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Annual awards honor SPH faculty and staff - and, in a first, two students
Congratulations to the dedicated faculty, staff and students who received awards from the School of Public Health on May 15 to honor their outstanding teaching, public health practice, service, mentoring and commitment to the school’s success and community during the 2025-2026 academic year!View Article Details for Annual awards honor SPH faculty and staff - and, in a first, two students -
Spotlight: Vinay Kumar ‘26
Starting this week and through the summer, we'll be posting stories of some of our outstanding 2026 graduates. Check our news pages or follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn to read these as they're posted.View Article Details for Spotlight: Vinay Kumar ‘26 -
Experts call on WHO to revisit approach to airborne risk after hantavirus outbreak
With three people dead and 11 cases from the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, UMD’s internationally renowned expert on airborne viruses, Dr. Don Milton, joins public health colleagues in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) ...View Article Details for Experts call on WHO to revisit approach to airborne risk after hantavirus outbreak -
Growing vegetables—and curiosity
On a bright spring afternoon, a group of bubbly fifth-graders descended upon a small garden patch outside of University Park Elementary School to get pollinator plants settled in the dirt. They tipped coneflowers out of their plastic pots, wiggled their fingers through the plants’ roots to break the...View Article Details for Growing vegetables—and curiosity -
SPH Commencement speaker shares advice, optimism with students
With graduation on the horizon, the Association of Black Public Health Students at UMD (ABPHS) hosted a conversation with Dr. Georges Benjamin, the 2026 School of Public Health Commencement keynote speaker and CEO of the American Public Health Association (APHA). Benjamin, who has advised the White ...View Article Details for SPH Commencement speaker shares advice, optimism with students -
Students and experts solve real-world problems
It looks and feels like an internship, but these real-life projects take place in the classroom.View Article Details for Students and experts solve real-world problems