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

This year’s Celebration of Scholarships and Student Awards, which took place on Thursday, May 11, honored more than 100 students who received scholarships, fellowships and awards in 2022 and 2023.

The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the School of Public Health announced today the awardees of their inaugural Healthy Places Seed Grants - a funding program designed to spark innovative research around the challenges of building healthy, equitable communities. Eight projects received grants through the program.

The University of Maryland-led center will generate nature-based research, honor communities historically disenfranchised from nature and use programs to advocate the restorative benefits of nature.

Meet Hayden Kessinger ’23, a kinesiology student and intern with the Ulman Foundation, a Baltimore nonprofit serving young adults and adolescents navigating cancer. This summer, Kessinger will embark on one of the toughest mental and physical challenges of his life: a 4,000-mile bike ride across the country to help fight young adult cancer. 

Meet Lucy Hess ’24 and Sophia Lama ’25, kinesiology students and two of the executive board members for Terp Thon - a student-run organization that supports patients and families fighting pediatric illness and injury at Children’s National Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital in Washington D.C.

The Terrapin Club recently named Michelle Jamin '16, Elise Nguyen '17, '18 and Dominique Waddell '15 to its 30 Under 30 Class of 2023. The honor recognizes the SPH graduates' impact in their communities and careers while supporting the university and embodying Maryland Pride.

Faculty from the School of Public Health will receive unprecedented funding to tackle some of society's biggest challenges, including a $3M grant to create an international alliance focused on alleviating food, energy and water insecurity, protecting environmental and global public health and bolstering community resilience in a changing climate.

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.

A chance encounter with living history in Montgomery, Alabama moves Jennifer D. Roberts, associate professor in kinesiology, to connect with a stranger and “walk the walk and not just talk the talk” of shared humanity and justice.

Dr. Roberts is hoping to bring a broader approach to environmental racism in her role on the committee - a body of external researchers, academicians, health care providers, environmentalists, state and tribal government employees and members of the public who advise the EPA on regulations, research and communications related to children's health.