Author - Jen Badie

A Force for Jobs: CEC’s Initiatives Help Residents Build Skills and Find Work at UMB and UMMC

December 3, 2023

7 min read

YouthWorks Works: Program Put Young City Student on Career Path to UMB’s Web Development Team

December 3, 2023

6 min read

Shantay McKinily, MS School of Social Work

Meet UMB’s Public Servant of the Year

December 3, 2023

2 min read

Jeffrey Hasday, MD (Left), Paul Shapiro, PhD (Right)

Meet UMB’s David J. Ramsay Entrepreneurs of the Year

December 3, 2023

3 min read

Get to Know the New Deans

December 3, 2023

11 min read

Equity and Justice: Spotlight on UMB Schools’ EDI Officers

May 2, 2023

19 min read

5 Questions with Heather Culp, Chief Philanthropy Officer for UMSOM and UMMC

May 2, 2023

8 min read

“When they finally start to learn the sounds, and they all do it together and they all read out loud, it’s like that ‘aha’ moment,” says Aza Shiao, a University of Maryland School of Dentistry student who tutored in the fall. “You can see their gears turning in their heads.” Photo by Matthew D’Agostino

Turning a Page: UMB’s Academy of Lifelong Learning Tutors Children in Reading

May 2, 2023

5 min read

Tamika Tremaglio, executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, joined Jennifer B. Litchman, senior vice president for external relations, UMB, and founder and chair, UMBrella Group, in a fireside chat at the SMC Campus Center Elm Ballrooms. Photo by Matthew D’Agostino

Four Takeaways from the Women’s History Month Symposium

May 2, 2023

4 min read

UMB’s Leading Women: Making an Impact as Deans

May 2, 2023

13 min read

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