Historical Insights
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2024-03-29T11:41:16ZA Brief History of UMB African American Student Organizations
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A Brief History of UMB African American Student Organizations
Wink, Tara
This blog post, written for Black History Month 2021, highlights the history of African American Student Organizations in each of the schools at the University of Maryland. The groups have worked to help make the UMB campus more inclusive and diverse. Many of these organizations were founded in the late 1960s and 1970s and continue to operate on campus today.
Content written for the HS/HSL News, a blog for the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
2021-02-23T00:00:00ZUMB and the United States Presidency: Faculty and Alumni Ties to the Country’s Highest Office
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UMB and the United States Presidency: Faculty and Alumni Ties to the Country’s Highest Office
Wink, Tara
In celebration of President’s Day 2021, Historical Collections highlights the 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 blog post outlines Dr. Robley Dunglison, Dr. Henry Albert Parr, and Dr. James Julius Richardson, and their ties to the highest U.S. Office.
Content written for the HS/HSL News, a blog for the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
2021-02-15T00:00:00ZA History of the UMB Presidency
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A History of the UMB Presidency
Wink, Tara
The University of Maryland, Baltimore has a long history beginning in 1807 with the founding of the College of Medicine of Maryland. In that history, the campus has had 26 leaders serving as president, provost, and chancellor. This post written for the 2021 United States Presidential Inauguration highlights the history of the campus and its leaders from 1807 to the present.
Content written for the HS/HSL News, a blog for the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
2021-01-20T00:00:00ZCommon Holiday Spices, Flavors, and Nuts and their Traditional Medicinal Qualities
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Common Holiday Spices, Flavors, and Nuts and their Traditional Medicinal Qualities
Wink, Tara
The holiday and winter seasons have common ingredients, usually with bold, warming flavors. The holiday bread, cookie, and cake recipes call for spices and flavorings like nutmeg, ginger, vanilla, and clove or nuts like walnuts and almonds. Historically however, these ingredients were prescribed for a variety of ailments in botanicals and herbals. This post highlights a few of these ingredients from botanicals in the Health Sciences and Human Services Library's Historical Collections Department.
Content written for the HS/HSL News, a blog for the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB).
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