Looking for a female roommate (single occupancy only) to share a 2-bedroom apartment near UMBC.

Rent: $650/month (utilities not included)

Apartment Features:

• Prime location with supermarkets, restaurants, banks, stores, and salons nearby

• About a 20-minute walk to campus

• UMBC shuttle stop just a 5-minute walk away

• Fully furnished

• Solid oak hardwood floors in the common areas

• Wall-to-wall carpeting in the hallway and bedrooms

• Area rugs in the dining and living rooms

• Free indoor laundry

• Large fenced backyard

• Wonderful and responsive landlady

• Only one other apartment in the house, occupied by UMBC graduate students

Move-in Date: Flexible, preferably from July 1st, 2026.

Important: I am strictly looking for one female occupant.

If interested or if you'd like more details, please message me or text 410-949-5908.

1 room available in a shared 4-bed townhouse on Badger Gate Ct, Catonsville.  3 other UMBC male grad students currently live at the property.

• Full bath shared with 1 other person.
• Partially furnished. (see pictures)
• Walk-in closet.
• Shared Kitchen, Living Room, and Laundry
• 5 mins walk from UMBC Bus stop
• 7 mins walk to Giant on Wilkens
• Street Parking
• Utilities (BGE), Wi-Fi, and a gardener are divided among tenants.
• Pictures are attached.
• Clean and respectful environment.
• Rent - $700/month

If interested, please contact TEXT ONLY: 6679423466

Hello, I was wondering if anyone would have a housing accomidation for the Fall 2025 semester? I am graduating in the winter and seeing if anyone would be willing to rent for 6 months. If you would like to contact me please reach out to me at colep1@umbc.edu.

Traffic around the arena will be very heavy beginning at 7:30am on 6/11/2026 and throughout the day to accommodate three high school graduations. Graduation start times are 9am, 1:30pm and 6pm. Faculty, staff, and students are strongly encouraged to avoid entering campus from I-195, as parking on the east side of campus will be difficult to access. Please plan to park in any available legal permit space across campus. Parking Services will be enforcing parking regulations for safety concerns only. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work to manage increased traffic and event activity

By: Margot Anthony | WGEC Student Staff Member | Social Work Student

This is going to be a continuation from my last blog post “Beginning Again.” Since creating that post I have worked to become more comfortable in my identity as a survivor of gender-based harm, specifically sexual assault. 

Writing my first blog post in November and December was both emotional and cathartic. It was very emotional for me because it was a story that I had not told many people before, and definitely had not shared publicly. Writing the post was also cathartic. The feelings that I shared in the post and experience had been weighing on me heavily, and it was a relief to share it, especially being able to share it on my own terms. 

After sharing my blog post I felt more calm and at peace than I had in a while. I felt like I had reclaimed something I didn’t even know I had lost. Everything  that had happened to me, I had survived. And in making the post, I now realized that I had reclaimed my story. 

It was after writing my blog post last semester that I decided I wanted to speak at Take Back the Night. While preparing what I was going to say during Take Back the Night I was practicing over and over. 

Writing. 

Re-writing. 

Over and over again.

On the day of Take Back the Night, when I got up to the microphone, I was so nervous. I hadn’t realized how different it would be verbally telling my story as opposed to writing it out and sharing it. I felt like I was shaking and I wanted to floor to just swallow me whole. 

I got through it. I felt like I blacked out the whole time and don’t remember most of what happened or really what I said, but I did it. What I do remember is feeling supported by those around me when I had finished speaking. Sharing my story was an amazing experience and very freeing for me. 

What impacted me the most at Take Back the Night, were the people that shared after me. Not just the people who were planning to share their stories. The people who got up and shared when they were just planning to observe. Their bravery, strength,  and willingness to be vulnerable inspired me. 

I planned what I was going to say for months and still almost didn’t say anything. What I never considered in sharing my story, is that it would help other people share their stories as well. 

What I want people to take away from this blog post and my previous post, is that there are people who will support and believe you wholeheartedly and you do not have to go through everything alone. You are stronger than you think and you have more support than you know. 

I will finish off this post with the quote that I read out during Take Back the Night: 

Everyone loves a survivor once [they’re] quiet. Once [they’re] soft, polite, healed. But bring up what actually happened? Talk about the abuse, the manipulation, the betrayal? Suddenly you’re too much. Bitter. Angry. Suddenly you’re the problem. The truth is – they don’t want survivors. They want silence with a pretty filter. They want your pain digestible. Not loud. Not real. So when I speak? I do it loudly. Clearly. Unapologetically. Because I wasn’t put back together just to keep everyone else comfortable. – Zenda-Lee Williams. 

The terminal leave rate for FY2027 is being updated from 0.876% to 0.87% to keep consistency with having two decimal places instead of three.

See the Leave Payout Rate Guidance webpage for explanations, relevant dates, details, and FAQs.

This spring, LLC students and Abdias do Nascimento Fellowship scholars represented UMBC at several major national and international conferences, contributing to conversations on Black studies, diaspora, education, literature, wellness, foodways, archives, cultural memory, and knowledge production across the Americas.

At the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Conference in Baltimore, LLC students and Abdias Fellows participated in multiple panels, roundtables, and paper sessions examining Black intellectual traditions, intergenerational knowledge, cultural memory, literature, mentorship, and community-based approaches to wellness and survival.

At the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference in Paris, participants presented research exploring culture, care, education, activism, archives, and diasporic communities across the Americas.

At the Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Conference in Kingston, Jamaica, scholars shared work on education, cultural production, foodways, archives, and transnational Black communities throughout the African diaspora.

Together, these presentations reflect the breadth and interdisciplinary nature of scholarship being produced by LLC students and Abdias Fellows and demonstrate the program's engagement with Black Studies, Caribbean Studies, Latin American Studies, education, culture, and diaspora studies across local, national, and international contexts.

The following LLC students participated in conference programming throughout the year:

• Alexandra Cenatus
• Viridiana Colosio
• Neisha-Anne Green
• Kristin Kelly
• Chanta Shenell Palmer

Through their scholarship and participation, these students continue to advance LLC's commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry and global engagement.

Hi everyone! My name is Deborah, I’m a senior undergraduate student looking for a female roommate to share a renovated 2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment in the Towson/Parkville area.

Details:
• Move-in: Late-June to Early/Mid July
• Rent: Approximately $800-$900 per person monthly (including utilities)
• One-year lease preferred
• Convenient location for Towson and Baltimore commuters

Looking For:
A female roommate who is respectful, communicative, financially responsible, and values a clean shared space. Students and young professionals are welcome.

If interested, please email me at dsmogaji@gmail.com.

Dear UMBC Community,

Earlier this morning, a spill occurred in a laboratory on the 4th floor of the Meyerhoff Chemistry Building during a routine chemical retrieval.

Campus police were notified and subsequently contacted Environmental Safety and Health (ESH). Out of an abundance of caution, ESH initiated the fire alarm and evacuated the building. The Baltimore County Fire Department responded.

The spill was isolated to the laboratory where it occurred and was quickly contained. There were no injuries or health concerns.

Occupants have been allowed to return to the building, with the exception of the area of the incident, which will remain unoccupied until a follow up assessment is conducted. We appreciate the quick response of ESH, UMBC Police, the Baltimore County Fire Department, and campus partners, as well as the cooperation of everyone who evacuated while the situation was addressed.

Thank you,

Mike Pound, Director of Environmental Safety and Health

See the invitation below from the Psychological and Brain Sciences department at Johns Hopkins and the Psychology Department at Princeton. Theyare hosting a conference in DC June 20th 2026. 

Dear colleagues,

We invite you to join us in Washington, DC for FOR 2026: The Future of Our Realities — Work and Truth, a FREE, full-day conference on how AI is reshaping the future of work and the future of truth.

As AI systems generate {text, code, images, decisions, and synthetic media} at scale, they are transforming {labor, expertise, creativity, misinformation, public trust} our shared reality. FOR 2026 brings together researchers, technologists, artists, writers, policymakers, cognitive scientists, economists, and founders for talks, panels, workshops, and open conversation.

Featured speakers include:

Jay McClelland — Cognitive scientist and early AI pioneer
Ada Palmer — Historian and award-winning science fiction author
Ioana Marinescu — Economist studying AI, labor, and market power
Lisa Fazio — Cognitive psychologist of memory and misinformation
Artemis Seaford — Former VP of AI Safety at ElevenLabs
Katherine von Jan — Founder and CEO, Tough Day
Ben Guo — Cofounder and President, Zo Computer

🗓 Date: June 20, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
📍 Location: JHU Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
🎤 Format: Talks, panels, and workshops
🍽 Food: Free light breakfast, hot lunch, coffee, and sunset reception
💡 Learn more and register: https://futurerealities.org/FOR2026/

FOR 2026 is a space for intimate, serious and open conversation across fields: science, technology, policy, art, economics, media, and culture. Together, we will ask what it means to preserve human agency, trustworthy institutions, and shared reality in a world increasingly mediated by AI.

Spots are limited, so we encourage early registration.

We hope you’ll join us for this timely and important conversation.

Warmly,
FOR2026 Team
https://futurerealities.org/FOR2026