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New Research: Record High: Study Finds Growing Cannabis Use Among Older Adults

June 3, 2025
Older people who use marijuana today have higher income, education levels according to a recent analysis led by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research.
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NYU Students March For Our Lives Against Gun Violence

March 30, 2018

Student Perspective on the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC

by Deborah Onakomaiya & Mehreen Arif 

In the early hours of March 24th more than 30 students from the College of Global Public Health

Student March Photo Collage

 

We closed our day with an interview by Rob Nelson, a reporter from Eyewitness News WABC-TV New York, who asked questions about the march. We shared the importance of why gun violence is a public

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Dispatch from the Road: End-Stage Kidney Disease Care with Dr. Karen Yeates

March 23, 2018
Dr. Karen Yeates, GPH Visiting Associate Professor and a kidney specialist from Queen’s University in Canada, reports from the International Society of Nephrology’s Second Global Kidney Summit Ma...
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Deans of Schools of Public Health Support Regional Gun Violence Consortium

Public Health Policy and Management
March 22, 2018

The Governors of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island recently announced their ambitious plans to establish the States for Gun Safety Coalition and Regional Gun Violence Consortium. (htt

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Cross Continental Experience Blog: From the Black Death to the Future of Health and Human Rights

March 21, 2018

Florence: From the Black Death to the Future of Health and Human Rights

The Cross Continental Experience Blog by Rory Curtin, CCMPH Student

Photo above: Confraternity of the Misercordia, Florence

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GPH Students Launch Nutrition Without Borders Club

Public Health Nutrition
March 16, 2018

Providing a Platform to Foster Nutritional Interests for All

The College of Global Public Health’s first student club dedicated to public health nutrition is wielding a protein-packed punch in its

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Message from Dean Cheryl Healton: Enough is Enough!

Public Health Policy and Management
March 16, 2018

Enough is ENOUGH!!!

March 16, 2018

Dear Colleagues and Students:

Despite a third nor’easter blowing across the east coast mid-week, thousands of us walked out of our classrooms and offices from

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Cross Continental Experience Blog: The Aftermath of Italy's Decisive Campaign

March 11, 2018

The Aftermath of Italy's Decisive Campaign

The Cross Continental Experience Blog by Rory Curtin, CCMPH Student

Photo above courtesy of Diana Klatt: Over the weekend Florence’s calcio team

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Message from Dean Cheryl Healton: Diversity and Inclusion

Public Health Policy and Management
March 9, 2018

Diversity and Inclusion from the Annual ASPPH Meeting to the Oscars Ceremony and our Universities

 

Pictured above left to right: Panelists Dr. Nadine Peacock, Associate Dean for Diversity and

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Cross Continental Experience Blog: Villa Peppi and Italian Politics

March 3, 2018

Villa Peppi and Italian Politics

The Cross Continental Experience Blog by Rory Curtin, CCMPH Student

March 3, 2018

Two days ago we woke up to snow covering the Duomo’s majestic terra-cotta tiles, a

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