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Top 10 News Stories of 2021

The most read news stories of the year from around the School of Public Health

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Meta Gifts $1.75 Million to UMD to Boost Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Tech Company’s Support to Enable Internships, Fund Staffing and Grow Yearly Symposium
View Article Meta Gifts $1.75 Million to UMD to Boost Environmental Justice and Health Equity
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UMD Study Shows Lower Life Expectancy in Redlined Neighborhoods

Long-Defunct Housing Discrimination Policies From 1930s Continue to Harm Baltimore Residents
View Article UMD Study Shows Lower Life Expectancy in Redlined Neighborhoods
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A Photographic ‘Life’s Work’

School of Public Health Hosts Exhibit Showcasing Workers’ Struggles and Triumphs
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Welcome New SPH Faculty and Staff, Fall 2021

The School of Public Health would like to recognize and welcome the following faculty and staff to our community. Some are already part of our community and are being recognized for new roles/titles, while others are joining us this academic year. Welcome and congratulations to all!
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7th Annual EJ Symposium Urges the Time to Act on Climate Justice is Now

Climate change is impacting us all, but it’s not impacting us all the same way, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, director of the Center for Community Engagement, Environmental Justice and Health, said during the opening session of the 2021 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Symposium, Aug. 19-21. 
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Editorial: Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System

Dylan Roby, associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Alex Ortega, from the Department of Health Management and Policy at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University, co-authored the editorial “Ending Structural Racism in the US Health Care System to Eliminate Health Care Inequities,” published in the <

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