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In early 2023, the Berwyn Heights Town Council asked the University of Maryland School of Public Health Office of Public Health Practice & Community Engagement to lead a community needs assessment to define this new sense of community. Central to our Office's approach is sharing power and thus a community-driven approach to tackling the community’s grand challenges was created.

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July 27, 2023

Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) Launches

School of Public Health faculty and staff are among the collaborators in the new initiative, which aims to change technology design research and practice so it involves disability communities as equal partners from the beginning of the design process, and accessibility is proactively built-in.

Jennifer Reed with Nazca booby in the Galápagos

July 27, 2023

SPH Facilities Manager Conquers the World and Herself One Destination at a Time

The pathway through separation and divorce is never an easy one and even more so in the middle of a pandemic. In 2020 that’s exactly what SPH’s Jennifer Reed was facing when she decided to plan a trip for herself. She would be celebrating her milestone 50th birthday in January of 2023, so she chose the destination of her dreams: the Galápagos Islands.

Group of people stand in front of a brick wall outside the School of Public Health.

July 26, 2023

CEEJH Announces 2023 Environmental Justice Scholars, Climate Justice Fellows

Nearly 40 scholars and fellows spend the summer focusing on environmental and climate justice, gaining research skills and developing mentor-mentee relationships.

July 25, 2023

ASPPH Names Taeilorae Levell-Young, MPH ’24, MegAnn Smith, Ph.D. ’27, as Ambassadors

As ambassadors, the UMD School of Public Health students and 80 others from around the world will exemplify ASPPH’s core mission of improved health and well-being for everyone, everywhere.