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OCTOBER 2003 ISSUE:
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IN THE NEWS: New global health interdepartmental concentration; a glimpse at community gardens; online continuing education courses; accolades and appointments.
UPCOMING EVENTS: Prospective student information day; calendar link.

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IN THE NEWS:
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* The University of Michigan School of Public Health has launched the eagerly anticipated Interdepartmental Concentration in Global Health: http://www.sph.umich.edu/ghic/

* "From Seeds to Stories: The Community Garden Storytelling Project of Flint" is a beautiful new book that highlights how values grow alongside vegetables in urban community gardens. Katherine Alaimo of Health Behavior and Health Education and the Prevention Research Center of Michigan worked with Flint community members and the Flint Urban Gardening and Land Use Corporation to produce the book. Details:   http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/85press.html

* The Michigan Public Health Training Center is offering its first two mentored online continuing education courses this fall and winter. The courses are on qualitative research methods and conducting useful program evaluations. Details: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/92press.html

* SPH faculty, staff, and students have received several notable awards and appointments in recent months--including a Career Achievement Award presented by the University of Michigan Office of Technology Transfer to Hunein "John" Maassab, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology, for his work on FluMist. Read highlights at:
http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/accolades.html

* "Who's Who? An SPH recap for the start of 2003-2004"
--Dean: Noreen Clark

--Senior Associate Dean for Research and Facilities: Robert Gray
--Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Cathleen Connell
--Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs: Anita Sandretto
--Chair, Department of Biostatistics: Jack Kalbfleisch
--Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences: James Vincent
--Interim Chair, Department of Epidemiology: David Schottenfeld (Hal Morgenstern will be chair starting in November 2003).
--Co-Chairs, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education: Nancy Janz and Marc Zimmerman
--Chair, Department of Health Management and Policy: Dean Smith
NOTE: The SPH online directory tells you who's where at the school and provides contact information: http://www.sph.umich.edu/iscr/directory/index.cfm

* Harold "Woody" Neighbors is the new director, Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture and Health: http://www.sph.umich.edu/crech/

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UPCOMING EVENTS:
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* Prospective Student Information Day is November 1. Information and online registration: http://www.sph.umich.edu/students/information_day.html

* For an in-depth list of upcoming events: http://www.sph.umich.edu/news_events/index.html

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Updated October 13, 2003