12 Students from Five Schools Named Provost's Global Scholars for 2026
Twelve additional students from five UMB schools have been selected as . The program was created to help UMB students engage in a critical analysis of complex, interdependent global systems and legacies and their implications for people's lives and the Earth's sustainability. Students design their own experience and are supported by a $2,000 stipend.
School of Graduate Studies
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Alexander Laurenson: Strengthening Capacity for Rapid Vaccine Antigen Discovery in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Aman Shrestha: Understanding Community Life and Support Systems of Nepali lingual Bhutanese Older Adults in Pennsylvania
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Latasha Wood: Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Sickle Cell Disease
Carey School of Law
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Reginald Denny: 90 & 30: Suriname’s Commitment to Protect More Forest Than Any Other Nation
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Kit Lee: Pro Bono for Cape Town: Socio-Economic Rights under South African Constitution
School of Medicine
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Alfred Boakye: Exploring Male Caregiving Experiences of Persons Living with Dementia (PLwD) in Ghana
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Paige Bristow: Take on Typhoid International Presentation in a Typhoid Endemic Country: Cambodia
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Luca Fornari: Cultural Influences on Outpatient Rehabilitation in Ecuador
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Nycole Hidalgo: Addressing Health Disparities in Rural Guatemalan Communities through Mobile Health Clinics
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Sofia Lopez-Lamia: Hospital Adopts Urban Forest in Colombia: Health Outcomes for Patients & Community Members
School of Pharmacy
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Sabina Nyangwechi: Exploring Global Pharmacy Practice Through the FIP World Congress in Montreal, Canada
School of Social Work
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Tharyn Giovanni: Theory in Action, Pedagogy as Praxis: A Reflexive Analysis of a Social Work Doctoral Student Developing Scholar-Practitioner Identity