UMB News Support UMB's Increasing Efforts to Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic During this important period, please consider supporting UMB's critical vaccine research and development, advancing its work in human virology, and donating to critical emergency funds especially designed for specific students in need. We truly appreciate your gifts in this time of great need. May 12, 2021 Just over one year ago, the staff at the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Community Engagement Center (CEC) had no idea that the monthly community lunch held on Feb. 28, 2020, would be their last before going into COVID-19 lockdown. After 14 months of quarantine, isolation, and physical distancing, it is finally safe enough for the CEC to bring back its free community meal.