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Mikita Kane. alumna

Apply to the Entrepreneurship Opportunity Scholars

June 16, 2025
Merrick Today

Applications are now open for the 2025-2026 academic year.

2025 Rise to the Challenge Group of Competitors

Video Highlights: 2025 "Rise to the Challenge" Business Pitch Competition

May 27, 2025
Merrick Today

View the highlight reel for the "Rise to the Challenge" Business Pitch Competition, held on May 1, 2025.

2025 Rise to the Challenge winners announced

2025 'Rise to the Challenge' Winners Announced

May 5, 2025
UBalt News

The University of Baltimore's "Rise to the Challenge" is supported annually by the University's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) and provides a showcase for many of the UBalt community's most talented and driven entrepreneurs.

 Ashleigh Johnson speaking at the Downtown Partnership BOOST event.

Alumna will Expand Her Business After Receiving BOOST Grant

April 14, 2025
Merrick Today

The Downtown Partnership of Baltimore has announced its next cohort of the Black Owned and Operated Storefront Tenancy (BOOST) program. Among the celebrated businesses welcomed into this initiative is Kaizen Beauty, founded by Ashleigh Johnson, a graduate of UBalt's Ratcliffe Entrepreneurship pro...

 

Olivia Springer

UBalt Student Entrepreneur Earns Sigma Nu Tau Scholarship

January 28, 2025
Merrick Today

Olivia Springer, a UBalt Student Entrepreneur Earns Sigma Nu Tau Scholarship

student winners of the 2024 Rise to the Challenge with their cardboard checks

Apply Now for UBalt's Business Pitch Competition

January 28, 2025
Merrick Today

The Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition offers up to $30,000 in cash and professional services up for grabs. The competition promises to be UBalt’s most exciting competition of the year.

Sheik Md Akij in the Center of Entrepreneurship

The Success of One Entrepreneur’s Story Deeply Impacts a UBalt MBA Student’s Own Story

November 21, 2024
Merrick Today

A personal perspective shared by Sheik Md Akij, a UBalt MBA student and graduate assistant in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. He shares his connection to entrepreneur and CEO Habib Noor.

a graphic image representing a computer connectiveness and exploration

School of Business Launches First-of-Its-Kind Master's in Artificial Intelligence for Business

July 1, 2024
Merrick Today

The University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business has unveiled its leading-edge Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence for Business (AI for Business) program. The first program like it in Maryland, this innovative, 30-credit graduate degree, launching in fall 2024, empowers students ...

 

 

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