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Prescription for Reducing Gun Violence
A boy walks along the temporary fence installed around the parking lot of a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colo., where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting on Monday. A School of Public Health professor of the practice and pediatrician says policy approaches to save lives from the dangers of vehicle accidents and smoking could also be applied to gun ownership.(Photo by AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
UMD Research Activities Transition to 75% Occupancy of Research Spaces on April 5, 2021
The following announcement was sent to the University of Maryland research community by Vice President for Research Laurie Locascio on March 24, 2021:Dear Research Colleagues,On April 5, 2021, we will transition to the next phase for on-campus research other than human subjects research. Researchers will be allowed to increase occupancy of all research spaces up to 75% occupancy provided they observe the following 4 Maryland guidelines within that space:
UMD Expert: Shootings Followed ‘Intensified Feeling of Anxiety’ in Asian American Communities
A disturbing trend of increased discrimination and violence against Asians and Asian Americans hit a terrifying new level in the United States last week with the shooting deaths of eight people, including six Asian women, at three Georgia spas.
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