The autopsy assistant also is the assistant program director for the Master of Science in Forensic Medicine.
Community Impact
Global Connections: School of Nursing Takes on Health Care Disparities with Global Learning for Health Equity Network
The network, housed at UMB, is built on the belief that interventions designed to eliminate health inequities in other countries may also work in U.S. communities.
Community Impact Archives
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.
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.
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.
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.
Another Philanthropic Milestone: UMB’s Catalyst Campaign Surpasses $600 Million
The philanthropic endeavor has raised 83 percent of its $750 million goal.
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.
Legal Advice, Too
Every Tuesday, the UMB Community Engagement Center is filled with students from the Francis King Carey School of Law for the JustAdvice legal clinic.
Saving Lives: CEC Canvasses Community to Register Neighbors for COVID Vaccine
School of Nursing students help residents sign up for vaccine appointments.
Philanthropy Highlights: UMB Community Continues to Show Its Generosity
We have raised $579 million in the $750 million UMB Catalyst Campaign.
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.
“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.
Laying a Foundation: Inscribed, Donated Bricks Pave Walkway of New Community Engagement Center
Over 270 donors sponsored more than 560 bricks and pavers for Welcome Way.
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.
YouthWorks Works: Program Put Young City Student on Career Path to UMB’s Web Development Team
UMB's departments and offices can offer these types of opportunities to the young people of Baltimore through the summer program.
Doors Open: Community Engagement Center Welcomes Neighbors with Grand Opening
The new CEC is the cornerstone of UMB's Community Campus.
‘Beating Heart’ of Law School: Clinical Law Program Has Been Making a Difference for 50 Years
The program continues to address Baltimore’s severe lack of access to justice for disadvantaged and underrepresented communities.
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.
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.
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.
Turning a Page: UMB’s Academy of Lifelong Learning Tutors Children in Reading
ALL found that the majority of students who participated in the fall made significant progress in their literacy skills during the program.