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The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State (MPower) has appointed Amy R. Sapkota, professor of environmental health science with the Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, as an MPower Professor.

A $9.4 million gift to the University of Maryland will help fund a daring research initiative aimed at creating the next great public health revolution—innovative and affordable systems that provide clean, safe indoor air and prevent the spread of respiratory infections.

The University of Maryland Alumni Association has named Jameson Roth ’17, president of the School of Public Health Alumni Network, as its Emerging Leader of the Year. Roth, a graduate of the Department of Family Science, became president of the School of Public Health Alumni Network in July 2022.

Doctoral students in the Department of Family Science at the University of Maryland School of Public Health have created an election guide to keep voters informed of the family-related issues awaiting them at the polls this year.

The Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland School of Public Health is proud to announce Sidiki Keita ’23 as the newest recipient and AbryAnna Henderson ’23 as a second-year recipient of the Whitlark Endowed Scholarship in Kinesiology.

Sidewalks, single-lane roads and street signs could all be part of the path to a community’s mental and physical health, for better or worse, according to a new University of Maryland School of Public Health study.