A group of women panelists applaud while one woman, at the center, raises her hand. An audience watches.

Women's Day Celebrates Stories That Made Us

March 6, 2026
UBalt Stories

UBalt's annual International Women's Day celebration invited voices from across the campus to share their stories--inspiring, difficult, important--with the wider University community.

A male student wearing a ballcap looks at a smart phone to watch a Reel video.

Mock event invigorates revised PR course

March 5, 2026
UBalt Stories

When UBalt professor Marion Winik started planning her public relations course, she wanted it to be memorable and dynamic. She devised a plan: Students would face a semester-long project revolving around an imagined event. Then at some point, they would throw the students a curveball.

Natrea and Justin Wills pose for a selfie in front of a mural wall at The University of Baltimore.

College together, a promise fulfilled

March 2, 2026
Student Stories

Justin Wills Sr. made a promise to his wife, Natrea, when they started their life together. Kids and careers aside, he would make sure she got back to college to earn the degree she never got to finish. Now both are poised to finish their bachelor's degrees at UBalt.

A collage of students holding certificates

Student Attorneys Take Lead Through Clinical Program

February 20, 2026
UBalt Stories

Four budding lawyers share their perspectives from a swearing-in ceremony that officially marks them ready to serve UBalt School of Law's clinics as student attorneys.

Danica Nelson sits in a chair, laughing while looking off camera.

Chasing a dream, close to home

February 16, 2026
Student Stories

Danica Nelson was a nontraditional student in a nontraditional school. She came to The University of Baltimore at 17. At UBalt, with its average undergraduate age of 31, she was in classrooms unlike anything she could have imagined. It didn’t take long, though, for Danica to find her community.

Loren Nelson sits in the cafe with other students.

DPA candidate, inspired by classes, fosters nonprofit for single moms

January 19, 2026
Student Stories

Loren Nelson, a M.S. in Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship graduate, shares how being a single mother shaped her college journey and influenced her future.