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Cigna Grants M-CHE $200,000 for Health Promotion through Black Barbershops and Beauty Salons
A recent $200,000 grant from Cigna Foundation to the Maryland Center for Health Equity (M-CHE) in the University of Maryland (UMD) School of Public Health will expand the center’s efforts to save lives in Black and Latino communities using authentic conversations and lifestyle behavior change strategies focused on promoting health and preventing disease.
Fusing Art, Science and Technology
For Hartley Carlson ’23, one of the best ways to learn science is to draw it. While working abroad as a doctor’s assistant in cardiology and radiology a few years ago, the studio art major, who is also on a pre-med track, found that making medical illustrations of the complex forms and shapes of the human body helped him to digest the material. It also resulted in beautiful artwork.
Former Vice President for Research Named U.S. Commerce Under Secretary
University of Maryland, College Park President Darryll J. Pines and University of Maryland, Baltimore President Bruce E. Jarrell sent the following email to the campus community today:
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