\useinnertheme{circles}
-% Title page.
-\titlegraphic{\includegraphics[width=.35\textwidth]{images/umbc_logo.pdf}}
-
\defbeamertemplate*{title page}{umbc}[1][]
{
\vbox{}
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=0pt,center,#1]{title}
\usebeamerfont{subtitle}\insertsubtitle\par%
\end{beamercolorbox}%
+
+ % Without a logo to take up the available space, it looks better
+ % if we move the author's name down a bit.
+ \vspace{4em}
+
\begin{beamercolorbox}[sep=4pt,center,#1]{author}
\usebeamerfont{author}\insertauthor
\end{beamercolorbox}
- {\usebeamercolor[fg]{titlegraphic}\inserttitlegraphic\par}
\end{centering}
\vfill
}