Erik Bandzak, director of school culture and climate for Baltimore City Public Schools, shares about the impact of BCPS' partnership with the University of Maryland School of Social Work Positive Schools Center.The UMSSW Positive Schools Center celebrates its 10-year anniversary in 2026.

Felicia Moore and Shayne Couch-Murray, community school coordinators with the University of Maryland School of Social Work Positive Schools Center, talk about what their work means to them.The University of Maryland School of Social Work Positive Schools Center celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2026.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Birthday and Black History Month Celebration featured a keynote speech by Chris T. Pernell, MD, MPH, FACPM, a visionary physician leader and champion for health equity whose message is titled “The Clarion Call for Health Justice: No Retreat, No Surrender.”

Join the University of Maryland, Baltimore community for this live event, our Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month Celebration. On Feb. 5, 2026, from Noon to 1:30 p.m. keynote speaker Chris T. Pernell, MD, MPH, FACPM, Director of the NAACP Center for Health Equity; Fellow and Regent-at-Large, American College of Preventive Medicine; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School; and Founder and CEO, The Esther Group will deliver her address, "The Clarion Call for Health Justice: No Retreat, No Surrender."

On Feb. 4, 2026, University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, discussed Baltimore's lowering crime rate with the city's police commissioner Richard Worley. During the one-hour discussion the two explored the shift in policing policy, community engagement, and the role of external agencies, such as the University of Maryland, Baltimore Police Department. The town hall style meeting included questions from both the in-person and virtual audience.

On Jan. 30, 2026 the Maryland Cash Campaign Kickoff event was held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Community Engagement Center. Speakers included UMB President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Rep. Johnny Olszewski, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman, Baltimore County Executive Kathy Klausmeier, and Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen.

On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, University of Maryland, Baltimore Provost Roger Ward and Registrar Patrica Scott broke down the various changes in student loan limits, repayment, and qualifications for a hybrid audience of students, faculty, and staff. During the hourlong event, they took live questions from the audience.

Now an annual tradition, children and families from West Baltimore were given tickets to ride the Polar Express at the B&O Railroad Museum through an effort organized by the Office of Community and Civic Engagement (OCCE) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).