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December 18, 2024

After being inspired by her own teaching assistants, family science major Shawntay Brown wanted to give back to her public health community – to help students the same way she was helped. So the senior became an undergraduate teaching assistant, or UTA.

December 13, 2024

This week, the School of Public Health celebrated its 2024 Winter graduates with students, faculty and staff joining together on Dec. 10 to commemorate the new graduates’ achievements and honor their milestone. “Every time I talk with our SPH graduating students, I am so heartened by the intellec...

November 22, 2024

This week Fortune magazine named the University of Maryland School of Public Health’s online master’s in public health program the best in the nation for 2025.

November 07, 2024

Esohe Owie came with her family to Maryland from Lagos, Nigeria in her early teens, the eldest of three siblings. Adjusting to this new world was challenging, especially when – just a few years later – she needed to navigate an unfamiliar college system.

November 01, 2024

Cole Hershman’s high school calculus teacher introduced “L'Hôpital's rule” by showing it featured in the movie “Mean Girls.” She pushed him and his classmates to take the hardest course they could before college to challenge themselves, and she was reliably in her classroom smiling whenever they nee...

October 22, 2024

A few weeks from a contentious election that is raising as many emotions as policy points, important issues affecting families are on state ballots across the country as well as in presidential candidates’ platforms. To help with decision-making on key public health topics, doctoral students in Fami...