Law Professor: Supreme Court's DNA Decision Avoids 'Worst Case' for Biotech
June 18, 2013
University of Baltimore School of Law professor Greg Dolin was quoted in several news outlets following the U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that DNA is a product of nature and thus cannot be patented and used for profit. "The worst fears of the biotechnology industry have not been realized," Dolin said.
CASE Award for UB Magazine's Site
June 13, 2013
The digital edition of the University of Baltimore Magazine earned national recognition as part of the 2013 Circle of Excellence Awards from CASE.
Chronicle of Higher Education Reviews New Law Center
June 12, 2013
The Chronicle of Higher Education has posted a review of the University of Baltimore's new John and Frances Angelos Law Center. "The new building is ... as memorable as any in the city," says reporter Lawrence Biemiller.
Professor: 'Unanticipated Consequences' from Expanded DNA Reach
June 11, 2013
Charles Tumosa, clinical assistant professor in the University of Baltimore's School of Criminal Justice and director of its B.S. in Forensic Studies program, is critical of the recent Supreme Court decision that allows warrantless law enforcement collection of DNA samples from suspects taken into custody before an arrest has been made.
First Exhibition for Designer-Turned-Painter Mike McConnell, Now in Student Center Gallery
June 11, 2013
Mike McConnell, an illustrator with years of experience and awards for his freelance work for design firms and advertising agencies in the Baltimore and Washington area, is announcing his new commitment to fine art with an exhibition of his paintings in the University of Baltimore's Student Center Gallery.
Monograph on Iranian Dissident Group Published by College of Public Affairs
June 6, 2013
Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. has published a new monograph entitled The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) - Shackled by a Twisted History through the University of Baltimore's College of Public Affairs. Bloomfield, a former defense and foreign policy official who has served three presidents over five administrations in the Pentagon, White House and State Department, has produced a scholarly history about the MEK, a group of student intellectuals who opposed the Shah of Iran but became an enemy of the clerical regime of Ayatollah Khomeini after the revolution. The work includes a foreword by Ivan Sascha Sheehan, assistant professor and director of the graduate programs in Negotiation and Conflict Management as well as Global Affairs and Human Security in the College of Public Affairs.
$1M Angelos Gift to School of Law's Baltimore Scholars Program to Increase Diversity
June 4, 2013
A $1 million gift from Peter Angelos, LL.B. '61, will be used by the University of Baltimore School of Law to strengthen its Baltimore Scholars Program, an intensive, one-on-one approach to enhancing diversity in legal education and in the wider legal community. The five-year-old initiative will be renamed the Fannie Angelos Program for Academic Excellence. Both Peter Angelos and his sister, Fannie Angelos, LL.B. '51, are graduates of the School of Law. The formal announcement of the gift was made on June 10.
Nearly Half of Baltimore's Largest Accounting Firms Headed by UB Graduates
June 4, 2013
Eleven of the 25 largest accounting firms in the Baltimore area are headed by graduates of the University of Baltimore's Merrick School of Business and the UB School of Law - once again repeating the University's rank as the single largest producer of top-level managerial accounting talent for area firms. The results were announced recently in the Baltimore Business Journal's 2013 Book of Lists.
Cosby, Pelosi Commencement Speeches Now Available Via Video
May 29, 2013
Missed the speeches by Bill Cosby and Nancy Pelosi at the University of Baltimore's and the UB School of Law's recent commencement ceremonies? Now you can catch the videos from both of these important events.
Merrick School of Business Dean: In Maryland, Innovation Is All Around Us
May 20, 2013
Merrick School of Business Dean Darlene Smith's May 20 op-ed for the Baltimore Sun, "Making it new in Maryland," explores the reasons why Fast Company magazine recently touted the state as the third most innovative in the nation.
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