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Images of Bob and Barbara Gold placed on an illustration of bobblehead bodies stand next to their white Ford cargo van.

A Parting Gift Touched with Gold

While it wasn’t the goodbye Dr. Robert S. Gold hoped for (due to COVID), the School of Public Health recognized his retirement from the University of Maryland and celebrated his legacy as the SPH’s founding dean with a heartfelt Zoom tribute in May. Attended by legions of colleagues and former students, the event gave the SPH community a chance to thank Dr.
Illustration of a family unit with a mother father and two daughters

New Gift Will Support Family Therapy for Underserved Communities

Since its creation, the importance of a strong family unit has been the foundation of the Jeanette Spier Beavers Endowed Memorial Scholarship. Established by Lois Spier Gray to memorialize her sister Jeanette Spier Beavers, the funds used to establish the scholarship were initially meant to support Lois herself. Jeanette had set the money aside to help Lois and her husband, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease. 
A white female doctor explaining a diagnosis or health information to an African American woman patient, both wearing masks

New Gift Bolsters Award for Doctoral Students Working to Advance Health Literacy

Alice Munkhoff Horowitz PhD '92 believes strongly in the power of health literacy to address health inequalities. And with a new gift pledged over five years, Dr. Horowitz will ensure that the Rima E. Rudd Dissertation Research Award in Health Literacy can continue to support the next generation of researchers who advance the science of health literacy.
Young people with social distancing and wearing protective face masks

Social Distancing Works

In March of 2020, many US states issued “stay at home” or “shelter in place” orders to protect public health and limit the spread of the coronavirus. At the height of these restrictions in late March and early April, these directives applied to the majority of Americans.
Dr. Don Milton shows UMD President Pines data from his Stop COVID study

$2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research

Getting ready to ditch your mask as the percentage of the U.S. population vaccinated against COVID-19 steadily rises? Not so fast, warns Dr. Donald Milton, professor of applied environmental health at the University of Maryland and a leading expert on how viruses spread through the air.