12 Students from Five Schools Named Provost's Global Scholars for 2026
Twelve additional students from five UMB schools have been selected as 2026 Provost's Global Scholars. The program was created to help UMB students engage in a critical analysis of complex, interdependent global systems and legacies and their implications for people's lives and the Earth's sustainability. Students design their own experience and are supported by a $2,000 stipend.
School of Graduate Studies
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Alexander Laurenson: Strengthening Capacity for Rapid Vaccine Antigen Discovery in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aman Shrestha: Understanding Community Life and Support Systems of Nepali lingual Bhutanese Older Adults in Pennsylvania
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Latasha Wood: Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Sickle Cell Disease
Carey School of Law
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Reginald Denny: 90 & 30: Suriname’s Commitment to Protect More Forest Than Any Other Nation
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Kit Lee: Pro Bono for Cape Town: Socio-Economic Rights under South African Constitution
School of Medicine
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Alfred Boakye: Exploring Male Caregiving Experiences of Persons Living with Dementia (PLwD) in Ghana
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Paige Bristow: Take on Typhoid International Presentation in a Typhoid Endemic Country: Cambodia
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Luca Fornari: Cultural Influences on Outpatient Rehabilitation in Ecuador
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Nycole Hidalgo: Addressing Health Disparities in Rural Guatemalan Communities through Mobile Health Clinics
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Sofia Lopez-Lamia: Hospital Adopts Urban Forest in Colombia: Health Outcomes for Patients & Community Members
School of Pharmacy
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Sabina Nyangwechi: Exploring Global Pharmacy Practice Through the FIP World Congress in Montreal, Canada
School of Social Work
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Tharyn Giovanni: Theory in Action, Pedagogy as Praxis: A Reflexive Analysis of a Social Work Doctoral Student Developing Scholar-Practitioner Identity