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{{distinguish|University of Maryland, Baltimore|University of Maryland, Baltimore County}}
{{use mdy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{infobox university
| name = University of Baltimore
| image = University of Baltimore seal.png
| caption = University seal
| motto = Knowledge That Works
| established = {{start date and age|1925}}
| type = [[Public university]]
| endowment = $50.3 million (2020)<ref>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021}}</ref>
| president = [[Kurt L. Schmoke]]
| provost
| city = [[Baltimore]]
| state = [[Maryland]]
| country = United States
| undergrad = {{unbulleted list|
| postgrad = 1,
| faculty = 159
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| academic_affiliations = [[Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities|CUMU]]
| mascot = Eubie the Bee<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet Eubie, the University of Baltimore Bee!|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/campus-life/the-ub-bee/|publisher=ubalt.edu}}</ref>
| colors = Blue<ref name=colors>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/university-relations/resources/identity.cfm |title=University of Baltimore Identity |access-date=2016-01-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001185354/http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/university-relations/resources/identity.cfm |archive-date=October 1, 2015 }}</ref><br />{{color box|#0076A8}}
| parent = [[University System of Maryland]]
| accreditation = [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education|MSCHE]]
| website = {{
| logo = University_of_Baltimore.svg
}}
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In 1937, after the addition of day programs to augment the initial night courses, a full-scale junior college was added to the university's offerings.<ref name=masterplan>{{cite web|title=University of Baltimore campus master plan – history |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/administration-and-finance/facilities/10_0305_UB%20FMPU-Final-pages.pdf |website=ubalt.edu |publisher=DBI Architects, Inc |access-date=November 8, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140725060436/http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/administration-and-finance/facilities/10_0305_UB%20FMPU-Final-pages.pdf |archive-date=July 25, 2014 }}</ref> Other changes in the following decades included the construction of the Langsdale Library in 1966, according to an administrative history of the school.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.ubalt.edu/ub_archives/libguides/pdfs/Administrative.History.pdf |title=Administrative History of the University of Baltimore |website=Archives.ubalt.edu |access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> In the 1970s, UBalt merged with Eastern College, [[Mount Vernon School of Law]], and [[Baltimore College of Commerce]].
During the presidency of [[Thomas G. Pullen|Thomas Granville Pullen]], the university became regionally accredited in 1971 with the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] and built the Langsdale Library.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presidential History of UofB|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/president/presidential-history.cfm|publisher=University of Baltimore |access-date=April 6, 2013}}</ref> For a three-decade period that started in 1975 and would eventually end in 2007, UBalt became an "upper division academic institution,
In 1988, the state merged UBalt into the new statewide university system, the University of Maryland System, which was later renamed [[University System of Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=49 |title=History of the University of Baltimore |publisher=Ubalt.edu |access-date=2012-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808210817/http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=49 |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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The university stated that the new program better reflected the current focus and was designed to prepare students in business, pre-law, technology, public affairs, and applied liberal arts. It also said that it would offer freshmen "free" tuition for their first year, a benefit made possible by an anonymous private donor. An estimate stated that 140 freshmen were expected in the incoming class of fall of 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/news/index.cfm?id=272 |title=The University of Baltimore Newsroom |publisher=Ubalt.edu |date=2006-02-15 |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref>
Near the time of the change, the university also changed the [[school colors]] and adopted the new slogan, "Knowledge
Since beginning to accept freshmen again, UBalt has built a new, 12-story building for the university's law school along with the construction of additional residential capacity on campus. In May 2014, it was announced that [[Kurt Schmoke|Kurt L. Schmoke]] would become the university's eighth president, succeeding retired president Robert Bogomolny.<ref>{{cite news|last=Anderson |first=Nick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/schmoke-named-president-of-u-of-baltimore/2014/05/14/20a5cc9e-db6d-11e3-bda1-9b46b2066796_story.html |title=Schmoke named president of U. of Baltimore |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=2014-05-14 |access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref>
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==Academics==
The university offers numerous undergraduate, graduate, and professional as well as several certificate and joint degree programs. It offers
At the master's level, UBalt offers a [[Master of Public Administration]] (MPA), a [[Master of Business Administration]] (previously offered jointly with [[Towson University]]), and
At the doctoral level, UBalt offers a program leading to a research-based [[Doctor of Science]] degree in Information and Interaction Design.<ref>{{cite web |title=D.Sc. in Information and Interaction Design
===Colleges and schools===
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==Campus and student services==
[[File:Ubacademicctr.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Academic Center]]
The main campus is located in Baltimore's [[Mount Vernon, Baltimore|Mt. Vernon]] cultural district, close to [[Downtown Baltimore|downtown]] and the [[Inner Harbor]]. The [[Lyric Opera House]], [[Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall]], and the [[Maryland Institute College of Art|Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)]] are nearby. For the most part, the main academic buildings surround the intersections of Mount Royal Avenue and North Charles Street.
===University buildings===
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===Student housing developments===
The university, the Bozzuto Group, and the Gould Property Co. entered into a public-private joint venture to develop
The Fitzgerald project was viewed at the time of its inception as a prelude to future public-private development projects—for instance more student housing.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> To that end, an October 2010 announcement indicated that the university was planning an 11-story student housing tower, to again be built in partnership with a private company, according to The Baltimore Sun.<ref>{{cite web|url=
According to a 2014 ''[[Baltimore Sun]]'' article,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/blog/bal-university-of-baltimore-land-swap-approved-20140320-story.html |title=University of Baltimore land swap approved |first=Michael |last=Dresser |work=Baltimore Sun |date=March 20, 2014 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> the university
===Police and public safety===
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and University of Baltimore (UBalt) began a public safety collaboration in the first quarter of 2022. All police officers on the UBalt campus are employed by the UMB Police Department (UMBPD). The UMBPD is a fully certified law enforcement agency through the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions (MPCTC).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.umaryland.edu/police/meet-the-umbpd/umbubalt-public-safety-partnership/ | title=UMB/UBalt Public Safety Partnership }}</ref>
UBalt maintains responsibility for campus security performed by unarmed, civilian security personnel known as the UBalt Safety and Security team. Uniformed officers from UMB — sworn, armed, and professionally trained and certified — are assigned to patrol the UBalt campus. At the same time, UBalt's Safety and Security staff provides building access and control, including office lockouts, welcome desk staffing, interior/exterior patrols, and more.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.umaryland.edu/police/meet-the-umbpd/umbubalt-public-safety-partnership/ubalt-message/ | title=UBalt Message }}</ref>
===Local transit===
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===Satellite campuses===
In conjunction with the [[University System of Maryland]], UBalt offers courses and several undergraduate and graduate degree programs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/cla_template.cfm?page%3D72 |title=The University of Baltimore » UB's Programs at the Universities at Shady Grove |access-date=2007-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702135913/http://www.ubalt.edu/cla_template.cfm?page=72 |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> at the [[Universities at Shady Grove]] in [[Rockville, Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shadygrove.umd.edu/ |title=The Universities at Shady Grove |publisher=Shadygrove.umd.edu |date=2012-11-12 |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> Through a partnership with the [[College of Southern Maryland]], UBalt offers the upper-level undergraduate coursework leading toward the bachelor's degree in
==Student life==
UBalt has numerous academic [[Club (organization)|clubs]], [[student organizations]], and an active [[student government]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page%3D360 |title=The University of Baltimore » Student Organizations |access-date=2007-06-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629190706/http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=360 |archive-date=June 29, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> as of May 2017, more than 90 were listed on the university's website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/campus-life/csi/student_organizations.cfm |title=Student Organizations – University of Baltimore |website=Ubalt.edu |access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref> The academic clubs usually sponsor a host of programs and speakers throughout the school year. Not all clubs are academic or sports-related, however: Clubs related to improv, crafting, religions, languages, and film are among the non-academic, non-sports options. The ''UB Post '' is the monthly student newspaper, which serves the purpose of keeping the general student population informed of upcoming campus activities, as well as relevant news. Run by students, it is available in print and online, and has been published since 1933. Leonard Robinson is the editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theubpost.com/ |title=The UB Post |publisher=The UB Post |access-date=2012-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520140511/http://www.theubpost.com/ |archive-date=May 20, 2012 |df=mdy }}</ref> A student-run press, Plork, provides additional printing experience for students majoring in fields related to media design, publishing, and writing, as does the university's 50-year-old literary magazine, [[Welter (publication)|''Welter'']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bookiness.wordpress.com/plork-press/ |title=About Plork Press – bookiness |website=Bookiness.wordpress.com |date=May 26, 2013 |access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref> The Student Center is the central place for students—housing The Hive market and cafe, the UB Campus Pantry, the Interfaith Space, student government and organization offices, and study lounges.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page%3D97 |title=The University of Baltimore » University of Baltimore Student Center |access-date=2007-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714225028/http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=97 |archive-date=July 14, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref>
The University of Baltimore has not offered any [[college sports|varsity sports]] since 1983.
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In the years 2012–2017, the number of UBalt students living near campus increased 134 percent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/campus-life/housing/|title=UB Housing|access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref> Students have the option to reside in The Varsity, located on West Biddle Street 0.2 miles from the campus, or in other private complexes nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.varsityonbiddle.com/|title=Varsity on Biddle|access-date=2017-05-16}}</ref>
===Campus
[[File:University of Baltimore School of Law (2008).jpg|thumb|left]]
UBalt has an athletic/fitness center named Campus Recreation and Wellness, which is continually growing for the betterment of the university and surrounding community. It has an aerobics studio, a sparring/boxing room, two indoor racquetball courts, a well-equipped gym, a basketball court, and locker rooms. The Recreation Center, located on the third and fourth floor of the Academic Center, offers fitness classes free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis to all members and hosts the Sport Club and [[Intramural Sports]] teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/campusrec |title=Welcome to Campus Recreation and Wellness at the University of Baltimore |publisher=Ubalt.edu |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> At one time, UBalt owned and operated a golf driving range in the [[Mount Washington, Baltimore|Mount Washington]] neighborhood of [[Baltimore]]. However, this facility has been leased to the city. Campus Recreation and Wellness seeks to serve the recreation, fitness, health, and leisure needs of the university community through instructional and competitive sport activities, including aerobics classes, golf lessons, intramural sports, informal recreation, and sport clubs. The Recreation Center facilities include [[basketball]], [[racquetball]], [[badminton]] and [[volleyball]] courts, weight and [[Aerobic exercise|cardio]] rooms, [[aerobics|aerobic]] and spinning studios, indoor golf cage, foosball, darts, Wii gaming system, as well as locker rooms and a sauna. The facilities are open to students, faculty, staff and Recreation Center members with valid UBalt BeeCards.
[[File:EAPoeStatue.jpg|thumb|180px|alt=text|Edgar Allan Poe statue at the University of Baltimore]]
The UBalt men's lacrosse team won four [[United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association|USILA]] Division II national championships in four consecutive years, 1956–1959.<ref name="Weyand">{{cite book|title=The Lacrosse Story|first1=Alexander M. |last1=Weyand|first2=Milton R.|last2=Roberts|year=1965|publisher=H. & A. Herman|location=Baltimore|pages=204–238, 351–356}}</ref>
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*[[Tom Condon]] – graduated from UB Law in 1981, sports agent, represents over 120 NFL players<ref>{{cite web|title=Tom Condon|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CondTo20.htm |publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Bob Parsons]] – founder of [[GoDaddy]]<ref>Bishop, Tricia (October 1, 2013) [http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/education/blog/bs-md-ci-godaddy-donation-20131001-story.html "Go Daddy founder donates $1 million to UB for veterans center"], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''. Retrieved May 17, 2017.</ref>
*[[Stan White (linebacker)|Stan White]] – retired NFL
===History, journalism, media, and the arts===
*[[Carole Boston Weatherford|Carole Boston-Weatherford]] – author and critic
*[[Louis S. Diggs]] – Baltimore County historian
*[[Ellen Lupton]]
*[[Fred Robbins (broadcaster)|Fred Robbins]] –
*[[D. Watkins]] – editor-
*[[John Waters]] - Filmmaker, artist, activist
===Mathematics, sciences and technology===
* [[James Howard (mathematician)|James Howard]] – mathematician
*[[Celeste Lyn Paul]] – User interface design expert, KDE Usability Project head, president of [[HacDC]]▼
*[[Jeffrey Kluger]] – Senior Writer for ''TIME''
▲*[[Celeste Lyn Paul]] –
===Politics, law and government===
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*[[Dale Anderson (politician)|Dale Anderson]] (1963) – former [[Baltimore County Executive]] and State Delegate<ref>{{cite web|title=Dale Anderson |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bco/former/html/msa13761.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
* [[John S. Arnick]] (1961) – former member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]]<ref>{{cite web|title=John S. Arnick |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12179.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Carville Benson]] (1893) – U.S. Congressman for [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|Maryland 2nd District]], 1918–1921
*Lieutenant General [[H Steven Blum]] (1968) – former [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau]] and Deputy Commander [[NORTHCOM]]
*[[William P. Bolton]] (1909) – Congressman for [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|Maryland 2nd District]], 1949–1951
*[[James W. Campbell]] (1969) – former member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]]
*[[Jill P. Carter]] (1992) – [[Maryland Senate|Maryland State Senator]], 41st District <ref>{{Cite web|date=|title=Jill P. Carter, Maryland State Senator|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa13966.html}}</ref>
*[[J. Joseph Curran, Jr.]] (1959) – Maryland Attorney General, 1987–2007: Lt. Governor 1983–1987 under [[Harry Hughes]]
*[[Arrie W. Davis|Arrie Davis]] – former judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ▼
*[[Katie O'Malley]] (1991) – Associate Judge for the First District Court of Maryland, wife of former Governor of Maryland and former Baltimore Mayor, [[Martin O'Malley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Catherine Curran O'Malley|url=http://www.governor.maryland.gov/firstlady/biography.asp|publisher=governor.maryland.gov|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref> ▼
*[[Terry R. Gilleland, Jr.]] (2001) – former member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Terry R. Gilleland, Jr. |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa14073.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Glen Glass]] (1994) – member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] from District 34A in [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil County]] and [[Harford County, Maryland|Harford County]]
*[[J. B. Jennings]] – Maryland Delegate for District 7
*[[Sheryl Davis Kohl]] – former member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sheryl Davis Kohl |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa14434.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>
▲*[[Arrie W. Davis|Arrie Davis]] – former judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals
*[[Frank Kratovil]] – Congressman [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 1]], 2009–2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Kratovil|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=k000371|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>
*[[Pat McDonough]] – Maryland delegate
*Richard Meehan – Mayor of [[Ocean City, Maryland]], 2006–present
*[[C. Edward Middlebrooks]] (1982) – former Maryland State Senator
*[[Donald E. Murphy]] (1983) – former member of Maryland House of Delegates, 1994–2002
▲*[[Katie O'Malley]] (1991) – Associate Judge for the First District Court of Maryland, wife of former Governor of Maryland and former Baltimore Mayor, [[Martin O'Malley]]
*[[Sandra Peuler]] – judge of the [[Utah]] Third District Court in [[Salt Lake City]]
*[[Bishop L. Robinson (police commissioner)|Bishop Robinson]] – former Police Commissioner of Baltimore,
*[[Dutch Ruppersberger]] – Congressman [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|2nd district]], 2002-present, [[Baltimore County Executive]], 1994–2002
*[[William Donald Schaefer]] (1942) – [[Mayor of Baltimore]] 1971–1987, [[Governor of Maryland]] 1987–1995, State Comptroller
*[[John F. Slade III]] (1969) – former member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]]
*[[Frederic N. Smalkin]] – Jurist-in-Residence, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2005–present<ref>{{cite web|title=Frederic N. Smalkin|url=http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/publications/JudgesBio/smalkin.htm|publisher=mdd.uscourts.gov|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726053651/http://www.mdd.uscourts.gov/publications/JudgesBio/smalkin.htm|archive-date=July 26, 2011|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
===Sports===
*[[Dick Edell]]
*[[Red Holzman]] (1920–1998)
*[[Howard "Chip" Silverman]]
*[[Cheryl Van Kuren]], [[1988 Summer Olympics]] field hockey player
*[[Isaiah Wilson (basketball)|Isaiah Wilson]], [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] – 1971–1972<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web|title=NBA/ABA Players who attended University of Baltimore |publisher=databaseSports.com |url=http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=University+of+Baltimore |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060502063759/http://www.databasebasketball.com/players/bycollege.htm?sch=University+of+Baltimore |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-02 |access-date=2008-04-05 }}</ref>
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