Author Archives: Tara Wink
Historical Insights: Hurd Pharmacy Donation
The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or … Continue reading
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Tagged Hurd Pharmacy, Maryland College of Pharmacy, UMB History, UMSOP, Williamsport Md.
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Historical Insights: The UMB vs. JHU Thanksgiving Football Tradition
Football and Thanksgiving, a pairing as common as salt and pepper, peanut butter and jelly, or cheese and crackers. While today’s University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) does not field a football team, there was a time around the turn of the nineteenth century when UMB had a Thanksgiving rivalry with Johns Hopkins University (JHU). Continue reading
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Tagged Football, Sports, UMB History
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Historical Insights: Bones, Molars, and Briefs Halloween Edition
The HSHSL’s Historical Collections Department celebrates Halloween with hand-drawn images from the Bones, Molars, and Brief Yearbooks from 1897 to 1904. Check out the selection of creepy, magical, and ghoulish images. Continue reading
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Tagged art, halloween, UMB History, Yearbooks
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Historical Insights: The University of Maryland Faculty of Divinity
In 1812 the Maryland Legislature chartered the University of Maryland. The charter allowed for a Faculty of Medicine, Law, Arts & Sciences, and Divinity. This post oulines the brief history of the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Maryland. Continue reading
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Tagged Faculty of Divinity, Faculty of Theology, UMB History
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Get Out the Vax: Empowering Health Professionals to Promote Vaccine Confidence Panel
Join the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) and the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP) for a virtual panel discussion on Wednesday, October 2, 1:00pm-2:30pm. The panel will empower health professionals to dispel myths and misconceptions about vaccines as well as provide ways to keep up-to-date on vaccine development and education. Continue reading
October 10: Annual Vaccination Day at the HSHSL!
It’s time again for the HSHSL and School of Pharmacy Vaccination Clinic. As always, vaccines are for UMB campus employees and students. The 1-day clinic will be held Thursday, October 10 from 9a.m. to 5p.m. in the Weise Gallery on … Continue reading
Historical Insights: The University of Maryland College of Arts and Sciences
In this Historical Insight, Historical Collections highlights a lesser known, now defunct, school at the University of Maryland, the School of Arts and Sciences or School of Letters. The School was founded in 1812 but floundered until the 1850s. It eventually merged for a short time with St. John’s College. Continue reading
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Tagged Arts & Sciences, E.A. Dalrymple, School of Letters
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Save the Dates: HSHSL & UMSOP Vaccination Clinic & Talk
Returning for the 7th year, the HSHSL and School of Pharmacy is hosting a Vaccination Clinic on Thursday, October 10 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Weise Gallery on the first floor of the Library. The clinic will … Continue reading
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Tagged health literacy, UMSOP, Vaccinations, Vaccine Clinic
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6th Annual Vaccination Day at the HSHSL!
It’s time again for the HSHSL and School of Pharmacy Vaccination Clinic. As always, vaccines are for UMB campus employees and students. The 1-day clinic will be held Tuesday, October 17 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in the Weise … Continue reading
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Tagged flu clinic, flu free UMB, UMSOP, Vaccine Clinic
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Color Our Collections
Join the worldwide #ColorOurCollections event by coloring sheets from the HSHSL’s Historical Collections during the week of February 6. This years sheets features materials from UMB’s historical yearbooks, anatomy texts, and botanicals. Continue reading
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Tagged anatomy, Botanicals, Color Our Collections, coloring, Yearbooks
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