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The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is Maryland’s only public health, law, and human services university. Changing the Future Today. #WeAreUMB

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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 05/10/2026
Five graduates of Baltimore City high schools are the first recipients of UMB’s Baltimore City Scholars Award, a scholarship for city high school graduates pursuing degrees at UMB. ow.ly/cQps50ZUCmu
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Baltimore City Scholars Award Helps Five Students Pay for UMB Education - The Elm
Five graduates of Baltimore City high schools are the first recipients of UMB’s Baltimore City Scholars Award, a scholarship for city high school graduates pursuing degrees at UMB.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 03/10/2026
From the Philippines and a Pennsylvania farm to UMB: UMSON faculty Angelica Fernandez-Dizon and Susan Bindon shared their journeys into nursing and teaching at UMB’s Faculty Convocation, celebrating persistence, gratitude and faculty excellence. youtu.be/QlFV1n-iJnY
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 02/10/2026
Across UMB’s seven schools, researchers' work is driven by a common question: How can research make life better for people now? ow.ly/6AYx50ZTx6Z #BreakthroughsCantWaitUMB
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 02/10/2026
Does it feel like your doctors and specialists don’t talk to each other? UMB is helping change that by teaching future health professionals to communicate and work as one team. 🎧 Hear how on a new episode of “The UMB Pulse”: youtu.be/G-6f118NYpw?si=OthJOzNiAvB…
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 02/10/2026
UMB's Annual Clery Security and Fire Safety Report includes three years of campus crime statistics, fire occurrences, safety resources, emergency preparedness information, and University policies. www.umaryland.edu/oac/policies-and-…
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 01/10/2026
Founders Week 2026: Student of the Year Anum Zehra The fourth-year medical student stands out with her excellence in academics, research, leadership, and public service, embodying “the very best of what UMB aspires to cultivate in its graduates. ow.ly/w8bw50ZTweL #FoundersUMB
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 30/09/2026
The AIDS Memorial Quilt brings history to life for a new generation of advocates. At UMB, its founders and HIV/AIDS advocates shared lessons in compassion and activism with future social workers, health professionals and lawyers. ow.ly/jPrw50ZT6uI
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A Patchwork Legacy of AIDS Advocacy - News
Daniel Thursz Social Justice Lecture explores history and advocacy behind AIDS Memorial Quilt
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 29/09/2026
Beyond Weight Loss: The Expanding World of GLP-1 Medications Register for an interactive Q&A 6 hosted by President Jarrell as UMSOM faculty explore the potential risks and limitations of GLP-1 medications, including side effects, long-term use, and loss of muscle mass. ow.ly/81b350ZSjIq
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 28/09/2026
Founders Week 2026: Educator of the Year Leah S. Millstein, MD University of Maryland School of Medicine associate professor transformed Rural-MD Scholars into a four-year academic scholarship program preparing physicians to work in underserved rural areas. ow.ly/eh9t50ZSf8H #FoundersUMB
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 25/09/2026
For almost 140 years, the Knipp family has woven itself into the history of University of Maryland School of Medicine. Spanning five consecutive generations, the Knipps stand as the only family in UMSOM history to sustain such a continuous medical legacy. ow.ly/uuFp50ZR2wc
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Rooted in History: The Knipp Family, Five Generations of UMSOM Physicians - The Elm
Read about the Knipps, who stand as the only family in UMSOM history to sustain such a continuous medical legacy, in the latest issue of “CATALYST.”
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 25/09/2026
The Maryland chapter of the AIA recognized Ballinger’s design for the new University of Maryland School of Social Work building with an award in the Unbuilt Architecture — Commissioned category. ow.ly/QiTn50ZRtuz
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 11/09/2026
Twenty-five years after 9/11, we remember. In the months following the attacks, UMB launched what is now the Center for Cyber, Health, and Hazard Strategies, bringing together expertise in law, public health, emergency management, and preparedness. ow.ly/h4XC50ZLfL2
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 09/09/2026
More than 795,000 Americans experience a stroke each year. A new framework co-authored by University of Maryland School of Medicine's Dr. Robynne Braun aims to identify biological signals that could help clinicians deliver the right rehabilitation therapy at the right time ow.ly/NNSn50ZLewo
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New Guidelines Aim to Bring Precision Medicine to Stroke Rehabilitation - News
A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) stroke rehabilitation specialist helped develop new recommendations for studying molecular biomarkers associated with recovery from stroke.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 04/09/2026
"I can start my own movement now." A summer theater and storytelling program at UMB helped Baltimore youth turn ideas, experiences, and emotions into an original production about juvenile justice, resilience, and restoration. ow.ly/6Xmp50ZJxVg
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Through Theater, Baltimore Youth Find Their Voice at UMB - News
UMB hosted WombWork Productions’ Summer Teen Ensemble, where Baltimore youth explored juvenile justice through theater while building confidence and finding their voices.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 31/08/2026
Are you ready for some football?! Well, how well do you know UMB's Core Values? UMB students and employees can enter a drawing to win 2 tickets to one of the Baltimore Ravens’ 8 home games this season by answering questions about UMB's Core Values ow.ly/nf2v50ZHhcH
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Core Values Challenge: Score Free Ravens Tickets - The Elm
The Elm is a publication of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 26/08/2026
From the University of Maryland School of Nursing to the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit. Ann Wolbert Burgess helped pioneer forensic and psychiatric nursing, trauma research, and victimology. Her groundbreaking career also inspired a character in Netflix's Mindhunter. ow.ly/Lv1a50ZFHcH
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 24/08/2026
Less than 24 hours before the first day of school in Baltimore, families at the Fifth Annual Back-to-School Bash co-hosted by Bethel AME Church and the School of Social Work received not only free supplies, but support that hopefully can carry them throughout the year. ow.ly/RHwp50ZEWmH
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 20/08/2026
Did you know UMB brings doctors and nurses directly to patients in a clinic on wheels? Since 1994, the Governor’s Wellmobile, operated by the University of Maryland School of Nursing, has delivered primary care to communities in Central Maryland. #America250 #Nursing #Healthcare
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 18/08/2026
35 years ago, Dr. Philip A. Mackowiak, traveled to Kuwait with the "Kuwait 38" expecting to provide medical aid after Desert Storm. What the Maryland team found instead was a country confronting the devastation and complicated aftermath of war. ow.ly/7NMC50ZB1su
Deserted military vehicles and debris scattered across a barren, dusty landscape under a hazy sky. The Kuwait 38: The 35th Anniversary of a Maryland Mission of Mercy That Wasn't
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 13/08/2026
One of the most memorable characters from Field of Dreams was inspired by a University of Maryland School of Medicine student. Moonlight Graham traded a brief MLB career for a lifetime in medicine. www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250 #America250 #DidYouKnow #FieldOfDreams
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 11/08/2026
"All these pieces work together to keep our community safe,” says Thomas Leone, MLS, assistant vice president for public safety and chief of police at UMB. Learn how police communication operators help bridge technology with feet on the street to help keep UMB safe. ow.ly/86y850ZysPX
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 10/08/2026
"We are here for them." Hundreds gathered for UMB’s National Night Out on Aug. 4, to enjoy food, fun, resources, and meaningful conversations that strengthened relationships between UMB and our neighbors. The event is hosted by UMB Police and Public Safety. #NationalNightOut #CommunityPolicing
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 07/08/2026
Should law schools ban AI? In a new Jurist News essay, @law.umaryland.edu professor Donald B. Tobin and student Samuel Irwin argue that future lawyers need to learn how to critically evaluate AI-generated work, not avoid it altogether. ow.ly/qcpa50ZxIRU #AI #LawSchool
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Do Law School AI Bans Teach The Wrong Lesson? - News
Berkeley Law's near-total default ban on student AI use gets the pedagogy exactly backward, Univ. of Maryland law professor and his student argue.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 03/08/2026
New research from @umsop's Zafar Zafari, PhD, found a 6-day wildfire smoke event in 2023 was associated with a ~20% increase in cardiopulmonary hospital events and an estimated $2.4M in hospital and societal costs. ow.ly/6jM350ZvSKA
2023 wildfires caused UMMS hospitals to spend $2.4 million treating more heart and lung-related patients.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 30/07/2026
UMB has lead transplant innovation for decades. From the first drone delivery of a kidney to the first pig heart transplant, UMB researchers continue redefining medicine. Learn more about UMB's historical impact on America: www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250 #America250 #DidYouKnow
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 27/07/2026
For children with severe autism, intellectual developmental disabilities, and complex genetic syndromes, a dental visit can be an ordeal that most dental offices are not equipped to handle. A partnership between UMSOD and Kennedy Krieger Institute is filling the gap. ow.ly/j7VF50ZtAUw
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 23/07/2026
Modern poison control services have roots at UMB. Since 1972, the Maryland Poison Center has helped over 2.5 million people and now serves all of Maryland and Washington D.C. Learn more about UMB's historical impact on America: www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250 #America250 ##DidYouKnow
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 22/07/2026
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Never Too Late: UMB Employees Graduate from High School During Jubilant Ceremony - News
At UMB, employees exclusively in the Office of Administration and Finance receive time off from regularly scheduled work to attend classes at the Excel Center near the UMB campus.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 22/07/2026
"It's Never Too Late" University of Maryland, Baltimore employees in the Office of Administration and Finance receive time off from regularly scheduled work to attend classes at the Goodwill Excel Center High School Diploma Program to finish a dream interrupted. #Goodwill #GoodNews #LifelongLearning
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 22/07/2026
For some UMSON students, ROTC provides a pathway to earning a BSN, receiving a military commission, and pursuing a career in the U.S. Army. Read more in this edition of CATALYST magazine: ow.ly/Q3cU50Zrl6J #Nursing #NursingSchool #ROTC
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 21/07/2026
A new partnership between the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the Baltimore City Department of Social Services is giving roughly 1,400 foster youth a place they can call a dental home. ow.ly/SWYg50Zq9z6 #OralHealth #DentalSchool #HealthySmiles
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Baltimore Foster Youth to Get a Dental Home at the School of Dentistry - News
For children in Baltimore’s foster care system, getting to a dentist has never been straightforward. A new partnership with the University of Maryland School of Dentistry aims to change that.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 20/07/2026
A team of University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing researchers developed a program that plots the geographic patterns of Marylanders' social determinants of health at the individual address level. This moves the analysis beyond a rural versus urban debate. ow.ly/sH8e50Zq9tJ
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 16/07/2026
Did You Know The World's First Dental School Was Founded In Baltimore? Before 1840, dentists relied on basic apprenticeships or had no formal training at all. Learn more about UMB's historical impact on America: www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250 #America250 ##DidYouKnow #DentalSchool
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 14/07/2026
The West Baltimore law office where civil rights pioneer Juanita Jackson Mitchell, JD ’50, once practiced has been dedicated as the future home of UMB's Rebuild, Overcome and Rise (ROAR) Center that provides free legal and mental health services to survivors of crime. ow.ly/NOP750ZnlfZ
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ROAR Center to Open in Restored Law Office of Civil Rights Icon - The Elm
Juanita Jackson Mitchell’s office on Druid Hill Avenue in West Baltimore “was not just a law office, it was the command post in the fight for America and democracy,” says Rev. Alvin Hathaway Sr.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 14/07/2026
“It’s like looking for a needle in a haystack. That is where AI can help drug developers." The MS in Artificial Intelligence for Drug Development program prepares students with cutting-edge skills to accelerate innovation at every stage of drug development. ow.ly/tY7650ZnkX9
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 10/07/2026
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 10/07/2026
The Civil War’s deadliest enemy wasn’t bullets — it was disease. As physicians from UMB cared for soldiers in overcrowded hospitals, they helped shape a new understanding of sanitation, disease prevention, and public health that continues to save lives today. #WeAreUMB #America250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 10/07/2026
UMB's University of Maryland School of Medicine cut the ribbon to officially inaugurate 34,000 square feet of newly renovated space for the Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine. ow.ly/7QIf50ZmmPJ
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Kahlert Institute for Addiction Medicine Inaugurates New Facility to Develop Treatments for Addiction - News
The new space brings together operations, basic science, and clinical research laboratories in a unified environment designed to accelerate breakthroughs in addiction science.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 10/07/2026
Six University of Maryland School of Nursing faculty members have been awarded Nurse Support Program II grants totaling more than $6 million to strengthen nursing education and workforce development across Maryland. ow.ly/w9tP50ZmmLo
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$6 Million State Grants to Bolster Maryland's Nursing Workforce - News
Six School of Nursing faculty members have been awarded Nurse Support Program II grants totaling more than $6 million to strengthen nursing education and workforce development across Maryland.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 09/07/2026
As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, “The UMB Pulse” explores UMB's place in the larger American story through the people, collections, discoveries, and ideas that shaped medicine, health, law, social work, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing, and public service. ow.ly/xFrB50Zm5il #America250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 08/07/2026
Read the full story and more here: www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 08/07/2026
What does patriotism look like? During World War I and World War II, UMB answered the call by organizing complete military hospitals that brought physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other health professionals together to save thousands of lives. #WeAreUMB #America250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 07/07/2026
“I just want the actions that I take to make things better for other people." Chloe Kastner, MSW '26, serves on Maryland’s LGBTQIA+ Affairs Commission, assessing community needs and shape policies that affect LGBTQIA+ residents across the state. Read more in CATALYST: ow.ly/7m0750Zl5oF
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 04/07/2026
Learn more about UMB's impact on the nation: www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 04/07/2026
Happy Independence Day! As our nation celebrates the ideals that shaped America, we're proud to reflect on UMB's people, discoveries, and innovations that have helped strengthen our country for over 200 years. #WeAreUMB #America250 #IndependenceDay
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 01/07/2026
View more stories at UMB Celebrates America at www.umaryland.edu/america-at-250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 01/07/2026
For more than 200 years, UMB has helped shape the American story through groundbreaking research, education, innovation, advocacy, and public service. Join us as UMB Celebrates America at 250 and explore the people, discoveries, and milestones that continue to transform lives. #WeAreUMB #America250
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 30/06/2026
Jeremie Oliver Piña was so moved when he witnessed surgery to repair an infant’s cleft lip that he decided to study the cause and treatment of the common birth defect. The School of Dentistry student envisions breakthroughs that might one day ease their plight. ow.ly/w8ZK50ZiRAW
Jeremie Oliver Piña in black scrubs with a blue ribbon speaks at a podium during a healthcare event focused on pharmaceutical innovation.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 22/06/2026
When Debbie Sahlin, DNP, was School of Nursing student, she took part in the School of Graduate Studies’ Grid Pitch program for 3 years, leading to the creation of Ryan’s Place, a specialized primary care practice, designed to serve individuals with physical disabilities. ow.ly/VjYN50Z8NqF
Debbie Sahlin standing in a warehouse filled with various mobility scooters and wheelchairs on metal shelves and the floor.
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University of Maryland, Baltimore @umaryland.edu · 18/06/2026
The University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first in the Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington D.C. region to offer an innovative cell therapy treatment for patients with an advanced type of soft tissue cancer, known as synovial sarcoma ow.ly/s8lg50ZcJ8S
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