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  • Attendees of the U21 HREx Symposium around a conference table

    International Health Scholars Convene at UMD for Global Health Systems Exchange

    The UMD School of Public Health recently welcomed scholars from Ireland, Germany and the U.S. for the Spring 2025 U21HREx Symposium.

  • UMD Advances Two Student-led Impact Projects to International U21 RISE Showcase

    UMD Advances Two Student-led Impact Projects to International U21 RISE Showcase

    The University of Maryland is proud to announce two student-led projects – SEWING and The Movement Street – as its representatives for this year's Universitas21 (U21) RISE Showcase and Awards.

  • Noodles on an international grocery store shelf

    A Taste of Ethnographic Research

    A new University of Maryland class lets students digest the importance of culinary traditions to the state’s immigrant communities.

  • Taiwanese delegation group poses with dean holding a Maryland English Institute banner

    UMD College of Education Program Trains Taiwanese Delegation to Use English for Classroom Instruction

    The University of Maryland College of Education hosted a delegation of 16 professors from Taiwan in February for a two-week training program focused on using English as a medium of instruction.

  • UMD students teleconference with students in Uganda

    'Design is a Universal Language'

    University of Maryland classroom joins forces with students from Uganda Martyrs University by way of a teleconferenced global charrette—a collaborative design challenge—to create architectural plans for each other’s communities and design across cultural divides.

  • Student tests water in Tanzania

    AquaSafe: ‘Doing Good’ in Tanzania

    As SPH doctoral student Ibiyinka Amokeodo listened to Tanzanian farmers’ worries about the safety of the water they use on their crops and in their homes. She had her lightbulb moment: Aquasafe. The project supports farmers by providing affordable water testing kits and education on water quality management, including how to improve crop safety and local public health through monitoring contamination in irrigation water.


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