Greg and Roberta Kahlert believe that philanthropic support of basic science research is critical to laying the groundwork for the discoveries that bring us closer to finding preventions and cures for some of today’s...
Category - Winter 2020
Sarah Bradley
UMB Leadership Changes, But Goals Remain the Same
The new year brought new leadership to the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), with Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, taking over as interim president after Jay A. Perman, MD, was appointed as the fifth chancellor of the...
Lou Cortina
Catalyst Campaign: Breaking Ground
$750,000 gift from the Gyi Family endows the Felix A. Khin-Maung-Gyi Memorial Scholarship for Pharmapreneurship.
Kate Ostrowski
Largest Scholarship in School of Pharmacy History Honors Beloved Alumnus, Fosters Pharmapreneurship
$750,000 gift from the Gyi Family endows the Felix A. Khin-Maung-Gyi Memorial Scholarship for Pharmapreneurship.
Office of Philanthropy Staff
UMB Community Paves the Way for New Community Engagement Center
Renovations at 16 S. Poppleton St., the historic site of the new Community Engagement Center, have been underway since the kickoff event, and the CEC is on schedule to open to the public in summer 2020.
Maryland Momentum Fund: Supporting UMB’s Entrepreneurs
To support entrepreneurs from UMB and across the University System of Maryland (USM), USM created the Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), a $10 million investment fund that concentrates on filling gaps in the funding pipeline...
UMB At A Glance
At the 2019 Founders Week Gala, then-UMB President Jay Perman presented the inaugural Catalyst for Excellence Awards.
An International Interprofessional Partnership: UMB and the University of Haifa
On a trip to Israel in 2013, then-UMB President Jay A. Perman, MD, saw the potential for partnership between UMB and the University of Haifa (UH) based upon a shared passion for academic excellence and social engagement...
Mary T. Phelan and Kate Tafelski