October 2015
News, Hot Topics, & Press Releases

Children's Behavioral Health Aided by Award to UM SSW
October 29, 2015
School of Social Work's SAMHSA Contract is Among More Than $40 Million in Federally-funded Projects

UM School of Social Work Gains More than $40 Million in Federally-funded Projects
October 29, 2015
Efforts Include Leading National Technical Assistance Network for Children’s Behavioral Health

Medicine Access Roundtable Solidifies UMB-Malawi Ties
October 28, 2015
Roundtable on Clinical Trials and Access to Essential Medicines in African Countries Includes UMB Partners from Malawi's Chancellor College of Law.

Proton Treatment Center Readies for Patients
October 27, 2015
Highly advanced form of radiation therapy attacks cancerous cells while minimizing collateral damage to surrounding tissue.
2015 Agriculture and Environmental Law Conference
October 26, 2015
Policymakers, farmers, attorneys, and regulators set to present at the November 20th conference.

Meenan Unveils ‘New Frontier for Innovation’
October 22, 2015
School of Medicine's Christopher Meenan is named UMB's 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year.

SSW-led Promise Heights Plays Role in Rite Aid Gift
October 22, 2015
Rite Aid Foundation marks commitment to Baltimore with donation to The Historic Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Elementary School

SOP Dean Helps Reopen Riot-Damaged Pharmacy
October 20, 2015
Five months after a riot-spawned fire destroyed the Rite Aid at 300 N. MLK Blvd., community leaders celebrate a grand reopening.

Maryland Legislators See Latest Cancer Treatments
October 19, 2015
Senators and Delegates are given behind the scenes look at the Greenebaum Cancer Center and Maryland Proton Treatment Center.
UMB's 20th Gala Looks Back and Ahead
October 18, 2015
2015 Founders Week Gala celebrates UMB's accomplishments and honors those who support our efforts.

Peace Corps Director Encourages Collaboration
October 16, 2015
Peace Corps’ Hessler-Radelet Brings Collaborative Stories From Around Globe.

2015 UMB-UMCP Seed Grants Announced
October 16, 2015
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) launched the eighth year of their joint Research and Innovation Seed Grant program.

Dentistry Students Don White Coats for First Time
October 14, 2015
The School of Dentistry celebrated its white coat ceremony for the dentistry class of 2019 and dental hygiene class of 2017 on Monday, Oct. 12, in historic Davidge Hall.

New Method to Control Excess Radiation
October 14, 2015
Visual imaging will allow doctors to increase safety of proton radiation treatment.

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

UMB Begins Phase 1 HIV Vaccine Trials
October 8, 2015
The Institute of Human Virology at the School of Medicine has begun enrolling volunteers for initial phase 1 trials.

UMB Leads Effort to Halt Hospital Germs
October 8, 2015
CDC's nationwide project includes Ebola Virus and other deadly infectious threats.

Expanding role of UM BioPark in city, state economy
October 6, 2015
UMB’s economic development officer advocates incentives in testimony before Maryland Economic Development and Business Climate Commission

Ceremony Honors Commitment to Service
October 5, 2015
Time-honored ceremony emphasizes professionalism and celebrates the start of the Class’s journey as student pharmacists.

Analyzing Variations in the Human Genome
October 2, 2015
Worldwide Project to Catalog the Diversity of the Human Genetic Code.
CDC, SSW Seek to Curb Suicides among Middle-aged Men
October 1, 2015
SSW receives $1.28 million CDC grant to evaluate an online screening and prevention tool

SSW leads CDC-funded study seeking to prevent Suicides
October 1, 2015
CDC awards University of Maryland School of Social Work $1.28 million to address suicide prevention among middle-aged men
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