<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/newsroom/business-today-alumni-spotlight-sydney-comitz-bowers.cfm" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>03/05/2026</pubDate><title>Leveraging Business and Law a Calculated Advantage  </title><description>Sydney Comitz Bowers turned her education into a calculated career advantage—saving valuable time and tuition dollars in the process.</description><author>Business Today</author><image><img src="https://www.ubalt.edu/schools-and-colleges/merrick-school-of-business/_assets/images/2000x1500-sydney-comitz-bowers-2026-msb-only.jpg" alt="Sydney Comitz Bowers, University of Baltimore Law and Business Alumna"/></image><image-cap>Sydney Comitz Bowers, B.S. '15, J.D. '17</image-cap><quote>I felt fully prepared to take on and navigate law school during what would have been my senior year thanks to the high quality of the professors at the UBalt Merrick School of Business.</quote><quote-name>Sydney Comitz Bowers </quote-name><quote-info>Alumna</quote-info><tags><tag>Alumni</tag><tag>Main News</tag><tag>Merrick School of Business</tag></tags></item>