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February 01, 2023

Discover Your Heart: Interactive Trail Teaches About Cardiovascular Health

Opening February 11 in honor of American Heart Month, the “Heart Discovery Trail" is an existing one-mile loop through Howard County's Middle Patuxent Environmental Area that includes educational signs bearing heart facts and quizzes.

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January 31, 2023

Channell Doig, Essien and Ke Receive Outstanding Graduate Assistant Awards

The Graduate School recently named three School of Public Health doctoral students as recipients of the Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award: Amara Channell Doig, MPH, Ph.D. ’23; Elsie Essien, MPH, Ph.D. ’24; and Hongjie Ke, Ph.D. ’24. The award recognizes the outstanding contributions graduate assistants provide to students, faculty and the university as a whole.

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Feb

Friday

February 10 - February 11

Architecture Building (145 ARC)

PLACEhack: Student Challenge to Create UMD’s Next Great Space

PLACEHack challenges student teams to tackle a place-based problem in College Park—an underused space, a dangerous intersection, post-COVID dining spaces—and disrupt its course. At PLACEHack, unconventional ideas, teamwork and pizza converge to inspire great spaces@UMD. HOW DO I REGISTER? You can...

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Feb

Friday

SPH building, Friedgen Seminar Room #2236

I Dare You: Diving in to Achieve Racial Equity

Join the Department of Kinesiology for their annual Black History Month lecture. Dr. Tara Blackshear (Towson University) dares us to examine the past and present to change the racial landscape of kinesiology in the future. She will highlight the underpinnings of racism in the field of kinesiology...

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Feb

Thursday

Virtual

Legacy of the United States Public Health Service Syphilis Study Done at Tuskegee

Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, professor of health policy and management and director of the Center for Health Equity, will host a live discussion on his podcast, The Cutting Edge. Topics that will be covered are: The history of racism and discrimination in medicine and public health. Why people of color...

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Feb

Thursday

SPH Concourse (Ground Floor)

SPH Student Involvement Fair

This school-wide event is an opportunity to showcase SPH student groups, academic programs, research centers, and so much more! Start your semester by discovering all of the ways to get involved and get connected! All students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend.

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Feb

Friday

Virtual

SPH Graduate Student - Resume Clinic | Spring 2023

We are offering a Resume Clinic for SPH graduate students on Friday, February 3, 2023. During this clinic, participants will receive individualized feedback on their resumes. We also have a few spots for students who would like their Federal resumes reviewed by an expert in Federal resumes. How it...

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Apr

Thursday

Zoom

Graduate Admissions Info Session - Online MPH-Physical Activity

Don't miss this opportunity to have your questions answered about our fully online Masters in Public Health with a Physical Activity focus. Join the Department of Kinesiology's Graduate Director (Dr. Shannon Jette) and Graduate Coordinator (Andrea Liberto) to learn about how this degree will help...

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Mar

Tuesday

Zoom

Graduate Admissions Info Session - Online MPH-Physical Activity

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