Sixteen students from across UMB were selected for the Global Scholar Program, which provides a $2,000 stipend to help 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.

The Scholars are:

• Nikita Aggarwal, School of Social Work: Work- and immigration-related risk factors and Behavioral Health Outcomes among US Immigrant Restaurant Workers

• Samantha Bingaman, School of Law: Comparing Legal Strategies Used by Indigenous Peoples to Respond to Environmental Injustices at the Hands of Multinational Companies

• Gabrielle Callwood-Jackson, School of Medicine: Addressing Health Disparities in South Africa through Mobile Clinics

• Dean Costalas, School of Law: From Shore to Shore: Comparing Legal Strategies to Confront Sea Level Rise in Kilmore Quay, Ireland, and Deal Island, Maryland

• Kathryn Driscoll, School of Medicine: Understanding Under-5 Mortality: A Comprehensive Analysis of Sepsis-Related Deaths and Etiologic Agents in Mali Through the CHAMPS Study

• Sundeep Grandhe, School of Pharmacy: Hope in Hospice: Addressing Immigrant Health in California's Central Valley

• Purnima Jain, School of Pharmacy: Bringing Palliative Care to Patients with Terminal Illness in India

• Yoon Chung Kim, School of Medicine: Long-Term Services and Supports for Older Adults in South Korea

• Jaylyn King, The Graduate School: A Czechia collaboration to cultivate a global perspective on Bordetella solutions with the International Bordetella Society  

• Sam McCormack, School of Law: Harnessing Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Inform Sustainable Conservation Decisions on Migratory Bird Populations

• Morgan Pardue-Kim, School of Social Work: Former Unaccompanied Refugee Minors’ Experiences as Parents: A Constructivist Grounded Theory and Participatory Approach

• Benjamin Sitzer, School of Law: Environmental Law at the Ground Level: Grand Canyon Ranger Perspectives

• Matthew Suzor, School of Law: Plastic Pollution in Costa Rica: Phase Out Failure

• Ananda Thomas, School of Medicine: Addressing Health Disparities in South Africa through Mobile Clinics

• Tenica Watt, School of Nursing: Improving Nutrition in a Vulnerable Population in Tanzania

• John Yang, School of Dentistry: Comparative Qualitative Analysis of Dental Care Among Armed Forces Personnel in Domestic versus International Stations