Category Archives: Dentistry
February is Children’s Dental Health Month
Attention parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and healthcare providers: February is National Children’s Dental Health Month Oral health books written for children are available for check-out from the Health Sciences & Human Services Library. Books focus on oral healthcare, going to … Continue reading
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February is Children’s Dental Health Month
Attention parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and healthcare providers: February is National Children’s Dental Health Month Oral health books written for children are available for check-out from the Health Sciences & Human Services Library. Books focus on oral healthcare, going to … Continue reading
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UMB and MLB: Our four baseball stars
In celebration of the Oriole’s 2021 opening day, let’s take a look back at some of UMB’s major leaguers: John Francis Hayden, Robert Baker Lawson, Archibald Wright Graham, and John Frederick Anderson. From 1901 to 1918, four UMB graduates appeared in major league baseball games, including the World Series! The players graduated from the Schools of Dentistry and Medicine with the Classes of 1902, 1905, and 1909. Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald Wright Graham, Baseball, Bob Lawson, Doc Graham, Fred Anderson, Jack Hayden, John Francis Hayden, John Frederick Anderson, MLB, Moonlight Graham, Robert Baker Lawson, UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOM
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A Brief History of UMB African American Student Organizations
As Black History Month 2021 draws to a close, the Historical Collections in the HSHSL could not let the month past without looking back on UMB’s African American history. The following highlights a few of the many student organizations throughout UMB’s history in an attempt to acknowledge the work of many to make our campus more inclusive and diverse. Continue reading
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Tagged African American Students, Black History Month, UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOL, UMBSOM, UMBSON, UMBSOP, UMBSSW
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UMB and the United States Presidency: Faculty and Alumni Ties to the Country’s Highest Office
In celebration of President’s Day, Historical Collections at the HSHSL is looking back on University of Maryland, Baltimore’s connections to the United States Presidency. With a founding date of 1807, UMB is just thirty-one years shy of sharing a birthyear with the United States and with a home in Baltimore a mere thirty-eight miles from Washington, D.C. it is not surprising to find ties to the U.S. Presidency. The following outlines three UMB faculty and alumni and their ties to the highest U.S. Office. Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Henry Albert Parr, Dr. James Julius Richardson, Dr. Robley Dunglison, Presidents, Presidents Day, UMB History, UMBSOD, UMBSOM
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1920: A Look back at the School of Dentistry 100 Years ago
In the 1920-21 academic year the University of Maryland School of Dentistry was entering into its 39th session. It was established as a department in the School of Medicine in 1882. In 1920 the University of Maryland (in Baltimore) had merged with the Maryland State College of Agriculture. The merger brought with it the promise of a new dental building, which opened in January 1930 after yet another merger between the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (SOD) and the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (occurred in 1924). Continue reading
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Play Ball! The University of Maryland Nine vs. the Orioles, April 13, 1898
The Historical Collectiond department of the HS/HSL is throwing it back to 1898 when the University of Maryland, Baltimore baseball team took on the professional Orioles team. Continue reading
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Tagged Baltimore Orioles, Baseball, Orioles, Sports, UMBSOD, UMBSOL, UMBSOM
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“Her Smile” a Poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle
Rounding out National Poetry Month 2020, is a beautiful love poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle, School of Dentistry Class of 1904. The poem, titled “Her Smile” was published in the 1903 Bones, molars, and Briefs, the original name for the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s yearbook. Continue reading
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UMB Ties to the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort
On March 30, 2020 the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City’s Harbor on a mission to provide assistance to the city’s overwhelmed hospitals in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The USNS Comfort is a Navy Hospital Ship with 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms, which has been deployed in times of crisis and peace around the world. The USNS Comfort is stationed in Norfolk, VA but for a significant portion of her life (1988-2013) as a hospital ship, she was stationed in Baltimore’s Port. The location is not her only ties to the city of Baltimore, as several UMB alumni and faculty served on this hospital ship during her 33-year history. Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19, UMBSOD, UMBSOM, UMBSON, USNS Comfort
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