The Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland School of Public Health is proud to announce Sidiki Keita ’23 as the newest recipient and AbryAnna Henderson ’23 as a second-year recipient of the Whitlark Endowed Scholarship in Kinesiology.

By Sala Levin ’10

Growing up in quiet Ellicott City, Md., Sophia D’Alonzo ’24 didn’t give much thought to the possibility of an environmental catastrophe in her hometown. But in 2016 and 2018, Ellicott City’s historic main street was ravaged by tremendous flooding–meteorologists termed both incidents “1,000-year floods,” and they killed three people.

By Sala Levin ’10

The Gamma Zeta chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health is pleased to announce its 2022 inductees. At the virtual induction ceremony and poster awards reception on May 6, 2022, Dean Boris Lushniak, Principal Associate Dean Dushanka Kleinman, inducted 17 students, four faculty members, two alumni and one honorary member, Dr. Dianna Abney.

Each year during Convocation, the University of Maryland School of Public Health recognizes students who have demonstrated excellence and dedication in their educational and public health service activities.

This year’s Convocation, which took place on Wednesday, May 4, honored more than 180 students who received scholarships, fellowships and awards in 2021 and 2022.

Students were nominated by their respective departments for this special recognition and were congratulated by their department chairs and Dean Boris Lushniak.

Three students in the BS-MPH program—which allows students to count undergraduate credits towards their master of public health degree— are preparing to embark on an exciting summer of research.

We are proud of all of the participants that contributed to the richness of the 2022 SPH Research, Practice and Innovation Poster Session and Student Poster Competition.

This semester, Dr. Kathleen (Kate) McPhaul will leverage her expertise and experience protecting workers to teach the School of Public Health's first undergraduate course on occupational health in six years. The class, which is open to Public Health Science majors, introduces students to the field of occupational health and safety and emphasizes that workers' health should be considered in all public health practices and policies.

The UMD Global STEWARDS Graduate Training Program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Research Traineeship (NRT) program, welcomed its fourth cohort of doctoral students at a welcome event on Friday December 3, 2021.

Ike Ekwunife ’21 is living out a dream he’s had for nearly a decade. In 2012, he watched his cousin graduate from Tufts University. As he watched the student commencement speaker from up in the nosebleeds, he knew that someday he wanted to do just that.