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A message from Dean Cheryl Healton. Today I write from the University of Maryland at a three-day meeting, Gun Violence Prevention: A National Research Collaboration Summit.

By Andrea Silverman, PhD, MS. While we don’t know the full extent of the impending effects of climate change on public health, it is clear that change is upon us. From droughts to floods to wildfire...

By Jennifer Pomeranz, JD, MPH. After a four-week intensive unit online, our class on Global Food Policy for Public Health met for its fifth and final week at NYU Florence. A diverse array of students ...

By Beverly-Xaviera Watkins, PhD, MS and several MPH candidates. During Spring Break, 12 students and Dr. Watkins traveled to NYU Buenos Aires for a course called Environmental Injustice: From Local to...

By Chris Dickey, DrPH, MBA and second year MPH candidate Ashley Newcomb. Over Spring Break, GPH students traveled to Beirut, Lebanon for the fifth annual class in Behavioral Communication Strate...

A message from Dean Cheryl Healton discussing critical lessons from the tobacco wars that can be applied to gun violence.

Dr. Yesim Tozan reports from Mexico about her work on sterile insect techniques (SIT) hosted by the W.H.O.

By Kaylah Grant. These past two weeks in Florence have really flown by. The week started with a school-sponsored trip to celebrate Lunar New Year...

By Holly Hagan, PhD MPH. You need only read the daily news to understand the grip that the opioid crisis has on our country.  According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse, 130 people die every ...