UMB Together

Our return to campus is vital to fostering UMB’s community of scholars, learners, researchers, care providers, staff, and neighbors.

Although we achieved successes with many of us working in a virtual environment over the past year, UMB is best able to fulfill our mission with a large on-campus presence of our incredible students, faculty, alumni, community partners, and visitors. The UMB community thrives on being together for core in-person teaching and research functions and for quick conversations in hallways that turn into solutions, from accessing the range of on-campus resources to our focus on the importance of interprofessional education and the ability to connect with patients and clients. We are better together — safely.

Welcome Back events

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) held six Welcome Back events in September 2021, helping students, faculty, and staff members reconnect as many returned to campus after nearly 18 months of telework due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The get-togethers, held at the plaza in front of Health Sciences Research Facility III, featured grab-and-go food and beverages, UMB swag, and remarks by President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS. Jarrell said he was pleased to see more people returning to campus, adding praise for the work done around the University to combat the pandemic.

“UMB led the counterattack against COVID-19, and we did it together,” Jarrell said. “We were one of the first to have samples of COVID so that we could work on it and develop strategies to face it. We stood up a statewide testing lab that processed over a million tests. We did trials for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. We took care of patients. And we vaccinated over 40,000 people.

“We did all that while continuing to learn, work, and succeed under incredibly difficult circumstances. I hope that you take advantage of everything that UMB has to offer. This is a special place that attracts the very best people from Maryland and beyond.”

Below, enjoy photo galleries from several of the Welcome Back events.