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Fave Rave: ABI/INFORM GLOBAL

March 6, 2026

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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.

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Four Faculty Members Earn Regents Faculty Awards

March 6, 2026
UBalt News

Four UBalt faculty members - three from the School of Law, and one from the College of Public Affairs - are winners of 2026 USM Board of Regents Faculty Awards.

Sydney Comitz Bowers, University of Baltimore Law and Business Alumna

Leveraging Business and Law at UBalt is a Calculated Advantage

March 5, 2026
Business Today

Sydney Comitz Bowers turned her education into a calculated career advantage—saving valuable time and tuition dollars in the process.

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Three School of Law Professors Receive 2026 USM Regents Faculty Awards

March 5, 2026

Three faculty members from UBalt Law are recognized by the University System Board of Regents' 2026 Faculty Awards -- the single highest honor bestowed by the board across a select number of categories.

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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.

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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.

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Professor Makar Presents on Bail Reform at National Symposium

February 26, 2026

Assistant Professor of Law Zina Makar participated in Bail Reform and Backlash: Litigation, Legislation and Experimentation, a major symposium reflecting on the ten-year anniversary of the landmark ODonnell v. Harris County litigation.