Students from across various majors huddle in chatty groups at the School of Public Health to research and brainstorm solutions to public health issues in Prince George’s County. Where do they begin? With the knowledge in local communities.

As National Public Health Week starts Monday, April 6, the School of Public Health is hosting a variety of events focused on community, health and wellness. From creative art displays to cultural fests celebrating the diversity of public health, SPH invites all public health students and faculty as well as the greater campus and local community to participate.

Whether back-flipping over a vault, tumbling through a ring of fire or balancing on a pyramid of people, these spectacular feats take one essential skill and anyone can learn it.

University of Maryland students Ananth Kudaravalli, Maahe Kunvar and Alia Mulbagal placed first in the Innovation Lab at the 2026 Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) annual meeting, held in Virginia in March. 

Noah Triplett grew up in the one-stoplight town of Tyro, N.C., where cows seemed to outnumber people and the hot teen hangout was Walmart. He’s lost several childhood acquaintances to the opioid epidemic that hit small-town America hard, and understands how isolation and poverty can threaten mental health.

On a recent cool Friday afternoon just south of campus, a group of students from UMD’s College Park Scholars and College of Arts and Humanities came together to usher in spring with a timely volunteer project. 

TAKOMA PARK, Md. – The cheerful rhythms of Remy Ongala’s electric guitar fade as Dr. Kevin Roy comes on the air, embodying all the lively energy of the music he is broadcasting. You can hear his smile.