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Daniel Gerber, senior lecturer in community health education and former associate dean of academic affairs, passed away in December following a long illness.

When UMass online MPH students and alumni engage in public health practice, they don’t mess around. 

Kinesiology and the Hampshire Regional YMCA in Northampton offer “LIVESTRONG at the YMCA,” a physical activity and wellness program to support cancer survivors.

Dean Siega-Riz provides her monthly newsletter message for November 2025.

Students, faculty and staff rally to collect food donations at locations across campus and UMass Downtown.

Dean Siega-Riz provides her monthly newsletter message for October 2025.

Kinesiology Chair Richard van Emmerik shares information from the department in this letter to alumni.

The SPHHS is co-sponsoring the Philip W. Johnston Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, "Impacts of Medicaid Cuts in Western Massachusetts," on October 28, 2025.

Dean Siega-Riz provides her monthly newsletter message for September 2025.

Dean Siega-Riz provides her monthly newsletter message for August 2025.

This summer, Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) bid farewell to two long-term faculty members with the retirements of Karen Helfer and Lisa Sommers.

Alumnus Robert Marietta, MD, ‘13MPH, has published a new book examining military mental health from someone who has served inside the system.