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Sparking change: SPH program helps students prep for health careers
The Catalyst Initiative, a new program begun by the SPH Public Health Science program, concluded its first-ever Spring 2024 cohort by discussing finances related to pursuing careers in the health professions and recognizing student participants.View Article Details for Sparking change: SPH program helps students prep for health careers -
Student, Recent Alums Awarded Foreign Service Fellowships
Three Terps committed to protecting women’s health, promoting sustainability in agriculture and helping political refugees have been awarded prestigious U.S. State Department graduate fellowships to prepare for careers in the Foreign Service. Mariama Cham ’24 and Julie Choi ’20 were among 45 recipi...View Article Details for Student, Recent Alums Awarded Foreign Service Fellowships -
In the Game of Tag, This Terp’s ‘It’
Even for the slipperiest student on the playground or the most inescapable “it,” the prospect of going pro in tag probably seems like little more than a gym class hero’s daydream. But a University of Maryland alum has taken his talents from the schoolyard to the world stage, with a twist—or maybe a ...View Article Details for In the Game of Tag, This Terp’s ‘It’ -
School of Public Health to Debut Global Health Major, New Department
The University of Maryland School of Public Health announced Tuesday it will launch an undergraduate major in global health along with the Department of Global, Environmental, and Occupational Health (GEOH) in Fall 2024. The department will replace and expand upon the Maryland Institute for Applied ...View Article Details for School of Public Health to Debut Global Health Major, New Department -
Terp Twins Times 2
Arms raised triumphantly, with “FlyGyrlz” emblazoned across her chest and sparkly shadow framing her eyes, 9-year-old Kamryn Edwards ’27 beams in a family photo as she’s lifted high in the air by her three sisters. That’s how it’s always been for the Edwards girls. The two sets of fraternal twins, ...View Article Details for Terp Twins Times 2 -
Spotlight: Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative Fellow Robin Schlesinger ’25
Robin Schlesinger has long been passionate about advocacy and supporting children, going back to an aha moment during a discussion about school shootings. The junior, a public health family science major and public leadership and law and society double minor, was named a Karabelle Pizzigati fellow i...View Article Details for Spotlight: Karabelle Pizzigati Initiative Fellow Robin Schlesinger ’25