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SPH Research and Practice Day provides students with the opportunity to showcase their work
Students from across the University of Maryland gathered at the School of Public Health to showcase their research during the annual SPH Public Health Research & Practice Day on Wednesday, April 4, one of several events taking place in SPH as part of National Public Health Week.View Article Details for SPH Research and Practice Day provides students with the opportunity to showcase their work -
School of Public Health faculty receive grants to enhance global education efforts
Students and instructors from across the world will soon be connected with those in the University of Maryland School of Public Health community, thanks to grants awarded to several SPH departments and faculty to establish new global public health classrooms.View Article Details for School of Public Health faculty receive grants to enhance global education efforts -
Deborah Gebhardt, Ph.D. '79, Shatters Boundaries in her Multifaceted Career
Terps like to say that they are “fearless”, always pushing “fearlessly forward”. For SPH Dean’s Council member Deborah Gebhardt, Ph.D. ’79, “fearless” means jumping into the action, not always knowing what lies ahead. This trailblazer has spent a lifetime breaking barriers and forging a path of exce...View Article Details for Deborah Gebhardt, Ph.D. '79, Shatters Boundaries in her Multifaceted Career -
Returning to Workouts? Before Popping in Your AirPods, Take a Beat.
After a dreary winter—and brutal flu and cold season—most of us are welcoming a new kind of affliction: spring fever. Coma-like weeks on the couch, whether brought on by a super virus or the new season of “Vanderpump Rules,” may have you itching to resuscitate your fitness routine—or reluctant to em...View Article Details for Returning to Workouts? Before Popping in Your AirPods, Take a Beat. -
UMD to host new camp teaching life skills, leadership through sports
This summer, the University of Maryland will partner with Ohio State University to launch LiFEsports, a nationally acclaimed summer camp for children ages 9 through 14 from low-income families. LiFEsports promises fun, fitness, and education, with life and leadership lessons embedded in the free pro...View Article Details for UMD to host new camp teaching life skills, leadership through sports -
Can Exercise Win the Race Against Alzheimer’s?
At 79, Ed Vilade has a jammed social calendar. Between his choir practice (he’s in two), voice lessons, community theater and overseeing the writer’s guild at his Silver Spring, Md., retirement community, Vilade’s brain was getting a regular workout, critical, he thought, to staying sharp as he aged...View Article Details for Can Exercise Win the Race Against Alzheimer’s?