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February 8, 2024  |  In celebration of Black History Month continue to follow the journeys of four young people featured in the 6-part Emmy-nominated documentary series “From West Baltimore.” 

August 14, 2023  |  At the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD), the Planet Smilez Discovering Dentistry Camp inspires a new generation of dentistry professionals.

August 7, 2023  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has named Kenneth H. Wong, PhD, as the new dean of the University of Maryland Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education.

June 5, 2023  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore's CURE Scholars Program recently celebrated the graduation of its second cohort of scholars.

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June 22, 2022  |  After two years of virtual poster presentations, students in the UMB CURE Scholars Program were excited to be back in-person at the annual CURE STEM Expo.

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May 17, 2022  |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program reaches a major milestone as its first cohort of students graduates from high school this year.

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January 26, 2022  |  Acceptance letters are rolling in for the CURE Scholars. Each letter is a culmination of seven years of mentorship and dedication to their education.

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September 24, 2021  |  Four CURE Scholars complete a summer internship at Becton Dickinson under the mentorship of professional scientists and researchers.

August 30, 2021  |  For five days this summer, Baltimore City middle schoolers learned what it takes to be an oral health professional at Planet Smilez Discovering Dentistry Camp.

June 8, 2021  |  After a long and difficult school year, the UMB CURE Scholars came together to celebrate a year of success at their annual End of Year Celebration.

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March 12, 2021  |  School of Dentistry volunteers teach UMB CURE Scholars the basics of treating dental trauma at Oral Health Promotion Day 2021.

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March 8, 2021  |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program launches the Career Navigator Program, the last leg of the STEM pipeline geared specifically toward high school juniors and seniors.

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December 28, 2020  |  UMB CURE Scholars hold a virtual Winter Wonderland celebration to cap off the year.

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November 23, 2020  |  Volunteers come together to organize a drive-by donations pick up for the UMB CURE Scholars Program's annual Thanksgiving food drive.

October 11, 2020  |  “A Night of Stars” features philanthropy, food and cocktail demonstrations, singing performances, and gratitude for UMB’s efforts to fight COVID-19.

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October 11, 2020  |  CURE celebrates its fifth anniversary with its White Coat Ceremony, welcoming 26 new sixth-grade students to the program.

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August 29, 2020  |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program hosted its annual and highly anticipated STEM Expo in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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August 20, 2020  |  With the COVID-19 pandemic putting a stop to many summer camps and activities, the CURE Scholars had to move their usual summer of STEM to a virtual platform.

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August 17, 2020  |  Insight Into Diversity Magazine honors University’s 5-year-old STEM education pipeline initiative.

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June 8, 2020  |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program has taken distance learning a step further with virtual mentoring as the program celebrates its five-year anniversary.

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March 5, 2020  |  The UMB CURE Scholars visited the Maryland General Assembly in Annapolis to present their research to local legislators.

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February 26, 2020  |  The UMB CURE Scholars received free preventative dental care and got a lesson in oral health from students at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry during Oral Health Promotion Day.

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December 20, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars celebrated a semester of accomplishments with their annual Winter Wonderland awards ceremony and brunch.

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October 23, 2019  |  Educational institutions from across the country gather at the first Diversity Pipeline Programs Meeting to explore best practices for successful programming.

October 11, 2019  |  Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dzirasa addresses the UMB CURE Scholars during a white coat ceremony for Cohort 5 held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.

August 30, 2019   |  Third film in series catches up with five scholars from the UMB CURE Program as they begin high school.

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August 21, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program has welcomed Gia Grier McGinnis, MS, to its team as the program’s new executive director.

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August 12, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars spent their summer vacation expanding their knowledge of STEM with hands-on activities and experiments.

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July 24, 2019  |  This summer 78 students are participating in the Summer Bioscience Internship Program, one sector of the YouthWorks Program at UMB.

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July 17, 2019  |  Southwest Baltimore students "speed network" with presidents of several universities about their academic journeys and their futures in higher education at the Inside Higher Ed Now Conference.

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May 21, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars celebrated another year of accomplishments in STEM at their annual End of the Year Ceremony.

May 17, 2019  |  Pawlak’s love for late grandfather who was interred by Nazis now feeds her passion to bring better oral health to children.

May 10, 2019  |  University of Maryland, Baltimore President Jay A. Perman, MD, delivers the sixth annual State of the University Address.

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April 30, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars celebrated Earth Day by getting in touch with the wild side of Maryland at the Carrie Murray Nature Center.

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April 23, 2019  |  Ninth-grade students in the UMB CURE Scholars Program visit the University of Maryland, College Park to tour the campus and learn more about what it's like to be a student at a large institution.

March 21, 2019  |  West Baltimore students receive treatments, learn skills during the UMB CURE Scholars Oral Health Promotion Program at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry.

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February 12, 2019  |  The UMB CURE Scholars shook hands with state lawmakers in Annapolis before being recognized on the Maryland House and Senate floors for their accomplishments in the program.

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January 22, 2019  |  The UMB Cure Scholars got a glimpse of what they could potentially accomplish during a special tour of Coppin State University.

December 19, 2018  |  Leaders of the National Cancer Institute’s Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities help celebrate the accomplishments of West Baltimore students in the UMB CURE Scholars Program.

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October 10, 2018  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program welcomed its fourth cohort of sixth-graders with the traditional White Coat Ceremony.

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September 20, 2018  |  UMB CURE Scholars presented research projects to professional scientists and researchers at UMGCCC's annual Cancer Research Day, showcasing research across generations.

September 4, 2018   |  About two dozen sixth-graders from West Baltimore will be diving into an intense agenda, joining 80 current UMB CURE Scholars who are in seventh through ninth grades.

July 5, 2018  |  UMB students, staff, and faculty collaborate to cultivate a love of science, technology, engineering, and math among West Baltimore students in the CURE Scholars Summer Program.

May 17, 2018  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program became the earliest in the nation to start as early as middle school, and its first cohort is on its way to high school.

May 3, 2018  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore had a strong presence at the BioHealth Capital Region Forum held April 23-24, 2018, in Gaithersburg, Md.

February 24, 2018   |  Seven sixth-graders from the University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program genuinely enjoyed themselves as they received sealant treatment from dental hygiene students at the school.

February 7, 2018   |  The CURE program is aimed at giving new opportunities to the young boys and girls who live in the school’s West Baltimore neighborhood.

November 16, 2017  |  UMB CURE Scholars kick off the year with three new curriculum tracks, an emphasis on math and writing and a special Maryland STEM Festival event.

November 10, 2017  |  University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Professor Russell A. McClain, JD, delivered a thought-provoking talk about bias and diversity as part of the UMB Diversity Speaker Series

October 18, 2017  |  UMB CURE Scholars Program inducts its third group of young students into an innovative medical mentorship pipeline.

October 10, 2017   |  Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Susan Hadary, from MedSchool Maryland Productions, talks about connecting with the six teens from the University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE program (Continuing the Umbrella for Research Experiences) in her documentary “From West Baltimore.”

August 29, 2017   |  Produced in collaboration with the University of Maryland Baltimore CURE Scholars Program, the documentary follows six young teens from West Baltimore who share their lives and the challenges of growing up in neighborhoods of violence and poverty.

July 14, 2017  |  Schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Medicine are among instructional resources for middle-school students engaged in summer learning at UMB.

July 11, 2017   |  Too few apply to medical school, too few graduate and too few practice and teach. The University of Maryland, Baltimore believes you have to start early to fill that gap, and that’s the goal of their CURE Scholars Program.

May 26, 2017  |  The University of Maryland School of Dentistry brings professional football players, Baltimore student athletes, and an entrepreneurial alumnus to observe National Facial Protection Month.

April 25, 2017  |  Rain or shine, West Baltimore residents turn out for day of fun activities.

March 30, 2017   |  Malinda Hughes was named UMB’s Cecil S. Kelly Memorial Employee of the Year and before the ink had dried on the oversized check in her hands she was showing why she is such a special individual.

March 13, 2017   |  A powerhouse panel helped the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) celebrate Women’s History Month by sharing their experiences on March 9 in Westminster Hall.

March 10, 2017  |  UMB Cure Scholars from Green Street Academy will compete next month in state science competition finals.

February 27, 2017  |  The University of Maryland School of Dentistry conducts a UMB CURE Oral Health Promotion program to benefit UMB CURE Scholars and their parents.

February 15, 2017   |  The UMB CURE Scholars visited the mechanical engineering labs at the Johns Hokpkins University Whiting School of Engineering.

January 31, 2017

December 5, 2016   |  Now in its second year – and recently awarded five more years of funding from the National Cancer Institute -- the CURE scholars program aims to change the lives of 60 or more Southwest Baltimore kids and to literally change the face of medical service and research in Baltimore.

October 1, 2016   |  Cohen Croslin was one of 26 young scholars given a pressed lab coat and inducted Saturday into the University of Maryland, Baltimore CURE Scholars Program.

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January 4, 2016  |  UMB featured on WYPR-FM for creating CURE Scholars pipeline to help urban youngsters aspire to careers in cancer research, health care

December 24, 2015   |  Fraser Smith writes about the impact of the CURE Scholars program, which started in September 2015, on Southwest Baltimore.

October 9, 2015  |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) CURE Scholars Program launches

June 25, 2015   |  Mentors from UMB will be paired with 30 Baltimore City high school students for a five-week-long Summer BioScience Internship Program.

October 28, 2014   |  The UMB CURE Scholars Program initiative will provide academic purpose and support to students while addressing the racial disparity that exists in cancer-related workforces.

October 28, 2014   |  New $750,000 Grant from National Cancer Institute Creates UMB CURE Scholars Pilot Program

October 28, 2014   |  The UMB CURE Scholars initiative will provide academic purpose and support to students while addressing the racial disparity that exists in cancer-related workforces.

October 27, 2014   |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore has received a $750,000 grant to develop a program designed to spark interest in cancer research and care among middle school children in the University's low-income West Baltimore neighborhood.

October 27, 2014   |  The University of Maryland, Baltimore has received a $750,000 grant to develop a program for middle school children in the university's low-income West Baltimore neighborhood to cultivate their interest in cancer research and care.

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UMB CURE Spotlights

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In this issue of the CURE Scholars e-newsletter, Executive Director Dr. Gia Grier McGinnis discusses our triumphant return to in-person programming and our first cohort of UMB CURE Scholars preparing for college. We highlight summer internships at BD, Cohort 1’s growing lists of college acceptances, and much more.

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2020 Thumbnail In this issue of the CURE Scholars e-newsletter, new executive director, Dr. Gia Grier McGinnis highlights CURE’s transition to support online learning; New partnerships are highlighted; news articles showcase a robust virtual summer program as well as CURE’s Inspiring Programs in STEM Award; and much more.

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2019 ThumbnailIn this inaugural issue of the CURE Scholars quarterly e-newsletter, the out-going executive director, Robin Saunders, reflects on the program's latest academic year's accomplishments; CURE community members are highlighted; detailed stories of the latest cohort of CURE Scholars provide a glimpse of program milestones; and more.
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