Come join HCST to watch an discuss Chain Reaction: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same. Discussion following film led by Andrea Kalfoglou (UMBC Human Context of Science and Technology; Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; & Public Policy)

Prior to the pandemic, e-commerce made it seem like everything was right at our doorstep. This Wall Street Journal documentary takes viewers on the monthslong, 14,000-mile journey of a typical consumer good from factory to front door to reveal how the process is far more complex, and vulnerable, than many of us imagined.

Monday, February 20, 2023 5:30pm-7:30pm

Performing Arts & Humanities Building: 132

Free HCST t-shirts will be given out to several lucky attendees

Pizza and drinks provided

Open to all UMBC students, faculty, and staff.

Organized by the Human Context of Science & Technology. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health

Click here to learn more about the Human Context of Science and Technology Certificate.

On Thursday, February 23, UMBC's Center for Democracy and Civic Life will host a Dinner with Friends: an engaging, facilitated conversation that will connect you with other members of the UMBC community.

This event will take place in University Center Room 312 from 5 - 7 p.m. The Center will provide a catered dinner.

At Dinner with Friends, you'll share stories, learn about each other's experiences, and discuss how we can move forward together on a topic of your choice (see below). Students, faculty, staff, and alumni who participate in Dinners with Friends report that they have wonderful experiences.

Please use this link to RSVP no later than February 16. Choose to join a facilitated small-group conversations around one of the following five discussion topics:

1. Enacting equity and justice at UMBC

2. Mental health as a component of well-being at UMBC

3. Creating community at UMBC so people can be real, open, and authentic

4. Enhancing weekend/social life at UMBC

5. Inclusion at UMBC, with respect to religion, belief, and spirituality

The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division is having an Invitational Onsite Event on March 3, 2023 with UMBC.

THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO FT POSITIONS IN: Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Marine Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Business and Accounting. 

You can register using the QR Code from the flyer attached or through this link: https://navsea.recsolu.com/app/collect/event/-AWRHgU9KbE85naWe4c_lA

US Work Authorization REQUIRED for all positions.

Hiring Managers from Carderock will review resumes and send invitations out to candidates who have been selected to interview for a position at Carderock. 

Bus transportation will be provided from UMBC and back to those selected.

About Carderock:

The Carderock Division consists of approximately 2,000 scientists, engineers and support personnel working in more than 40 disciplines ranging from fundamental science to applied/in-service engineering. Carderock is the Navy's experts for maritime technology. The Division houses world-class facilities and laboratories. Carderock's Headquarters is located in West Bethesda, Maryland. The Division also conducts research and development at several remote sites across the country.

Carderock's core competencies include: 

1. Ship integration and design
2. Environmental quality systems
3. Naval architecture, including hull forms and propulsors
4. Structures and materials
5. Signatures and silencing systems
6. Vulnerability and survivability systems

Some of the advantages of working at NSWC Carderock Division are:

1. competitive compensation
2. advancement opportunities
3. flexible work schedules
4. scientist and engineering development programs
5. job rotation
6. graduate education program
7. opportunity for rapid 6-month accelerated promotion
8. compressed work schedule
9. overtime/compensatory time
10. liberal vacation accrual
11. 10 paid holidays a year
12. 13 days sick leave a year which can be accumulated

Come join HCST to watch an discuss Chain Reaction: Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same. Discussion following film led by Andrea Kalfoglou (UMBC Human Context of Science and Technology; Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health; & Public Policy)

Prior to the pandemic, e-commerce made it seem like everything was right at our doorstep. This Wall Street Journal documentary takes viewers on the monthslong, 14,000-mile journey of a typical consumer good from factory to front door to reveal how the process is far more complex, and vulnerable, than many of us imagined.

Monday, February 20, 2023 5:30pm-7:30pm

Performing Arts & Humanities Building: 132

Free HCST t-shirts will be given out to several lucky attendees

Pizza and drinks provided

Open to all UMBC students, faculty, and staff.

Organized by the Human Context of Science & Technology. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health

Click here to learn more about the Human Context of Science and Technology Certificate.