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Congratulations Public Health Instructor, Dr. Samantha Smith!

For being selected to 2024 Ujima Institute Cohort!

Jennifer Artis, senior director of student belonging, and Dr. Samantha Smith, director, Office of Health Promotion (OHP), were selected for the 2024 Ujima Institute Cohort, held in October. The...

Posted: December 10, 2024, 12:40 PM

Celebrating Suliyat Adewuyi!

On her first co-authored publication!

Celebrating Suliyat Adewuyi, a Best Friend of McNair, on her first co-authored publication! Suliyat is a Public Health major graduating in Dec 2024 who has been a Best Friend of the McNair...

Posted: December 10, 2024, 12:29 PM

Winter 2025 Course Highlight

Register for your GEP credit now!

Course description: Sociological analysis of the types of minority-majority group relations and the effects of these relationships on society and the groups and the individuals involved.

Posted: December 9, 2024, 11:22 AM

Congratulations Professor Katie Birger!

For being named a 2024-25 Learning Analytics Fellow!

Katie Birger (Public Health): "Leveraging Curricular Analytics to Enhance Student Success in Public Health Courses." Building upon research presented at the Eighth Annual Provost's Teaching and...

Posted: November 19, 2024, 12:37 PM

Congratulations Dr. Takashi Yamashita for his talk at GRIT-X 2024!

If you missed it live, watch his talk below!

Huge congratulations to Dr. Takashi Yamashita for his insightful talk, "When Does Our Education End? – Aging and Life Course Perspectives," at GRIT-X 2024! If you missed it live, you can still...

Posted: November 5, 2024, 12:30 PM

Congratulations Dr. Yamashita!

Congratulations to SAPH's very own Dr. Yamashita, whose fascinating and engaging GRIT-X talk helped to kick off UMBC Homecoming! 

Posted: October 29, 2024, 12:31 PM

Congratulations Maya Hunn and Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou!

Congratulations to Public Health student Maya Hunn and Dr. Andrea Kalfoglou for their poster presentation entitled "Addressing Campus Food Insecurity at Maryland's Public 2- and 4-year Colleges"...

Posted: October 24, 2024, 12:07 PM

CS3's Podcast Ep. 60: The Social Science of Living Alone w/ Dr. Jun Chu!

Listen to his ongoing research agenda into aging alone

On this episode we speak with Dr. Jun Chu, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health at UMBC. Dr. Chu shares information about his ongoing research agenda...

Posted: September 27, 2024, 11:10 AM