Congratulations to Tamás Varnai on his Promotion Congratulations to Tamás Varnai (613/UMBC) on his promotion to Research Professor! 

We asked Dr. Varnai for insight to his research goals as well as his own activities:

"My research seeks to improve our understanding of clouds and of the atmospheric aerosols that occur in partly cloudy regions. This work includes trying to improve our abilities for cloud and aerosol remote sensing, for example by taking into account the complex three-dimensional nature of the radiative processes shaping our observations. My research also strives to detect and characterize clouds containing ice crystals that maintain a steady horizontal orientation as they float in the air—and thus have different radiative and microphysical effects than the typical ice crystals, which tumble randomly. Overall, my work seeks to help us better understand clouds, near-cloud aerosols, and the processes through which they shape our planet.

In my free time, I love walking our dog, exercising, and having adventures with family." 
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Come - 5:30pm phab 441
]]> Arvind is presenting on Hayek and his economic theories of capitalism Come - 5:30pm phab 441 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/148352/guest@my.umbc.edu/e9bd98e7b1d2db6148ca0dddc5a59dfc/api/pixel Philosophers Anonymous https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/philanon https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/xsmall.png?1724608252 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/original.png?1724608252 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/xxlarge.png?1724608252 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/xlarge.png?1724608252 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/large.png?1724608252 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/medium.png?1724608252 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/small.png?1724608252 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/xsmall.png?1724608252 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/569/6090ea4aaa67546aada70551896be84f/xxsmall.png?1724608252 Philosophers Anonymous 0 0 true Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:03:35 -0400 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:11:35 -0400 *NEW DATE* Art of the Needle New Date and Location for our Workshop!
Our "Art of the Needle" Workshop has been moved to April 4th in Commons 329 at 6:30pm-9pm! We are teaming up with Taylored to learn fashion techniques and hacks, create a craft, or fix and accessorize our own clothing, bags, and more! Be sure to join us and we'll see you there!




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Dear Colleagues,

This is just a reminder that UMBC is participating in the annual Great Colleges to Work For program, a national survey designed to recognize institutions that have built great workplaces. Regardless of whether or not we are recognized, the data we receive is helpful as we continue the process of creating the best workplace possible.

The survey was distributed to a random selection of our faculty and staff in early March and will be distributed again at random today. If you are included in this random sample, you will receive an invitation with details about the program and how to access the survey. This invitation will be sent to you via an email from Great Colleges.

If you receive the invitation, please take a moment to complete the survey. We hope to reach a 34 percent response rate from our community members, but we have a way to go. You will be representing not only yourself, but all your colleagues, so your feedback is invaluable! This is a chance to make your voice heard, and a high response rate helps ensure an accurate representation of our community. At the close of the program, we will receive reports that summarize the organizational competencies and relationships that most directly impact and influence our culture.

The survey is voluntary and completely confidential; our institution will not be able to trace results back to individuals. Your survey will be processed by ModernThink LLC, an independent management consulting firm focusing on workplace quality in higher education. They can be reached at 888-684-4658 or at surveys@modernthink.net.

If you are invited, we hope you will take this opportunity to share your honest feedback! Thank you, in advance, for your participation. Please visit Great Colleges for more resources or if you have any questions.

Lynne Adams, Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

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We want our graduate students to have the best educational experience possible while supporting their personal and professional development. This is why we have partnered with Etio and the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley, to administer the gradSERU (Graduate Student Experience in the Research University) with the support of our president and provost. Your feedback is critical as we strive to make improvements to our curriculum, climate, and campus. Please consider taking some time to complete the survey today.

Students have multiple chances to be entered into a drawing to win one $500 award in Retriever Dollars over the course of the survey administration. The earlier you respond, the more times you will be entered into drawings. Four winners will be selected by March 28th. Retriever Dollars can be used across campus to pay for tuition, purchase textbooks, postage, event tickets, UMBC apparel, and much more. A listing of off-campus merchants that will accept Retriever Dollars as payment can be found here.

Your responses are confidential. The survey takes about 30 minutes to complete, and can be completed in more than one sitting. Your responses will help improve the graduate education experience for all.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to reflect on your experiences and help us strengthen graduate education at UMBC!

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 · 2 - 5 PM
The Commons : 004

What is Green Dot:
Green Dot is a program for violence prevention and bystander intervention training. The goal is to engage a critical mass of our community in a behavior change where violence will not be tolerated and the end result will be a reduction in violence. 
This event will be hosted by Jeff Cullen. 

If you are planning to come, please click 'attending' here

For questions, please contact womenscenter@umbc.edu 


This event and is 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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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 · 3 - 4 PM


Publishing your work is considered one of the primary pillars of a research project, graduate students are often hunted by policies and recommendations to publish several papers as part of their graduate experience, some use their publications as part of their thesis or dissertation and some programs even require students to be a first author in order to be considered for graduation from a PhD program. 


How do you even start the process of writing a publication? What are impact factors and how do you decide if your data is impactful enough to be submitted to a particular publication or journal? We have invited a panel of productive and avid publishing faculty at UMBC from our CAHSS college to talk about these and other topics, the intention of this event is to demystify the publishing hardship, learn how to overcome perfectionism (when is my paper ready to be submitted for publication?), learn how to process criticism, how to manage your time to be more productive (when am I supposed to find the time to sit down and write?), how to overcome writers block, and more.


Join for a discussion with our panelists:

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UMBC's 3rd Annual Pride Week will take place April 7th through April 11th, 2025!

This year's theme: Power in Queer Joy


Join us for these pre-events and prepare for the full Pride Week event line-up coming very soon!

Event details available here!


Wednesday, 4/2

Pride Week & Graduate Student Week Kick-Off Brunch

With the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Graduate Student Life, and Commuter Connections

9 - 11 a.m., Flat Tuesdays

Friday, 4/4

CAHSS' Looking through the Mirror - Transactivism @ UMBC

12 - 1 p.m., Virtual

Pride Shabbat

UMBC Hillel

5 - 6:30 p.m., Center for Well-Being 103

Saturday, 4/5

Drag Bingo

with (seb)

5 - 7 p.m. in the Skylight Lounge, 3rd floor Commons


For any questions, contact Darcie Adams at dadams4@umbc.edu (Graduate Assistant for the Gathering Space) or Angelina Jenkins at arjenkin@umbc.edu (Assistant Director for the Mosaic).

This event is 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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ECS facilitates thousands of events each year, so our student employees must have excellent customer service skills, pay attention to detail, be solution-oriented, and be comfortable phoning clients to discuss their events.  Experience with 25Live is preferred.

For more information, visit Job #9764020 in Handshake.

Applications/inquiries will only be accepted via the Handshake portal. Applicants must have and maintain at least a 2.5 semester and cumulative GPA, and be in good judicial standing. 

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A Privacy and Security Analysis of myUMBC Answers: UMBC SFS Scholar Winter Study 2025


Christian Badolato
12–1pm Friday, March 28, 2025 online


Generative AI has the potential to improve user search experiences by supporting natural language querying and providing more detailed and domain-specific responses. UMBC is seeking to provide this convenience to myUMBC users through the myUMBC Answers system, which enables users to access both personal and UMBC services information from the myUMBC search bar. In this talk, we investigate the resiliency of Answers against several common generative AI attacks that were performed by the UMBC Scholarship for Service (SFS) scholars in collaboration with other students and the UMBC Division of Information Technology (DoIT). We first provide an overview of the study and the myUMBC Answers system before discussing the types of attacks which were launched against the system. We then explore the behavior of the Answers system in response to these attacks. Finally, we outline the recommendations provided to DoIT by the study participants to improve the security and user experience of myUMBC Answers.

Christian Badolato is a PhD student working with Professor Roberto Yus focusing on data privacy in the Internet of Things at UMBC after having received his master’s degree from the same university. He has several years of experience as a software architect and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Support for this UMBC Cyber Defense Lab event was provided in part by NSF under SFS grant DGE-1753681.

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