Our School of Public Health colleagues have been busy this fall writing, researching, teaching, working with communities and partners, advocating, communicating findings and often providing media with expert perspectives. 

Esohe Owie came with her family to Maryland from Lagos, Nigeria in her early teens, the eldest of three siblings. Adjusting to this new world was challenging, especially when – just a few years later – she needed to navigate an unfamiliar college system.

Cole Hershman’s high school calculus teacher introduced “L'Hôpital's rule” by showing it featured in the movie “Mean Girls.” She pushed him and his classmates to take the hardest course they could before college to challenge themselves, and she was reliably in her classroom smiling whenever they needed advice.

Even now, as Hershman prepares to graduate from the University of Maryland as one of its top students, her adaptation of a Jiminy Cricket song title, “Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide,” is still floating around in his head.

In a new study published in Environmental Research Letters, an international team of investigators led by Professor Amir Sapkota offered a way to predict the risk of deadly diarrhea outbreaks using AI modeling, giving public health systems weeks or even months to prepare and to save lives.

“The early warning systems outlined in this research will enable public health practitioners to enhance community resilience against health threats posed by climate change,” Sapkota said.

Watch Kiersten Janjigian discussing her basketball experiment on the School of Public Health's Instagram page.

It’s not just the first hint of fall foliage—the University of Maryland campus is glowing a definite red this week with crimson lights from Memorial Chapel to Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center.

Homecoming 2024 festivities kicked off Sunday night with SEE’s Homecoming Comedy Show, featuring Emmy award-winning comedian John Mulaney, and now, there’s tons of new ways to show off your Maryland pride leading up to the big game.

THE STATELY 23-STORY HOTEL OPENED AT the height of the Jazz Age, but less than a year later, Wall Street’s 1929 crash snuffed out revelry in the opulent ballroom and secret speakeasy. That’s when the property, then one of Baltimore’s tallest buildings, supposedly began accumulating ghosts: failed businessmen, wiped-out tycoons, even a bankrupt couple reputed to have jumped to their deaths on a downtown street with their young daughter.

Twenty-two-year-old A hated that they’d had to start wearing a bra earlier than classmates and desperately wanted to be flat-chested. As a teen, while watching a show on weight loss, they saw a man wrap himself in plastic wrap to sweat off a few pounds—and thought, “What if I shrink-wrapped my chest?” The flaw in this plan quickly became apparent: They couldn’t breathe.

In the United States, the wealthy live on average 10 years longer than the poor, and Black people can expect to live an average of five fewer years than white people. Now, supported by a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, University of Maryland-led research will examine why these disparities persist, and how to address them.

This fall, a new group of accomplished professionals brings a wealth of experience, energy, and vision to the School of Public Health’s 2024-26 Alumni Network Board, with a renewed focus on engaging Alumni communities near and far.