June 2020
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Face To Face: COVID-19 and Clinician Burnout
June 25, 2020
On the June 25 edition of Virtual Face to Face with Dr. Bruce Jarrell: COVID-19 and clinician burnout.
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Professional Development Day Draws Record Turnout
June 24, 2020
USM Chancellor Jay A. Perman, MD, returns to discuss collaboration, leadership, and accountability during a pandemic
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Steady Diet of Donations Makes Meal Program a Hit
June 23, 2020
Initiative providing lunches to UMB’s front-line workers also helps West Baltimore restaurants stay afloat during pandemic
![UMB Environmental Services Technician Sierra Tyler explains the color coded microfiber rag system used for campus cleaning. The red cloth in her hand is used for cleaning toilets.](/media/umb/news/media-archive/06x2f2020-june-2020/200622_EVS_hp.png)
UMB Enhances Cleaning and Disinfecting
June 22, 2020
Environmental Services and Environmental Health and Safety are implementing new steps to keep campus clean as more people return.
![Larry Gibson (left), professor, Francis King Carey School of Law, speaks with Bruce Jarrell, interim president, University of Maryland, Baltimore.](/media/umb/news/media-archive/06x2f2020-june-2020/gibson-Jarrell-f2f.jpg)
Face to Face: Voting and Elections During COVID-19
June 19, 2020
Larry Gibson, law professor and political expert, shares insights about voting and elections during COVID-19.
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Face to Face: A New Approach to Fighting COVID-19
June 16, 2020
Drs. Robert Gallo and Shyam Kottilil from the University of Maryland, Baltimore Institute of Human Virology share insights on a new approach to combating COVID-19 with the oral polio vaccine.
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Exercising Caution: CEC Moves Fitness Classes Online
June 16, 2020
UMB’s Community Engagement Center moves its weekly exercise classes to a virtual platform in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Face to Face: Community Challenges
June 12, 2020
Promise Heights initiative chief Bronwyn Mayden and Union Baptist Senior Pastor Rev. Alvin Hathaway talk about coping and thriving during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UMSOM Researchers Identify Genetic Defect Linked to ALS
June 12, 2020
Finding Provides New Potential Approaches to Treating Fatal Disease
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SOP’s Yu Leads Research to Assure Vaccine Quality
June 12, 2020
New non-invasive quality assurance method developed by Bruce Yu, PhD, and his team offers more effective way to detect freezing events in vaccines at the point-of-care.
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Ciheb Grants to Strengthen COVID-19 Response in Africa
June 10, 2020
The $4 million CDC grant will support COVID-19 responses in Botswana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Mozambique.
![The UMB CURE Scholars in Cohort 5 mix and mingle with potential mentors at the Mentor Mixer after the annual White Coat Ceremony (Oct. 2019).](/media/umb/news/media-archive/06x2f2020-june-2020/CURE-Mentoring-hp.jpg)
COVID-19 Can’t Stop the UMB CURE Scholars
June 8, 2020
The UMB CURE Scholars Program has taken distance learning a step further with virtual mentoring as the program celebrates its five-year anniversary.
![Pro football Hall of Famer, former Ravens linebacker, and UMB Foundation board member Ray Lewis sat down with UMB Interim President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS, on the June 4 edition of Virtual Face to Face with Dr. Bruce Jarrell.](/media/umb/news/media-archive/06x2f2020-june-2020/Ray-F2F-hp-.jpg)
Face to Face: We Are Better Together
June 5, 2020
Ray Lewis talks about the need for love and communication during a painful and pivotal time for the nation.
![Elsie Stines and Russell McClain](/media/umb/news/media-archive/06x2f2020-june-2020/stinesmcclain(2).jpg)
Town Hall Unmasks UMB Social Justice Concerns
June 4, 2020
A virtual town hall on social justice in America served as a release for some and an eye-opener for others in the UMB community.
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New Social Work Dean Ready to Make Her Mark
June 4, 2020
Judy L. Postmus, PhD, MSW, looks forward to joining UMB family.
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Global Impact Fund Recipients Adjust to COVID-19
June 1, 2020
Inaugural grantees must adjust or delay their global health projects because of COVID-19.
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