If you would like to participate in the Money Smart Week 2026 Bingo Card scholarship opportunity, please download and print the Bingo Card attachment below.

Follow the instructions on the Bingo Card and in Scholarship Retriever for proper completion and submission.

Only one winner will be randomly selected for a $1,000 MSW Bingo Card scholarship!

Other ways to get the Money Smart Week 2026 Bingo Card:

• At the MSW Activity Table at True Grits on Monday, April 13th from 11:00AM - 2:00PM.
• At the MSW Money Madness: Grab the Cash, Gain the Knowledge event at Flat Tuesday's on Monday, April 13th from 11:00AM - 1:00PM.
• At the MSW Activity Table on Commons Mainstreet (across from Bookstore) on Tuesday, April 14th from 11:00AM - 2:00PM.
• At all MSW sessions (printed copy at in-person sessions, digital copy at virtual sessions, and both options will be available at hybrid sessions).

For use only during Money Smart Week 2026 (Monday, April 13, 2026 - Friday, April 17, 2026).

Hiii everyone! For this Thursdays meeting (4/9/26) from 4-5pm one of our very own club members will be giving a workshop presentation on Stylization ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

⋆.˚ If you are looking for your unique art style or just trying to refine it-- looking to make your stories and original characters more expressive, then you should definitely attend ◝(ᵔᗜᵔ)◜

We'll be selling realistic temporary tattoos and flavored lemonades on Commons Mainstreet this Thursday 4/9 from 11am-3pm! 

Today, QSI Graduate Fellow Reece Roberston won UMBC's "3-Minute Thesis" competition for a summary of his research on the feasiblity of using quantum devices to manage urban train scheduling.

The 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) is a research communication competition that challenges graduate students to explain their research to a non-specialist audience—one slides, one powerful, concise talk!

Congrats Reece...we are proud of you!  Next stop, 3MT regionals!

Come join us for a Treasure Hunt at Commons 331 on April 13th from 6–8 PM!

Pizza will be provided 🍕

Hey everyone, we still have some positions available with no candidates. We have decided to extend the application until Monday, April 13th, to ensure all positions have at least 1 applicant. 

Open roles include President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Affiliate Representative, Social Media Chair, and Public Relations Chair. Apply by April 13!!

Click on the LINK to apply!

Come join us for a Treasure Hunt at Commons 331 on April 13th from 6–8 PM!

Pizza will be provided 🍕

Do you want to run for a 2026–2027 E-Board position?

Join us at our next GBM, tomorrow, April 8th from 12 to 1 PM in FA 215 to learn more about each role and what being on the E-Board looks like. This is a great opportunity to get involved, build leadership experience, and make an impact in our club. E-Board applications will be released after the meeting.

Attendance is MANDATORY if you are interested in running for a position!

Hello Everyone!

For this week only (April 6th - 10th), Retriever Essentials and Parking Services is having a mini food for fines!

Food For Fines is a donation program where donating any 5 non-perishable food items and/or five toiletry items to parking services, and they will reduce one citation (up to a $50 violation) to a warning. The citation must be from the current semester, and one citation per student.
Items include:

• Healthy Snacks
• Protein Drinks & Bars
• Instant Noodles
• Pre-Packaged Rice Bags
• Boxes of Cereal
• Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Shelf-Safe Microwaveable Meals (Macaroni & Cheese, Rice, Etc.)
• Menstrual Pads/Tampons*Diapers/Wipes
• Household Essentials Like Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Dental Floss, Deodorant, Etc.

Please note, we cannot accept Toilet paper and Paper Towels

All items should be donated to Parking Services (900 Walker Avenue, Suite 107). Donations must be new and unopened. Donations will be accepted from 8 AM to 4PM, Monday to Friday, and must be donated in their offices to receive the citation reduction. They are closed for lunch from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM.

If you have any questions, please contact Parking Services at parking@umbc.edu

The Code 613 Peer Award Ceremony and Luncheon was held in early March at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Dr. Lazaros Oreopoulos, Chief of the Climate and Radiation Laboratory (613), announced the awardees, and a GESTAR II representative was on hand to present certificates. 

For Best first-authored paper

Nayeong Cho (UMBC): “For a paper that introduces a new cloud classification that enables joint analysis with the most advanced monthly radiation datasets” - AMS Journal of Climate paper Describing seasonal mixtures of cloud regimes via “regimes of regimes”.

For Best first-authored paper

Surendra Bhatta (MSU): “For a paper advancing Antarctic surface mass balance research by adding ML-enabled blowing snow diagnosis to the MERRA-2 reanalysis” - AMS journal Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems paper Selection and Optimization of a Machine Learning Algorithm for Antarctic Blowing Snow Diagnosis Using MERRA-2 Reanalysis. 

For Scientific Leadership

Jude Salinas (UMBC): “For leadership in interdisciplinary work that uses GNSS-RO to probe the Ionospheric E-region.”

For Mentorship

Yingxi Shi (UMBC): “For dedicated, enthusiastic and skillful mentorship of students across educational levels and backgrounds.”

For Outstanding Scientific Support

Yingxi Shi (UMBC) and Mijin Kim (MSU), Dark Target Team members, Group Award: “For excellence in developing, validating and delivering the Dark Target retrieval codes for MODIS, VIIRS and GEO-LEO.”

Colten Peterson (UMBC), Imager Cloud Team member, Group Award: “For successful rapid development, testing and delivery of the latest generation of MODIS and VIIRS cloud retrieval algorithms.”

Congratulations to Drs. Bhatta, Cho, Kim, Peterson, Salinas, and Shi!