The center will connect the numerous research and clinical programs at UMB that address violence and the social determinants of health related to trauma.
Community Impact
A Force for Jobs: CEC’s Initiatives Help Residents Build Skills and Find Work at UMB and UMMC
In addition to Workforce Wednesdays, the Community Engagement Center has teamed with nonprofit Humanim for its administrative assistants training.
Meet UMB’s Public Servant of the Year
Shantay McKinily has transformed the Positive Schools Center from a startup program into a nationally recognized educational innovation center.
Community Impact Archives
Building Blocks: UMSOD Works to Expand Children’s Access to Oral Health Care
The Oral Health for Underserved Uninsured Children program offers services including examinations, preventive care, and comprehensive restorative care.
Nurturing Students’ Well-Being: UMSOM’s National Center for School Mental Health Brings Expertise to Baltimore and Prince George’s Schools
The center has decades of experience dealing with traumas such as those seen during COVID-19.
Ready and Waiting: UMB’s New Community Engagement Center Is Complete
The historic building at 16 S. Poppleton St. is seven times larger than the original center.
UMB’s Commitment to Community
The UMB Community Campus is the centerpiece of the University’s deep commitment to West Baltimore and to the collaboration — undertaken with its neighbors — that will strengthen it.
A Strong Foundation: UMSOM Alumna Jennifer Gass, MD, FACS, Breaks New Ground as Breast Cancer Surgeon
As chief of surgery at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and director of the Breast Health Center there at Brown University, she typically does about 200 surgeries a year.
A Study in Outreach: UMSOP Offers Tutoring, Hands-On Learning To Youths
A Bridge to Academic Excellence offers free tutoring and mentoring for middle and high school students.
Branching Out: UMSON Students Offer Health Services to Community at Pratt Library
The program helps to fill gaps in community health care made more evident during the pandemic and provides a hands-on clinical experience for nursing students.
Meet UMB’s Public Servant of the Year
Joshua M. Abzug, MD, founded Camp Open Arms for children with limb differences
Another Philanthropic Milestone: UMB’s Catalyst Campaign Surpasses $600 Million
The philanthropic endeavor has raised 83 percent of its $750 million goal.
Wi-Fi for All: UMB Partners with Project Waves to Expand Internet Access to Baltimore Families
The project is bringing free access to hundreds of families.
One-on-One Outreach: UMB Schools Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation in the Community
UMB continues efforts to increase vaccination rates in most vulnerable and underserved communities.
Doors Open: Community Engagement Center Welcomes Neighbors with Grand Opening
The new CEC is the cornerstone of UMB's Community Campus.
Extending Their Reach: UMSOM Addiction Experts Use Innovative Approaches to Help Remote Areas of the State
Programs address the state's opioid and addiction epidemic.
Clinic Steps Up for Immigrants
To understand the work of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, listen to the tale of J.R., whose name has been changed to protect his privacy.
Paws on Patrol: Poe Joins UMBPD as Comfort K9
After three years of service, comfort K9 Lexi is retiring from the department.
A Sharp Leader: The Shining Light of SWCOS’ Wendy Shaia
She has has led the school’s Social Work Community Outreach Service since 2013.
A Community Effort: UMSSW’s Positive Schools Center Helps City Schools Build Relationships, Offer Services to Families
Ensuring children could attend school virtually last year was among its many efforts.
A Neighborly Thing to Do
The improved LNYW Program offers eligible employees a UMB grant of $16,000 — plus $2,500 from the city of Baltimore — to help with closing costs and down payments.
Rite of Passage: CURE Celebrates National Award, White Coat Ceremony, and Fifth Anniversary
CURE welcomes sixth cohort into its program, which won a 2020 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine.
“Art Brings All of Us Together”
UMB’s first piece of public art stands proudly at the corner of Baltimore and Pine streets, a 30-foot-tall kinetic sculpture by artist Eric Peltzer.
Saddling Up: CEC Brings Free Horseback Riding Program to West Baltimore Youths
Children learned basic horse skills as well as lessons in leadership and critical thinking.
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