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A Parting Gift Touched with Gold
While it wasn’t the goodbye Dr. Robert S. Gold hoped for (due to COVID), the School of Public Health recognized his retirement from the University of Maryland and celebrated his legacy as the SPH’s founding dean with a heartfelt Zoom tribute in May. Attended by legions of colleagues and former stude...View Article Details for A Parting Gift Touched with Gold -
New Gift Will Support Family Therapy for Underserved Communities
Since its creation, the importance of a strong family unit has been the foundation of the Jeanette Spier Beavers Endowed Memorial Scholarship. Established by Lois Spier Gray to memorialize her sister Jeanette Spier Beavers, the funds used to establish the scholarship were initially meant to suppo...View Article Details for New Gift Will Support Family Therapy for Underserved Communities -
New Gift Bolsters Award for Doctoral Students Working to Advance Health Literacy
Alice Munkhoff Horowitz PhD '92 believes strongly in the power of health literacy to address health inequalities. And with a new gift pledged over five years, Dr. Horowitz will ensure that the Rima E. Rudd Dissertation Research Award in Health Literacy can continue to support the next generation of ...View Article Details for New Gift Bolsters Award for Doctoral Students Working to Advance Health Literacy -
Social Distancing Works
In March of 2020, many US states issued “stay at home” or “shelter in place” orders to protect public health and limit the spread of the coronavirus. At the height of these restrictions in late March and early April, these directives applied to the majority of Americans. Yet, the combination of an u...View Article Details for Social Distancing Works -
UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy
Washington, D.C., June 2, 2021 – President Biden today announced the formation of a White House-backed partnership between the University of Maryland’s Maryland Center for Health Equity, the Black Coalition Against COVID and the beauty and personal care brand SheaMoisture to recruit 1,000 Black-owne...View Article Details for UMD Part of New National Initiative that Taps Barbers and Stylists to Help Address Vaccine Hesitancy -
$2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research
Getting ready to ditch your mask as the percentage of the U.S. population vaccinated against COVID-19 steadily rises? Not so fast, warns Dr. Donald Milton, professor of applied environmental health at the University of Maryland and a leading expert on how viruses spread through the air.View Article Details for $2.5 M Gift Funds Influenza and COVID-19 Prevention Research