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A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
A global perspective on aging: Alfred Boakye’s gerontology journey from Ghana to Japan and the U.S.
Alfred Boakye first began thinking deeply about the care and well-being of elders and their families while caring for his centenarian grandmother, Margaret Nyarko, in his home city of Tema, on the...
Posted: June 24, 2026, 12:31 PM
Graduating students share how unexpected paths and community support got them to where they needed to be
Avi Newman, who is graduating from UMBC this spring, knows all too well about learning to navigate unexpected detours beyond his control. Managing the compounding effects of COVID-19, meant...
Posted: May 16, 2023, 10:37 AM
Building a professional social work network
Beatriz Soriano Luna Degree: B.S., Social Work Hometown: Montgomery County, MD Post-grad plans: M.S.W., University of Maryland School of Social Work A Universities of Shady Grove (USG)...
Posted: May 1, 2023, 1:51 PM
CIDER program supports new approach to measuring nursing home quality, plus more research collaborations
Assessing the quality of nursing home care has historically been a challenging and complex process that considers only a portion of the factors involved—generally, clinical indicators reported by...
Posted: March 15, 2023, 5:19 PM
Transforming the future of healthy aging: UMBC event highlights leading practices, research from Kanagawa and Maryland
UMBC recently partnered with the government of Japan’s Kanagawa prefecture to host the seminar “New Frontiers in Healthcare Management,” examining innovative approaches to an aging society. The...
Posted: November 30, 2022, 3:22 PM
Meet a Retriever — Maria Bruno ’19, social work
Meet Maria Bruno ’19, social work, a first-generation college student who transferred to UMBC at The Universities at Shady Grove from Montgomery College. Currently working as a mental health...
Posted: November 23, 2022, 10:52 AM
Social work graduate invests in herself and others
Jane De Hitta Degree: B.A., Social Work (minor: psychology) Hometown: Catonsville, MD Plans: Master’s of social work “Being older than most students, I didn’t know if I’d have a place,...
Posted: May 12, 2022, 1:58 PM
UMBC’s newest grads leave a legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and support for fellow students
On the back of every UMBC black and gold ID card is a guide to essential emergency resources, including numbers for health, counseling, sexual assault, and suicide prevention helplines. The new...
Posted: May 18, 2021, 8:41 PM
Retrievers buck ‘traditional’ timelines and redefine success
Evangeline Kirigua—mother, grandmother, immigrant, community college transfer student, civic entrepreneur—might have felt like the epitome of a “non-traditional” college student, but as she got...
Posted: May 12, 2021, 8:39 PM
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