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November 2008 UMB Students Serve Annual Thanksgiving Feast for Homeless Persons Students, faculty, staff, and friends participate in 19th "Project Feast" outreach to needy persons in West Baltimore. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/27/2008 Contact Name: Ed Fishel Contact Phone: 410-706-3801 Contact Email: efishel@umaryland.edu Top Civil Rights Laws Offer Hope for Victims of Cyber Attacks UM Law School's Citron spreads message to acknowledge, fight the problem. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/25/2008 Contact Name: Jeffrey Raymond Contact Phone: 410-706-3803 Contact Email: jraymond@umaryland.edu Top UMB's Shigella Vaccine Licensed to PATH International group hopes vaccine will help prevent shigellosis, cause of an estimated1.1 million deaths, mostly children, per year. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/24/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Ron Taffel Brings His Parenting Expertise to the School of Social Work Popular author offers his views on the modern family at a daylong seminar for human service professionals. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/21/2008 Contact Name: Rosalia Scalia Contact Phone: 410-706-7946 Contact Email: rscalia@umaryland.edu Top New Department Aims to Keep Students Financially Healthy University of Maryland, Baltimore established the Department of Financial Education and Wellness to help students keep fiscally fit. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/19/2008 Contact Name: Rosalia Scalia Contact Phone: 410-706-7946 Contact Email: rscalia@umaryland.edu Top UMB Researcher Says Body's Nutrient Transporters Could Speed Drug Absorption James Polli, PhD, School of Pharmacy, reports that transporters, nature's homing devices, could help drugs get into the bloodstream faster. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/19/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Dodgers President Jamie McCourt Recounts Benefits of UM Law Education Having enrolled only at the urging of her father, she's now a devoted fan of legal education View Full Article Posting Date: 11/19/2008 Contact Name: Jeffrey Raymond Contact Phone: 410-706-3803 Contact Email: jraymond@umaryland.edu Top Industry Leader To Pharmacist Students: Bill for Patient Services Buffington advises School of Pharmacy students, residents to continue push for adoption of billing codes for pharmacy health care services. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/11/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top Dean Reece Installed as Chair of the Association of American Medical College's National Council of Deans The council identifies issues affecting academic medicine and develops strategies to achieve the various missions of medical schools across the United States. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/07/2008 Contact Name: Karen Buckelew Contact Phone: 410-706-7590 Contact Email: KBuckelew@som.umaryland.edu Top Maryland School True Pioneer in Dental Products Review American Dental Association has named the University of Maryland Dental School to elite product review program. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/05/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top School of Pharmacy and Medical Center Announce Partnership The partnership will broaden residents' patient care training in many specialty areas. View Full Article Posting Date: 11/03/2008 Contact Name: Steve Berberich Contact Phone: 410-706-0023 Contact Email: sberb001@umaryland.edu Top