December 2020 Newsletter

  • Watch Your Mailboxes for the UMB Internationalization Report

    The report will be mailed to everyone who contributed to the report and will be available on the CGE website in the new year.

  • Global Perspectives Series: Human Rights at Home

    The final webinar in the series focused on "Health as a Human Right in the United States: What COVID-19 Has Exposed."

  • COVID-19 Impact on Women and Children Around the World

    The University of Maryland Graduate School's final webinar in the Global Health Programs webinar series examined the intersectionalities of gender, age, poverty, race, and women and children's health under the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on solutions.
     

CGE News & Events

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Watch Your Mailboxes for the UMB Internationalization Report

In August 2018, UMB entered the American Council on Education's 16th internationalization lab cohort and began a two-year process, cataloging the impressive number of international activities underway and providing a roadmap to integrate global perspectives into all our learning and engagement.

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Global Perspectives Series: Human Rights at Home

On Nov. 17, the Center for Global Engagement hosted its final "Human Rights at Home" webinar in the Global Perspective Series.

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COVID-19 Impact on Women and Children Around the World

The University of Maryland Graduate School held its final webinar in the Global Health Programs webinar series and examined the intersectionalities of gender, age, poverty, race, and women and children's health under the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on solutions.

UMB Global News

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Attention All UMB Students: Register for New Virtual Elective on the Twin Pandemics of COVID-19 and Systemic Racism

"Practice, Programming, and Policy in the Face of Twin Pandemics: COVID19 and Racial/Ethnic Inequity" is an international, interprofessional elective that brings together a cohort of students from UMB and University of Haifa (Israel) to explore social justice implications.

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International Students Share Favorite Harvest Celebrations

The Office of International Services asked our international community to submit their favorite harvest recipe and tell us about harvest festivals celebrated in their culture or country of origin.

Viewpoints Needed from Global Health Students and Trainees

The CUGH Campus Representative Program and Training Advisory Committee for CUGH is looking for your input to get better insight into shaping and improving advocacy efforts for global health students and trainees.

External Global Events & Opportunities

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Webinar: Share What You Think the Biden Administration's Global Health Priorities Should Be

CUGH is seeking input to help identify the global health policy priorities for the incoming Biden Administration. CUGH will share the ideas discussed at the webinar with the new administration.

Call for Papers: The Ethics of Research Addressing COVID-19 Related Health Inequities

The Asian Bioethics Review has issued a call for papers on any ethics-related subject matter that seeks to promote health equity research in the wake of the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pre-existing vulnerabilities and unjust social/health practices.

Global Health Corps Fellows Accepting Applications Dec. 2

On December 2, Global Health Corps will post more than 40 fellowships within high-impact organizations on the front lines of global health in Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zambia.

COVID-19 Resources

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UMB'S COVID-19 RESOURCES

For the latest information and resources on COVID-19 at UMB, check out the university's FAQs and community guidance.

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CUGH COVID-19 Weekly Newsletter

Stay up-to-date on COVID-19 with CUGH's weekly newsletter, including teaching resources, articles and webinars focused on the global pandemic.