welcome to attend.
Join us on Monday, March 23, from 5–8PM in the Skylight Room (The Commons, 3rd Floor) for a keynote address from UMBC President Dr. Sheares Ashby, followed by a dynamic panel discussion featuring four accomplished women leaders who understand the graduate journey firsthand. The evening will conclude with an interactive Q&A and networking, giving you the opportunity to engage directly with both the President and panelists.
Business casual attire is encouraged. A professional photo booth will be available for those interested in updated headshots.
Light finger foods and refreshments will be served, including Stursi, the Official Mocktail of Chesapeake Arena, generously provided by panelist Alexandra "Lexx" Mills.
RSVP is required, please click this link or scan the QR code in the flyer
Come ready to listen deeply, ask boldly, and walk away empowered.
