News and Stories

Karen Logan

UBalt graduates aged 60 and older celebrate long-awaited degrees

May 23, 2024
UBalt Stories

Graduates aged 60 and older share what a college degree means to them.

A mom graduate poses with her two daughters, all in caps and gowns

Mom, twin daughters graduate together

May 23, 2024
UBalt Stories

Mom, twin daughters share passion for health care--and now a master's degree

Baltimore neighborhood images of brick townhouses

Vital Signs 22 Traverses the 'New Normal' in Baltimore

May 23, 2024
UBalt News

The latest edition of Vital Signs explores the city's many neighborhoods

Brenda Mworia

Johannes M. Botes Capstone Achievement Award

May 18, 2024
College of Public Affairs

Michele Woodward

Choosing college when the time was right

May 17, 2024
Going First

When Michele Woodward walked across The Lyric stage for the 2019 commencement, her dad proudly watching from the theater seats, she became the first in her family to complete a four-year college education.

Eric Jurkiewicz

UBalt makes new transfer pathways possible

May 17, 2024
UBalt Stories

Community college partners are easing the pathway for transfer students.

Tyreco Colbert

College proves challenge worth accepting

May 17, 2024
Going First

The goal Tyreco Colbert's foster mom set for him was to go to community college and transfer to a four-year institution like his sisters had done. In the end, it was the right path for Colbert, who graduated from UBalt in May 2023.

Alan Lyles

Support, mentorship boost ‘the hero’s journey’

May 17, 2024
Going First

Alan Lyles would become the first in his family to earn a college degree. He would go on to earn another bachelor’s degree, a professional pharmacy degree, a master’s in public health and a doctor of science.