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Students consider the aspects of an escape room they built while standing inside an exhibit room at the Walters Art Museum.

Escape room project connects UBalt to community

May 7, 2026
UBalt Stories

UBalt students spent a semester in Dr. Rachael Zeleny’s Arts in Society course building elaborate scrapbooks that could serve as portable escape rooms. These books would live at Walters Art Museum for visiting high school students to play--enhancing students' connections to an art museum through ...

Eubie Award winners show off their awards

Eubie Awards Celebrate Student Achievements

May 7, 2026
UBalt News

At the annual Eubie Awards, students, student organizations, faculty, and staff receive recognition for their investment in co-curricular programs and their commitment to improving the campus experience for all.

Cover of the 2026 edition of Welter

Welter, UBalt's Widely Recognized Literary Magazine, Embraces 'Flash' – a Literary Form Reflective of the Digital Age

May 6, 2026
UBalt News

Welter, the longtime literary magazine of The University of Baltimore, will soon publish its 2026 edition. All of the accepted pieces, including short fiction, nonfiction, essays and poetry, are presented as a form of flash writing―concise, to the point, and intended to deliver an emotional punch...

Fagan Harris is pictured in an office in Baltimore's Inner Harbor

Commencement Ceremonies Set for May 20; Abell Foundation CEO Fagan Harris to Speak

April 27, 2026
UBalt News

The University of Baltimore will hold its 2026 Commencement ceremonies for the College of Public Affairs, the Merrick School of Business, and the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences on May 20 at The Lyric. Fagan Harris, CEO and president of the Abell Foundation, will deliver a keynote address.

Greg Walsh, Ph.D. the Parsons Professor of Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture

AI is the Team You Can't Afford to Hire

April 21, 2026
Arts and Sciences

Using AI as a team member means treating it as a thought partner that helps you ask better questions and refine ideas, rather than relying on it for final answers. Its output is often generic, so the value comes from how thoughtfully you engage with it.

UBalt student smiles while taking photos

UBalt's New Multimedia Storytelling Major: In Search of Human Connection, the Love of Creating Original Work with the Know-How to Share It

April 20, 2026
UBalt News

UBalt's new B.A. in Multimedia Storytelling degree is a humanities-based, interdisciplinary program that combines creative and professional writing, communications theory, and publishing with visual design and audio-video production. It's a STEM-designated program with a strong focus on future ca...

A student reads from her book at the podium

Annual Student Book Festival, Graduation Celebration for UBalt's MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts Set for May 9

April 16, 2026
UBalt News

The University of Baltimore's acclaimed MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts will host its annual reading and book fair for all graduating students on May 9.

Memoirist Jeannie Vanasco

Memoirist Jeannie Vanasco Leads Next MFA Speaker Series Event, April 13

April 10, 2026
UBalt News

Jeannie Vanasco, author of the memoir A Silent Treatment, will discuss her work as The University of Baltimore's 2026 MFA in Creative Writing and Publishing Arts Speaker Series continues on April 13. The event is free and open to the public.

University of Baltimore Professor Joshua Clark Davis

Prof. Joshua Davis: 'There is More to Say About Police Violence During the Civil Rights Era'

April 9, 2026
UBalt News

Speaking on the Everyday Injustice podcast, Joshua Clark Davis, associate professor of history and the author of several books covering 20th century American history with a focus on social movements, policing, and urban history, says there is still much to learn about the impact that police-led a...