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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
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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...

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Frost Law, University of Baltimore School of Law Establish Frost Law and Tax Practice Scholar Award Fellowship and Scholarship

April 13, 2026
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Frost Law and the UBalt School of Law have announced the creation of a special program designed to encourage and reward law students interested in pursuing a career in tax law. Through this partnership, Frost Law will provide at least two UBalt law students with a paid, 10-week summer fellowship ...

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Preparing Students for the AI Workforce: Higher Ed Confronts a Rapidly Changing Future

April 10, 2026
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A panel discussion hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, including Dr. Jessica Stansbury, founding director of UBalt's Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation and director of teaching and learning excellence for the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching and Technology...

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Finalists Announced for UBalt's 14th Annual 'Rise to the Challenge' Business Pitch Competition

April 4, 2026
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The University of Baltimore's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has announced the six finalists for its 14th annual "Rise to the Challenge" Business Pitch Competition, taking place on May 6. The finalists will compete for $30,000 in funds to support their business concepts and start-ups.

Intellectual property requires legal protection

Online Workshop: How to Protect Your IP, with Expert Ken Malone, April 8

April 3, 2026
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Ken Malone, co-founder of Early Charm, a Baltimore-based venture studio with a mission to transform university inventions into successful commercial products, will lead a thinkUBator Workshop session on how ordinary people can safeguard their most valuable asset: their ideas. The online session, ...

AI is being carefully explored as a tool for the workplace at the University of Baltimore

AI Center Director Jessica Stansbury: 'Our Job as a University is to Explore the What, Why, How and When of This Technology'

March 17, 2026
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Joining a Chronicle of Higher Education panel discussion on the necessity of higher education to prepare students for an AI-inclusive workplace, Dr. Jessica Stansbury, director of the Center for AI Learning and Community-Engaged Innovation at The University of Baltimore, said there is a link betw...

The future holds many opportunities, and the upcoming Industry Day on March 31 is a chance to explore

UBalt Joins Baltimore Collegetown to Host Industry Day, March 31

March 16, 2026
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Collegetown Industry Day, an exploration of the region's top industries, will take place on March 31 on campus. This networking and career exploration event is hosted by UBalt's Career and Internship Center and Baltimore Collegetown.

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UBalt Hosts Spring Career Fair, Feb. 27

February 12, 2026
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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.

Ruba Abukhdeir, a candidate in The University of Baltimore's Doctor of Public Administration program in the College of Public Affairs, has been named a 2026 American Society for Public Administration Founders' Fellow.

American Society for Public Administration Names UBalt DPA Student to Its 2026 Class of Founders' Fellows

February 5, 2026
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Ruba Abukhdeir, a candidate in The University of Baltimore's Doctor of Public Administration program in the College of Public Affairs, has been named a 2026 American Society for Public Administration Founders' Fellow. The fellowship "recognizes the exceptional accomplishments and promise of the n...