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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’ -
Progress on a ‘Human-Driven Problem’
University of Maryland researchers and leaders met with White House representatives, crime victims and community activists on Wednesday to tackle the nationwide epidemic of gun violence at an event hosted by PROGRESS (Prevent Gun Violence: Research, Empowerment, Strategies and Solutions), a new univ...View Article Details for Progress on a ‘Human-Driven Problem’ -
15 SPH faculty honored at 2024 Maryland Research Excellence Celebration
At the annual Maryland Research Excellence Celebration on April 16, more than 200 outstanding scholars and researchers, nominated by their deans, were recognized for their research success and visibility.View Article Details for 15 SPH faculty honored at 2024 Maryland Research Excellence Celebration -
UMD Infectious Disease Expert Co-authors Global Health Report to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation
A University of Maryland researcher who helped influence guidelines on masking and other measures nationwide to limit the spread of COVID-19 joined fellow experts on Thursday in publishing a new report designed to standardize how the medical and scientific fields communicate about transmission of re...View Article Details for UMD Infectious Disease Expert Co-authors Global Health Report to Combat COVID-19 Misinformation -
SPH professor coauthors new WHO report to combat COVID-19 misinformation
With the help of Dr. Donald Milton, a School of Public Health environmental health professor and renowned airborne disease expert, the World Health Organization (WHO) wants to change how people across medical and scientific fields talk about transmission of respiratory viruses like COVID-19. The Apr...View Article Details for SPH professor coauthors new WHO report to combat COVID-19 misinformation