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News and Stories

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Students see government in action with Day in Annapolis

February 19, 2026
UBalt Stories

For the past 25 years, UBalt has invited students for the Day in Annapolis event during General Assembly. This special day is growing to be one of The University of Baltimore’s bigger traditions.

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Panel Discussion: 'AI and the Human Experience,' March 2

February 19, 2026
UBalt News

The University of Baltimore's Hoffberger Center for Ethical Engagement, the Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture, and the University's Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations degree program will host a panel discussion, "AI and the Human Experience," on March 2 in UBalt's Bog...

University of Baltimore Interim Dean of the College of Public Affairs Ivan Sascha Sheehan is pictured in his office

Prof. Sheehan: When It Comes to AI, We Should Proceed with Caution

February 19, 2026
UBalt News

Writing in Real Clear Markets, Ivan Sascha Sheehan, interim dean of the College of Public Affairs at UBalt and a professor of public and international affairs, says that there are inherent risks in assigning significant permissions to the creators and purveyors of artificial intelligence.

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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.

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UBalt Law Hosts Wil Haygood in Conversation with Dean LaVonda Reed on 'The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home'

February 13, 2026

The University of Baltimore School of Law had the extraordinary honor of hosting acclaimed author and journalist Wil Haygood for a moving conversation about his new book, The War Within a War: The Black Struggle in Vietnam and at Home.

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UBalt Hosts Spring Career Fair, Feb. 27

February 12, 2026
UBalt News

More than two dozen agencies and organizations will be part of The University of Baltimore's Spring 2026 Career Fair, hosted on campus on Feb. 27.

Novelist Aja Gabel

Novelist Aja Gabel Opens 2026 Spring Speaker Series, Feb. 25

February 12, 2026
UBalt News

Novelist Aja Gabel, author of The Ensemble and the new Lightbreakers, will kick off The University of Baltimore's 2026 MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts Speaker Series, on Wednesday, Feb. 25.

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Career coach adopts lifelong learning to serve students

February 11, 2026
Charles Street Chats

La-Toya Gomez works as a career manager for The University of Baltimore’s Career and Internship Center and career coach for the Merrick School of Business. Seeing the rising demand for knowledge about AI, La-Toya decided to enroll in the business school’s M.S. in Artificial Intelligence for Busin...

Dean LaVonda Reed and Judge Laura Ripken stand with a colleague in a modern university building during a formal event.

UBalt Law Hosts Symposium on Maryland's Expanded Voir Dire Pilot Program

February 11, 2026

The University of Baltimore School of Law recently hosted From the Bench to the Bar: Unveiling the Voir Dire Pilot Program, a timely and substantive symposium examining Maryland’s Expanded Voir Dire Pilot Program and its potential impact on jury selection and the administration of justice across ...