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The New Elm Is Coming

The New ‘Elm’ Launches Thursday, Feb. 7

The Elm, the dynamic, collaborative website the Office of Communications and Public Affairs created in 2013 to allow the UMB community to interact online, is getting even better. The new Elm will debut Thursday, Feb. 7, offering the following features:

  • Each of UMB’s seven schools has a dedicated page of its own to tailor content to its specific audience.
  • Enhanced filters allow users to find information they are interested in, by filtering content by topic or audience, whether for students, faculty, staff, or alumni.
  • A section called Accolades has been added where UMB people can be acknowledged for the work they do — be it by co-worker or someone in the community.
  • Voices & Opinions allows you to share your perspective on an issue that matters to you.
  • An improved UMB social media component aggregates social media content from all UMB social media accounts.
  • The new Elm’s homepage and each school’s corresponding homepage include navigational links at the bottom that help you find the most important UMB resources fast.
  • An improved Elm Weekly, greater access to University news, and many other enhancements are part of the new Elm. See for yourself by visiting this preview.

Beginning Thursday, content from the original Elm will be available at wp.elm.umaryland.edu/

 

Communications and Public AffairsBulletin Board, UMB News, University Administration, University Life, USGAFebruary 6, 20190 comments
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The President's Message-February

February President’s Message

Check out the February issue of The President’s Message. It includes Dr. Perman’s column on his Panel on Politics and Policy; sexual harassment addressed at Q&A; the new Elm is coming to the UMB website; Police Chief Cary reflects on her first six months; art and literary journal, 1807, to launch; 20 employees benefit from Live Near Your Work Program in 2018; campus climate survey coming in mid-February; and a roundup of student, faculty, and staff achievements.

Back issues of the newsletter can be found in the archives.

Chris ZangABAE, Bulletin Board, Clinical Care, Collaboration, Community Service, Contests, Education, For B'more, People, Research, Technology, UMB News, University Life, USGAFebruary 5, 20190 comments
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Me and White Supremacy Workbook

Join Us in March for the ‘Me and White Supremacy Workbook’ Circle

Part education, part activation, the Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla F. Saad is a first-of-its-kind personal anti-racism tool for people holding white privilege to begin to examine and dismantle their complicity in the oppressive system of white supremacy.

The Me and White Supremacy Workbook is meant to be completed over the course of 28 days, which includes reading and completing journal prompts each day.

The Anti-Oppression Work Group, the Alliance for Anti-Racist Social Work Practitioners, and the Intersectional Feminist Social Workers are working together to organize a weekly meeting in March where a group can meet to reflect upon this journey and this work.

Attendance at the meetings is not required to complete the workbook and you are more than welcome to join the groups as much or as little as you would like during this process.

What’s next? For now, the Anti-Oppression Work Group is collecting information to come up with a plan for these weekly meetings. If you are interested, please fill out our Google form and you will be included in the emails as we finalize our plans for the group.

To look further into the work and the author, and to download the entire workbook for free, go to this link.

Please contact sswantioppressionworkgroup@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Chelsea GrayBulletin Board, Collaboration, Education, People, University LifeFebruary 4, 20190 comments
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Women in Bio

Artificial Intelligence Is Topic at Next Women In Bio Meet-Up

The next Women In Bio (WIB) Baltimore Meet-Up will be held Tuesday, Feb. 19, 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, 1812 Ashland Avenue, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21205. The topic: “Artificial Intelligence-Based Insights from Heartrate to Respiration, Voice and Brain Data.”

The event speakers are Jean M. Vettel, PhD, senior scientist/lead and neuroscientist at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and Debra Cancro, founder and CEO of VoiceVibes, Inc

Find out about how the nature of artificial intelligence can influence our lives. Topics covered will include: using live wearables to show heart rate and respiration in real time, software analytics for human voices, brain-related data, social network analysis, and the real world, driving, and more. Register at this link.

The event is free for members and students, and members can bring up to two guests for free. If you’re new to WIB and interested in checking it out before becoming a member, get in touch via email at CapitalRegion@womeninbio.org.

 

Karen UnderwoodBulletin Board, Collaboration, Community Service, Education, TechnologyJanuary 30, 20190 comments
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Application for licensure

How to Write About a Criminal History on a Licensing or Employment Application

Do you have a criminal background and are unsure how to document it in your licensing and career applications? Do you know how to help a client with a criminal background land a job?

Don’t sweat it! Join us for a workshop led by a local attorney who will discuss everything you need to know about addressing a criminal history on a licensing or job application as well as answer any questions you might have.

The workshop, sponsored by Scholars for Recovery, will be held Feb. 18 at the School of Social Work, Room 2E06, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

For questions, please email Rebecca Gibson or Jenna Adler.

Rebecca GibsonBulletin Board, Education, PeopleJanuary 28, 20190 comments
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Hello ... Hola

Stay Informed About the Spanish Language Conversation Group

The Spanish Language Conversation Group will be meeting at least twice a month this semester. Share your email at the SurveyMonkey link below to stay up to date on our activities, meetings, and events.

Spanish speakers of all abilities (or none at all) are very welcome to attend. This organization is hosted by student groups at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, and we warmly welcome all students from the UMB campus to attend.

Share your email here.

Katie GoldenBulletin Board, Collaboration, Community Service, Education, UMB News, University LifeJanuary 16, 20192 comments
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The President's Message-January

The President’s Message

Check out the January issue of The President’s Message. It includes Dr. Perman’s column on the Graduate School’s centennial. Also, former Senator Barbara Mikulski urges civic engagement at the President’s Panel on Politics and Policy; crime was down 21 percent in 2018, UMB Police Force reports; the School of Medicine launches a cultural transformation; seed grant events here and at College Park show the importance of collaboration; UMB CURE Scholars enjoy a Winter Wonderland; and a roundup of student, faculty, and staff achievements.

Chris ZangABAE, Bulletin Board, Clinical Care, Collaboration, Community Service, Contests, Education, For B'more, People, Research, Technology, UMB News, University Life, USGAJanuary 10, 20190 comments
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Open book and green pencil

Free Spring Workshops at HS/HSL

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library offers a variety of free workshops to faculty, students, and staff. Classes are offered online and in person.

This semester’s topics include:

  • Managing citations using EndNote, Zotero, or Mendeley
  • Introduction to conducting systematic reviews
  • Graphic design principles in PowerPoint presentations
  • Scholarly publishing and research impact

See the full schedule and registration information.

Emily GormanBulletin Board, Education, Research, TechnologyJanuary 10, 20190 comments
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Flow Cytometry Graphic

UMGCCC Flow Cytometry Monthly Lecture Scheduled for Feb. 4

The next Flow Cytometry Monthly Lecture will be held Monday, Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Bressler Research Building, Room 7-035.

This course — led by Xiaoxuan Fan, PhD, director, Flow Cytometry Shared Service — is needed  to become a trained user at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) Flow Cytometry Shared Services. However, all are welcome to attend.

This lecture will cover:

  • How flow cytometry works
  • Multi-color design and compensation
  • Instruments and services
  • New technology and tools.
  • Online booking system

To RSVP, go to this link.

Karen UnderwoodBulletin Board, Clinical Care, Collaboration, Education, ResearchJanuary 7, 20190 comments
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Hugh Arthur Pritchard Memorial Lecture for Graduate Students on Jan. 10

The Department of Pharmacology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine invites you to join us as P. Jeffrey Conn, PhD, the Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery at Vanderbilt University, presents the 5th Hugh Arthur Pritchard Memorial Lecture for Graduate Students.

The lecture is titled “Positive Allosteric Modulators of GPCRs as a Novel Treatment for Schizophrenia” and will be held Thursday, Jan. 10, at 3 p.m. in the Health Science Research Facility II Auditorium, with a reception to follow.

Previous clinical studies as well as a large number of cellular and animal behavioral studies suggest that selective activators of M1 and/or M4 subtypes of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) could provide a novel approach to treatment of schizophrenia. Especially exciting is the possibility that such agents could have efficacy in treatment of positive, negative, and cognitive symptoms in schizophrenia patients. Unfortunately, previous efforts to develop selective agonists of individual mAChR subtypes have not been successful and previous compounds have failed in development because of adverse effects due to activation of multiple mAChR subtypes.

Furthermore, the relative roles of M1 and M4 in mediating the overall therapeutic effects of less-selective mACh agonists are not understood. We have developed highly selective positive allosteric modulators (PAMs) of both M1 and M4 that have excellent properties for in vivo studies and as drug candidates. Electrophysiology and genetic studies are providing important new insights into the mechanisms by which M1 and M4 PAMs act in specific cortical and midbrain circuits that are relevant for treatment of different symptom domains in schizophrenia patients. Interestingly, selective M1 PAMs have specific effects in forebrain circuits that are relevant for cognitive deficits and negative symptoms and have robust efficacy in animal models of these symptom domains. In contrast, selective M4 PAMs have novel cellular actions in the basal ganglia relevant for positive symptoms and have robust antipsychotic-like effects in animal models. Also we have now advanced highly optimized M1 and M4 PAMs into preclinical and clinical development to evaluate their potential utility in treatment of schizophrenia.

More recently, we have built on recent human genetic studies that implicate two specific subtypes of metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors, mGlu1 and mGlu3, in schizophrenia. Optimized mGlu1 and mGlu3 PAMs were used along with mouse genetic studies to evaluate the roles of these receptors in specific basal ganglia and forebrain circuits that have been implicated in schizophrenia. These studies are providing exciting new evidence that highly selective activators of these two glutamate receptors have potential utility in treatment of positive (mGlu1), negative (mGlu1), and cognitive (mGlu3) symptoms of schizophrenia patients. Furthermore, the novel mGlu1 and mGlu3 PAMs discovered in these studies provide excellent drug leads for further optimization and ultimate clinical testing. Collectively, these studies are providing insights that could lead to exciting new approaches for treatment of multiple symptom clusters in schizophrenia patients.

Shalon EdwardsBulletin Board, Research, UMB NewsDecember 11, 20180 comments
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The President's Message - December 2018

The President’s Message

Check out the December issue of The President’s Message. It includes Dr. Perman’s column on our record-shattering year in extramural funding — $667.4 million in grants and contracts. Also, a holiday greeting; TEDx UMB showcases our big ideas; ceremonial opening for HSRF III; Project Feast serves Thanksgiving meals to those in need; Nursing, Social Work win HEED awards for diversity; students prevail in national public health interprofessional challenge; informatics pioneer saluted at UMB; University takes the fight against opioid addiction on the road; be merry, and wary, around the holidays; and a roundup of student, faculty, and staff achievements.

Back issues of the newsletter can be found in the archives.
Chris ZangABAE, Bulletin Board, Clinical Care, Collaboration, Community Service, Contests, Education, For B'more, People, Research, UMB News, University Life, USGADecember 10, 20180 comments
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"Bloodsworth" Book Discussion

One Maryland One Book Discussion: ‘Bloodsworth’

Please join UMB’s Council for the Arts & Culture and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library for a discussion of the One Maryland One Book program’s selected book, Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA Evidence, by Tim Junkin.

Read the book ahead of time and join us for a discussion Jan. 16 at noon in Room 3314 in the Thurgood Marshall Law Library.

Drinks and light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch.

Michele OndraBulletin Board, People, University LifeDecember 4, 20180 comments
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University of Maryland School of Medicine and Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health logo

Female Research Volunteers Needed for Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Study

The Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) at the School of Medicine is recruiting healthy females for a study on human cytomegalovirus (CMV). To learn more, go to this webpage.

You may be eligible if you are:

  • A female
  • 16 to 35 years old
  • In good health
  • Have exposure to young children

Participation lasts about three years. You will receive three investigational vaccinations. You will be compensated for your time and transportation. For more information, call 410-706-6156 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Human CMV also is known as human herpesvirus 5 (HHV-5). Contracting CMV appears to require close or intimate contact with persons who are releasing CMV in their urine, saliva, or other secretions. CMV also can be transmitted via blood transfusion, breast milk, sexual intercourse, and transplanted organs.

In most healthy individuals, CMV infection is symptom-free. When symptoms are present, they are often mild, can be confused with other illnesses, and include fever, sore throat, fatigue, and/or swollen glands. After infection, the virus remains in the body. Healthy individuals with latent CMV infection can reactivate to shed the virus in their saliva or urine, which also is predominantly symptom-free. It is known that CMV can cause serious disease in newborns who are exposed during the pregnancy and in immuno-compromised individuals. The range of disease in newborns with CMV infection includes fetal/infant death to neurological and sensory impairments, which are diagnosed later in childhood.

Linda WadsworthBulletin Board, ResearchDecember 3, 20180 comments
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Human finger while it pushes the blue register online button on aluminium computer keyboard on office desk.

Spring Semester Parking Registration for Students

Attention, student parkers at UMB:

Spring semester online parking registration begins Jan. 1, and new and returning parkers must register online. After Feb. 8, posted garage rates will apply to all students who have not purchased or renewed their permit and garage access will be denied.

Visit the UMB Parking and Transportation Services website for more information.

Jennifer CoolahanBulletin Board, UMB News, University Life, USGANovember 26, 20180 comments
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Beauty break lunch and learns

Lunch & Learns with UM Facial Plastic Surgery

Discover ways to look as young as you feel! Join board-certified physicians from University of Maryland Facial Plastic Surgery & Medical Spa at two upcoming Lunch & Learn sessions as they discuss the latest advances in anti-aging treatment and ways to look your best. Ask the experts and get free samples and treatment discounts. Registration is required and lunch will be served.

Face the Facts: Botox, Fillers, and More

  • Date: Wednesday, Nov. 28
  • Time: Noon-1 p.m.
  • Site: Health Sciences and Human Services Library, fifth floor, Gladhill Board Room

Latest Laser Treatments for Smooth, Glowing Skin

  • Date: Friday, Dec. 7
  • Time: Noon-1 p.m.
  • Site: SMC Campus Center, second floor, Elm Room A
Merideth MarrBulletin Board, Clinical Care, People, University LifeNovember 26, 20180 comments
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