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The School of Public Health (SPH) Alumni Network awarded the Public Health Emerging and Engaging Leaders (PHEEL) Award, to four outstanding recent graduates in April 2024. Each honoree was selected for their excellence in their career progression, service and leadership.

The honorees include Deanna Barath, PhD ’22, Fabian Doñate, MHA '20, Kimberly Stinchcomb, MPH '16, Monique Thornton, '13 (Community Health).

A surplus of millions of apples going to waste last fall was more than enough to make mid-Atlantic farmers’ stomachs sink.

But for Megan Joe ’19, it was an opportunity to fill stomachs.

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.

Some days, it’s as simple as a walk over to Trader Joe’s to grab some flowers and lunch. Or a morning latte at Vigilante Coffee. Or staying late to cheer on the Terps baseball team together.

A date can be anything when you both work at the University of Maryland. It’s one of the many advantages of partnering with a fellow faculty or staff member, along with shared holiday breaks and having a built-in carpool buddy.

In the hallways of a downtown Baltimore hotel, University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers and colleagues from the University of Maryland School of Medicine are breaking new ground in a first-of-its-kind study that aims to learn how the flu is transmitted. Do you get it when a person with the virus coughs on you? Touches you? Or maybe it’s floating in the air, waiting to be inhaled by a new friendly host.