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{{Short description|UniversityPublic university in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.}}

| 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 = Darlene Brannigan Smith = Ralph Mueller<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/offices-and-services/provost/ |title=Academic Affairs |publisher=University of Baltimore |access-date=July 19, 2018 |website=About UB |date=<!--no specified date--> |last=<!--no byline-->}}{{self-published source|date=July 2018}}</ref>

| city = [[Baltimore]]

| state = [[Maryland]]

| country = United States

| undergrad = {{unbulleted list| 21,825347 (20182023)<ref name="ubalt.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/ |title=About UB |access-date=JulyOct 192, 20182023 |last=<!--no byline--> |date=Spring 2018 |publisher=University of Baltimore }}{{self-published source |date=July 2018}}</ref>| 3,064 (2017)<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubalt.edu:80/about-ub/ |title=About University of Baltimore |date=Spring 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615074131/http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/ |archive-date=June 15, 2017 |publisher=University of Baltimore}}{{self-published source |date=July 2018}}</ref>}}

| postgrad = 1,841019 (20182023)<ref name="ubalt.edu"/>

| 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]]

| website = {{urlURL|www.ubalt.edu}}

| logo = University_of_Baltimore.svg

The '''University of Baltimore''' ('''UBalt''', '''UB''') is a [[public university]] in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]. It is part of the [[University System of Maryland]]. UBalt's schools and colleges provide education in business, law, public affairs, and the applied arts and sciences. The law school has been sued three times in the last two years for violating disability rights. They are known to be hostile towards gay students and black students. The school ranks 6th in clinical work shops. Unfortunately, administration makes it difficult for students to thrive here. <ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url= http://www.ubalt.edu/about-ub/ |title=About UB |work=University of Baltimore |year=2015 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> The university is the location of one of Maryland's two law schools.

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,”" offering only third and fourth year undergraduate and post-graduate course work. Also in 1975, ownership was assumed by the [[Maryland|state of Maryland]].

Near the time of the change, the university also changed the [[school colors]] and adopted the new slogan, "Knowledge thatThat worksWorks".<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The university offers numerous undergraduate, graduate, and professional as well as several certificate and joint degree programs. It offers over 2019 [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Science]] degree programs, spanning the arts and sciences, public affairs, and business.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/academics/academic-programs.cfm |title="Academic Programs"|df=mdy }}</ref>

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 1113 [[Master of Science]] and 3 Master of Art degrees. The MPA program was the first in the state to be fully accredited by the [[Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration|National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration]] (NASPAA);<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/cla_template.cfm?page%3D55 |title=The University of Baltimore » Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts |access-date=2007-06-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702140013/http://www.ubalt.edu/cla_template.cfm?page=55 |archive-date=July 2, 2007 |df=mdy }}</ref> it was also ranked 68th#72 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's 20162023-24 edition of "Best Grad Schools.”" Additionally, the university offers atwo [[Master of Fine Arts]] and,degrees. exclusivelyThe atPractitioner Specialization of the [[UniversitiesM.S. atin ShadyCounseling Grove]],Psychology aprogram [[Masteris ofaccredited Professionalby Studies]].the InMasters addition,in itPsychology offersand aCounseling [[MasterAccreditation ofCouncil, Fineand Arts]]both the undergraduate and agraduate [[Masterprograms ofin ProfessionalCriminal Studies]]Justice (exclusivelyare atcertified by the [[UniversitiesAcademy atof ShadyCriminal Grove]])Justice asSciences. wellThe asuniversity's several dualMasters degree programsin Applied Psychology, Counseling Psychology concentration, is accredited by the Masters in Psychology and Counseling Accreditation Council (MPCAC). The law school offers a [[Master of Laws]] degree.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

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 -– University of Baltimore |url=https://www.ubalt.edu/cas/graduate-programs-and-certificates/degree-programs/ds-in-information-and-interaction-design/ |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> UBalt also offers a [[Doctor of Public Administration]]. Through its law school, UBalt offers the [[Juris Doctor]].

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. Gordon Plaza is at the center of campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=692 |title=Campus Map – University of Baltimore |website=Ubalt.edu |access-date=2016-08-07}}</ref>

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=httphttps://articleswww.baltimoresun.com/2010-/10-/07/business/bsuniversity-bzof-ubbaltimore-plans-student-apartmentsapartment-20101007_1_studentbuilding-housingin-university-properties-university-of-baltimore-plansmidtown/ |title=University of Baltimore plans student apartment building in midtown |publisher=Baltimore Sun |date=October 7, 2010 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref> The student housing tower was largely complete by mid-2012.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.ubalt.edu/campus-life/housing/index.cfm |title=Housing |work=University of Baltimore |year=2015 |access-date=February 28, 2015}}</ref>

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 iswas considering building additional dormitory space on West Oliver Street, at the site of a facility currently used for postal vehicle maintenance. That development has yet to be named. According to a 2023 ''Baltimore Sun'' article,<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/bs-md-university-baltimore-development-plan-20230518-z6c4pq5rfvetneuqgdvnco5wra-story.html |title=University of Baltimore-owned land to be developed into retail, residential spaces in $159M project |first=Sabrina |last=LeBoeuf |work=Baltimore Sun |date=May 18, 2023 |access-date=Oct 2, 2023}}</ref> the university intends to enter into a ground-lease arrangement with the development firm Zahlco for the eventual creation of apartments and ground-floor retail on the former postal site.

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 business in [[Southern Maryland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.csmd.edu/Academics/fouryear/baltimore.html |title=College of Southern Maryland – CSM-University of Baltimore Partnership |publisher=Csmd.edu |access-date=2012-12-06}}</ref> UBalt also offers online classes.

===Campus Recreationrecreation and Wellnesswellness===

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]]

*[[Stan White (linebacker)|Stan White]] – retired NFL Playerplayer with [[Baltimore Colts]]; graduated from UB Law,; sports agent, sportscaster, assistant football coach at [[Gilman School]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Stan White|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WhitSt20.htm|publisher=Pro-Football Reference.com|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Ellen Lupton]] -– Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

*[[Fred Robbins (broadcaster)|Fred Robbins]] – Talktalk show host, actor and television personality

*[[D. Watkins]] – editor- Editor at -large for ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'', ''[[New York Times]]'' bestselling author and [[HBO]] writer

*[[Jeffrey Kluger]] – Senior Writer for ''TIME'' Magazinemagazine specializing in science coverage; author of books including ''Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13'', on which the 1995 movie ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]'' was based.

*[[Carville Benson]] (1893) – U.S. Congressman for [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|Maryland 2nd District]], 1918–1921.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carville Benson |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000387|publisher=United States Congress Biographical Directory of the|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

*Lieutenant General [[H Steven Blum]] (1968) – former [[Chief of the National Guard Bureau]] and Deputy Commander [[NORTHCOM]].<ref>{{cite web|title=H. Steven Blum |url=http://www.fau.edu/library/gen-adm1.htm|publisher=fau.edu|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

*[[William P. Bolton]] (1909) – Congressman for [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|Maryland 2nd District]], 1949–1951.<ref>{{cite web|title=William P. Bolton |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000609|publisher=United States Congress Biographical Directory of the|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

*[[James W. Campbell]] (1969) – former member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]].<ref>{{cite web|title=James W. Campbell |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12198.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

*[[J. Joseph Curran, Jr.]] (1959) – Maryland Attorney General, 1987–2007: Lt. Governor 1983–1987 under [[Harry Hughes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=J. Joseph Curran, Jr. |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/attorney/former/html/msa01493.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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa15456.html|title=Glen Glass|work=Maryland ManuaalManual Online|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=January 17, 2014}}</ref>

*[[J. B. Jennings]] – Maryland Delegate for District 7.<ref>{{cite web|title=J. B. Jennings|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/html/msa13980.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=April 21, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Pat McDonough]] – Maryland delegate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Pat McDonough|url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa13335.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*Richard Meehan – Mayor of [[Ocean City, Maryland]], 2006–present.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Meehan|url=http://www.oceancitymd.gov/MayorandCityCouncil.html|publisher=Town of Ocean City Maryland|access-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420134534/http://www.oceancitymd.gov/MayorandCityCouncil.html|archive-date=April 20, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

*[[C. Edward Middlebrooks]] (1982) – former Maryland State Senator.<ref>{{cite web|title=C. Edward Middlebrows |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/an/leg/former/html/msa12173.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Donald E. Murphy]] (1983) – former member of Maryland House of Delegates, 1994–2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald E. Murphy |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12279.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Bishop L. Robinson (police commissioner)|Bishop Robinson]] – former Police Commissioner of Baltimore, 1984 – 1987.1984–1987<ref>{{cite web|title=Bishop L. Robinson |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/19djj/former/html/msa11919.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Dutch Ruppersberger]] – Congressman [[United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2|2nd district]], 2002-present, [[Baltimore County Executive]], 1994–2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dutch Ruppersberger|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000576|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[William Donald Schaefer]] (1942) – [[Mayor of Baltimore]] 1971–1987, [[Governor of Maryland]] 1987–1995, State Comptroller 1999-20071999–2007<ref>{{cite web|title=William Donald Schaefer |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/08conoff/comptroller/former/html/msa01489.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[John F. Slade III]] (1969) – former member of [[Maryland House of Delegates]].<ref>{{cite web|title=John F. Slade III |url=http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/32dc/former/html/msa12307.html|publisher=Maryland State Archives|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

*[[Dick Edell]] –, lacrosse coach

*[[Red Holzman]] (1920–1998) -, [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] – 1948–53, 2-time NBA All-Star guard, coach, Hall of Fame.<ref>[[Ira Berkow|Berkow, Ira]]. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7DB1031F936A25752C1A96E958260 "Red Holzman, Hall of Fame Coach, Dies at 78"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 15, 1998. Accessed September 15, 2008.</ref>

*[[Howard "Chip" Silverman]] –, author, and lacrosse coach<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard "Chip" Silverman|url=http://www.ubalt.edu/news/news-releases.cfm?id=725|publisher=ubalt.edu|access-date=April 22, 2014}}</ref>

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