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October 2008 School of Nursing Celebrates Expansion of Its Shady Grove Education Program Using funds provided by the governor and legislature, the School of Nursing expands classes at Shady Grove to respond to the nursing shortage. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/30/2008 Contact Name: Pat Adams Contact Phone: 410-706-4115 Contact Email: padams@son.umaryland.edu Top Amid Progress, Challenges Confront Universal Declaration of Human Rights School of Law symposium examines status of 60-year-old rights document View Full Article Posting Date: 10/28/2008 Contact Name: Jeffrey Raymond Contact Phone: 410-706-3803 Contact Email: jraymond@umaryland.edu Top School of Nursing Faculty Member Named Research Lecturer of the Year Jane Lipscomb delivers a sobering look at existing workplace conditions for health and human service providers View Full Article Posting Date: 10/27/2008 Contact Name: Rosalia Scalia Contact Phone: 410-706-7946 Contact Email: rscalia@umaryland.edu Top Ground Broken on New Maryland Forensic Medical Center at the UMB BioPark Facility will enhance ability to fight crime, support teaching and research, and identify public health threats. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/24/2008 Contact Name: Ed Fishel Contact Phone: 410-706-3801 Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu Top Social Work Students Fly to Texas to Help Hurricane Ike Victims Five students and a professor from the School of Social Work are working with the Red Cross to aid Hurricane Ike victims with their emotional and psychological recovery. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/23/2008 Contact Name: Rosalia Scalia Contact Phone: 410-706-7946 Contact Email: rscalia@umaryland.edu Top ''Banks Gave Us This Crisis,'' UM Law Professor Says Prof. Michael Greenberger, former federal securities regulator, offers solutions at two events. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/23/2008 Contact Name: Nick Alexopulos Contact Phone: 410 706 0914 Contact Email: nalex001@umaryland.edu Top School of Medicine's Simard named UMB's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Researcher's discovery in brain cells spawned company, new treatment hopes for stroke and other central nervous system disorders. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/20/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Financial Crisis Reveals Risk, Complexity in America's Economy Panelists at School of Law symposium describe failures of regulation, infrastructure behind financial meltdown View Full Article Posting Date: 10/08/2008 Contact Name: Jeffrey Raymond Contact Phone: 410-706-3803 Contact Email: jraymond@umaryland.edu Top Nurses Confer to Fight Hazardous Exposures Nurses and students from 15 hospitals gathered at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) to advance the cause of protecting them hazardous chemicals. View Full Article Posting Date: 10/03/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland Top