Hi everyone,

DoIT staff are aware of an issue regarding SLURM job scheduling on the chip cluster, where jobs are indefinitely stuck in the pending state with a reason of “(None)”. This boiled down to the SLURM scheduler being overwhelmed with over 9000 concurrent job submissions this weekend.

As a temporary work around, we have intervened to get all submitted jobs scheduled. We will be monitoring the queue to ensure future job submissions run smoothly. Finally, we are developing a more permanent fix to increase the job-handling capacity of SLURM, and to make it more resilient when handling many jobs.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this issue. To be clear, no jobs were lost as a result of the underlying issue or our intervention. However, some users may see that their jobs are in an “administratively held” state as we wrap up our intervention.

As always, please submit a descriptive support ticket via the link below if you have any questions or notice other issues: https://rtforms.umbc.edu/rt_authenticated/doit/DoIT-support.php?auto=Research%20Computing 

Gregory Ballantine
HPC System Administrator

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The State Wellness Program aims to motivate, inspire, and educate employees through monthly wellness webinars (live and on-demand), healthy challenges, guided meditations, wellness coaching, and much more. 

August offers fresh opportunities to deepen healthy habits! The Wellness Program will continue to support your family's Thrive journey each month with motivating webinars, seasonal challenges, and monthly resources designed to help you stay energized, informed, and thriving as the year unfolds.

Health and Wellness Coach Available at No cost!

Reach your health goals faster! Your personal health coach will partner with you and motivate you to reach your fitness, nutrition, sleep and stress management goals.

View Wellness Coach Resources by Medical Plan below: 

CareFirst Personal Health Coaching

United Healthcare Wellos Program 

Kaiser Permanente Wellness Coaching Program

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MetLife Webinar

Tuesday, August 11, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Smart Money Moves - 10 Tips to Financial Success

Learn ten key financial and retirement planning tips that will help set you up for financial success now and in your future. From making the most of your State benefits, to weighing risk and reward with your investments and having the right asset allocation, this workshop offers real time insights.

Register for 8/11 Smart Money Moves - 10 Tips for Financial Success

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Mindful Mondays: Summer Serenity Series

Monday, August 10, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: The Power of Social Support

Strong relationships are essential to good health. Explore how social support boosts emotional well-being, reduces stress, and helps you and your family navigate life's ups and downs with greater confidence and resilience.

Register for 8/10 The Power of Social Support

Monday, August 17, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: The Power of Resilience

Resilience helps you and your family navigate life's unexpected moments. Learn practical tools to strengthen emotional well-being, adapt to change, and foster resilience that supports you and your loved ones.

Register for 8/17 The Power of Resilience

Monday, August 24, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: The Power of Talk Therapy

Discover how talk therapy can help you and your family manage stress, navigate life's challenges, strengthen relationships, and support emotional well-being.

Register for 8/24 The Power of Talk Therapy

Monday, August 31, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: The Power of Taking Time for Yourself

Discover why making time to recharge supports your mental, emotional, and physical well-being and helps your whole family thrive.

Register for 8/31 The Power of Taking Time for Yourself

Tasty Tuesdays with Chef Sandra

Tuesday, August 4, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Succotash

Maryland sweet corn and fresh lima beans are in season through mid-September. Because their peak harvest periods align so perfectly, they are a classic combo, delivering fresh flavor, satisfying texture, and timeless summer appeal!

Register for 8/4 Succotash

Tuesday, August 18, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Watermelon and Feta Salad

Juicy watermelon, crumbly feta, fresh herbs, and a lively dressing create the perfect balance of sweet, salty, tangy, and refreshing flavors. Think of this as summer on a plate!

Register for 8/18 Watermelon and Feta Salad

Tuesday, August 25, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Caprese-Style Sheet Pan Chicken

With school starting soon, it's time to consider simple and satisfying family meals like this dish. Juicy chicken roasted with tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, then garnished with balsamic, is a colorful sheet pan meal that feels fresh and flavorful any night of the week!

Register for 8/25 Caprese-Style Sheet Pan Chicken

Healthy U Wednesdays 

Wednesday, August 5, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: From Hustle to Harmony

Life can sometimes feel like a race to get everything done, but slowing down and finding balance benefits you and your whole family. Learn how to manage life's demands, reduce stress, and create space for meaningful moments that support lasting health and well-being.

Register for 8/5 From Hustle to Harmony

Wednesday, August 12, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Positive Relationships and Your  Health

Discover how positive connections can reduce stress, boost emotional well-being, and strengthen the bonds that help individuals and families thrive.

Register for 8/12 Building Positive Relationships and the Effect on Health

Wednesday, August 19, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Teen Talk: Connecting with Your Teen

The teen years can be challenging for parents and teens alike. Discover effective ways to improve communication, navigate conflict, and build lasting trust and understanding with your teens.

Register for 8/19 Teen Talk - Building a Positive Relationship with Your Teen

Wednesday, August 26, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Caring for an Aging Loved One

Caring for an aging loved one can be both rewarding and challenging. Discover practical strategies to navigate caregiving with confidence while supporting your well-being and the health of your family.

Register for 8/26 Caring for an Aging Loved One

Thrive Thursdays

Thursday, August 6, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Seated Pilates

Experience the power of Pilates! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, this class welcomes all fitness levels. Get ready to feel empowered, refreshed, and stronger - like a core work-out meets a mini retreat just for you!

Register for 8/6 Seated Pilates

Thursday, August 13, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Family Health

Healthy families build healthy futures. Learn practical ways to support the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of every family member through healthy habits and meaningful connections.

Register for 8/13 Family Health

Thursday, August 20, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Seated Chair Yoga

Practice restorative chair yoga right at your workspace as you stretch and lengthen your spine, increase blood flow, and release muscle tension. It's the perfect mid-day mini-retreat!

Register for 8/20 Seated Chair Yoga

Thursday, August 27, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Preparing Healthy Meals

It's been said that a healthy home often starts in the kitchen. Learn simple meal-preparation strategies that help you create nourishing meals.

Register for 8/27 Preparing Healthy Meals

Friday Guided Meditations

Friday, August 7, 11:00 am - 11:15 am: Breathe Away Anxious Thoughts

Take a mindful pause! Learn how the power of your breath can help quiet anxious thoughts, ease tension, and restore a sense of calm and balance in this guided meditation.

Register for 8/7 Breathe Away Anxious Thoughts

Friday, August 14, 11:00 am - 11:15 am: Giving Gladness to Your Thinking Mind

Give your mind a moment of renewal. This guided meditation that invites you to slow down, welcome positive thoughts, and create space for greater joy, gratitude, and emotional well-being.

Register for 8/14 Giving Gladness to Your Thinking Mind

Friday, August 21, 11:00 am - 11:15 am: Focusing on the Positive Moments

Your mind naturally clings to unpleasant experiences to protect you from danger, but by actively seeking out moments of joy, you encourage the brain to shift that bias. As the saying goes, what you put your attention on grows!

Register for 8/21 Focusing on the Positive Moments

Friday, August 28, 11:00 am - 11:15 am: Bring in the Positive

Create space for positivity and renewal as you shift your focus, release stress, and welcome more gratitude, calm, and optimism into your day.

Register 8/28 Bring in the Positive

Tips for a Healthier You

Friday, August 7, 11:30 am - 11:45 am: Childhood Obesity

Childhood obesity often leads to risks for poor health outcomes in adulthood. Learn how establishing healthy lifestyle choices in childhood improves future health as adults.

Register for 8/7 Childhood Obesity

Friday, August 21, 11:30 am - 11:45 am: Everyday Time Management

Life is busy! By assessing your time management skills and setting your priorities, you can manage time to benefit you and your family's schedules.

Register for 8/21 Everyday Time Management

Friday, August 28, 11:30 am - 11:45 am: Adolescent Mental Health

Learn the unique states of adolescent mental health and how to support adolescents during the transition to young adulthood.

Register for 8/28 Adolescent Mental Health

Join us for a night of family fun as we come together to build relationships between community members and law enforcement officers. We'll enjoy food, music, and family-friendly safety events; including a helicopter landing! This event will take place August 4th, 2026 from 6pm - 8:30pm at the UMBC Stadium Arena Lot. Parking is available in Lot 23 & 24. 

Get ready to lock in and boost your research and writing skills! Join us during any of the following library workshops that are scheduled throughout the semester. From citation management and grad student resources, to tips on how to give your academic research poster the ultimate glow up, you’ll find the tools you need to succeed and ace your semester! 

Follow us on the AOK Library's myUMBC page for updates on registering and more info on our events!  

• Monday, August 31, 12pm–1pm: Library Services for Graduate Student Success

• Wednesday, September 2, 12pm–1pm: Navigating the UMBC Library: Resources and Support for International Students

• Tuesday, September 15, 4pm–5pm: How to Prepare a Social Science/Humanities Literature Review 

• Monday, September 21, 12pm–1pm: How to Write a STEM Literature Review (Introduction) 

• Tuesday, September 22, 4pm–5pm: Skills for Graduate Students: Technical Writing

• Monday, September 28, 12pm–1pm: Using Citation Management Tools for Your Research and Writing

• Monday, October 5, 12pm–1pm: Creating an Academic Research Poster Using Canva

• Thursday, October 8, 12pm–1pm: How to Write a STEM Literature Review (Advanced)

• Monday, October 19, 4pm–5pm: Navigating the Use of AI Tools in the Research Process

• Monday, October 21, 12pm–1pm: Skills for Graduate Students: Advanced Research Strategies

• Monday, October 26, 12pm–1pm: Creating an Academic Research Poster Using Google Slides

• Tuesday, November 10, 4pm–5pm: Skills for Graduate Students: Managing and Organizing Your Research 

These workshops 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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Starting September 2026, ASPIRE is a semester-long program created to provide individuals who are not currently supervising staff with the essential professional competencies and interpersonal skills needed to effectively lead in the future. This cohort-based experience will be delivered through a mix of engaging in-person instruction and team coaching. This is a unique opportunity open to all non-supervisory employees past their probationary period who are eager to take the first step on their leadership journey.

For specific dates, eligibility requirements, and additional information, please view the Academy Overview here.

Application Information & Deadlines: 

The ASPIRE program is a self-nominated program. Interested individuals must obtain their supervisor’s support to attend the program, and full session participation is required. Leaders are encouraged to have a conversation with their employee/s they feel would benefit from participating in this program and encourage them to apply.

Submit your application by August 7, 2026.

Applicants will be notified by Monday, August 17, 2026.

Questions? Email: hrtraining@umbc.edu

Name: Parth Vaja

Pronouns: He/Him

Semester of Internship: Summer 2026

Major: MS Data Science

Current Class Level: Master's Student

This semester I completed a(n)...: Internship

Internship, Co-op, or Research Site (Company/Organization Name): BeOne Medicines

Location of the Organization (City, State): Hopewell, New Jersey (Remote)

Title of position: AI & Data Engineering Intern

Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities:
I am working as an AI and Data Engineering Intern at BeOne Medicines, supporting the Global Commercial and Medical Technology team on a project to build an AI-powered bot over the company's Amazon Redshift data warehouse. My day-to-day work involves extracting metadata from Redshift, parsing SQL and stored procedures with Python, generating documentation using large language models, and building a retrieval-augmented pipeline that lets users query the warehouse conversationally. I am also designing a dependency graph layer that enables deterministic impact analysis for stored procedure changes. A typical day includes syncs with my manager, hands-on engineering work, coordination with other engineers on the team.


Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
I first came across the BeOne Medicines internship posting in early March 2026 while searching for summer roles that combined AI, LLMs, and data warehousing. I applied within a few days with a tailored cover letter and outreach email, and was soon contacted for a phone screen with the hiring manager. After that initial conversation, I researched the project deeply and prepared a written architecture proposal outlining how I would approach the stored procedure documentation bot. A follow-up discussion led to a formal offer through BeOne's talent acquisition team and their workforce partner, Magnit Global, which I accepted in May 2026 and started in June.

What resources did you use to find your current experience?
LinkedIn or other social media

What have you enjoyed the most about your position and organization?
What I have enjoyed most is the combination of real technical depth and real business impact. The project I am working on directly touches how BeOne's commercial teams understand their own data infrastructure, so every design decision has actual consequences for how analysts, engineers, and leadership do their jobs. I have also appreciated the trust my manager has placed in me from day one, giving me space to propose my own architectural ideas rather than just executing predefined tasks. Being part of a mission-driven organization focused on oncology adds another layer of meaning to the technical work.

How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
I have contributed by designing and building the foundational components of an AI-powered bot that will help the team query stored procedures and perform impact analysis on their Redshift data warehouse. Beyond writing the code, I proposed adding a deterministic dependency graph layer alongside the retrieval-augmented generation pipeline, which improves reliability for the exact impact-analysis questions the team relies on most. My work is helping build a system that will reduce the time engineers and analysts spend manually tracing data dependencies, making the broader commercial data platform more transparent and maintainable.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
Start early, prepare seriously, and treat every application as an opportunity to learn something about the company rather than just a submission. I have found that tailored applications, thoughtful outreach emails, and genuine research about the role make a significant difference compared to generic mass applications. Do not be afraid to propose ideas or share your thinking in interviews, since managers often value candidates who engage with the problem rather than just answering questions. Finally, stay persistent and keep track of your process, because internship searches take time and small improvements compound over dozens of applications.

Registration is open for hackUMBC 2026, UMBC's official student-run hackathon. The 24-hour event brings together graduate, undergraduate, and high school students of all backgrounds and skill levels to learn new technologies, collaborate on creative projects, and build software and hardware solutions in a supportive, hands-on environment. It will include a workshop and special track on AI and machine learning. Register here.

We are a friendly family looking to share our space with graduate students and postgraduate students within the area.

The house is located right by the UMBC bus Stop (CATONSVILLE ROUTE).

You will be renting a fully furnished basement room with a shared bathroom.

Rent includes washer/dryer, internet, alarm system and shared kitchen and living room.

Separate entry is also available. I also have a friendly dog (golden doodle).

No smoking or drugs.

The UMBC bus stop is less than a minute from our home. We look forward to hosting a safe place for you while you continue your education to succeed.

DETAILS

Rental Term: 12 month Lease

Amount: $675 monthly (All Utilities Included)

Availability: 8/25/2026

Security Deposit: $675

Furnished: YES

If Interested, contact at - (757) 636-8271 or (774) 437-0654

The Chronicle of Higher Education will hold an online session on Accelerating Scientific Discovery: AI Case Studies in Research, 2-3 pm on Wednesday, August 12. Academic experts from a range of disciplines will share real case studies: what’s working, what’s not worth the spend, and how they’re making the case to their own leaders for the infrastructure this work now requires. Get more information and register here.

Attention ALL Summer Session 2 students!

The deadline for returning rented books to the Bookstore is August 14th. All rentals must be received by the Bookstore by 3PM. More information regarding rentals can be found here. Further inquires can be directed to textbook@umbc.edu.