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. April 2, 2021 University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, has concluded a national search with the appointment of the University’s first chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer and vice president (CDEIO/VP). Diane Forbes Berthoud, PhD, will assume the position July 1, reporting directly to the president. As CDEIO/VP, she will steward UMB’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI); catalyze the institutional change necessary for deepening and strengthening that commitment; and design and operationalize a transparent accountability framework to measure and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of the University’s DEI initiatives at every level of the institution.