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September 30, 2026

If you’ve ever gone to the University Health Center for a check-up or a flu shot, you may have been welcomed by a friendly public health student – someone like Nick Marzouk ’26...

September 22, 2026

The Bowie State University-University of Maryland Social Justice Alliance (SJA,) continues to work towards positive change, by making space for conversations about race and racism as part of an initiative founded after Bowie State student Lt. Richard Collins III was murdered by a UMD School of Publi...

August 24, 2026

In a sea of new faces, this year’s largest-ever SPH freshman class can take comfort in a familiar face this fall: Caitlin Minch, SPH’s recruitment advisor in the Center for Academic Success and Achievement. Minch helps potential students understand the academics and environment of SPH and also helps...

July 20, 2026

If Malcolm Gladwell’s saying that achieving greatness in a skill takes 10,000 hours holds true, then by Luca Pedone’s May graduation, the SPH kinesiology major was already well on his way to becoming an athletic trainer.

July 06, 2026

On the field of UMD’s Commencement ceremony on a rainy May day, Saili Khorjekar had one more job to do: Represent the School of Public Health as a UMD Senior Marshall, an honor given to only 86 graduates this year. It’s a responsibility – among many she holds – that Khorjekar doesn’t take lightly.

June 29, 2026

After four years of excelling on and off the lacrosse field, Mitchell Lloyd’s kinesiology degree has set him up for a successful professional career helping others.