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Students Begin Preparing for The Seventh Annual Battle to Save Lives Case Competition

For the seventh annual Battle to Save Lives case competition, students in the Creating Impact in Global and Public Health course will be working on developing strategies for the West Dallas STEM School and The Dallas Theater Center. 

Dr. Eric Bing sharing the project charges with the class
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SMU Students Use Mixed-Reality Simulation to Practice Communication Skills

An SMU student practices Active Listening using the Mursion simulation environment.
An SMU student practices Active Listening using the Mursion simulation environment.

SMU students practiced essential communication skills with Mursion, an immersive simulation assisted by Artificial Intelligence.  

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SMU Students Debate Public Health Measures And Civil Liberties

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Two teams answer questions posed by the judges after their proposals on public health measures and limits on civil liberties.

Undergraduate students in a public health course at SMU propose diverse approaches and perspectives while discussing public health measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to limiting civil liberties.

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Spring 2022 Course Trains SMU Students in Public Health Impact

Dr. Eric G. Bing’s innovative Creating Impact in Global and Public Health course prepares students to analyze and develop solutions for complex public health challenges.

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SMU Students Debate Policy Solutions to Firearm Suicide

Undergraduate students in a new public health course at SMU are honing their persuasive speaking abilities in a series of formal debates about ongoing public health issues. 

Judges and two teams from the first debate in the Pandemics class
Judges and two of the teams participating in a debate on policies to reduce firearm suicide.
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Applications for Pandemics Course at SMU Now Open

In light of the era-defining COVID-19 pandemic, SMU epidemiologist Dr. Eric G. Bing has created a new undergraduate course focused solely on international diseases and how we can combat them. Pandemics! The Science of Disease Spread, Prevention, and Control (APSM/ANTH/MNO 4344), which kicks off in Spring 2021, will give SMU students the basic tools they need to understand the many factors that drive disease spread and how local and global communities can combat it.  

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COVID-19 Mindfulness Meditation Study

Mental health is an important factor during and after a global pandemic.

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SMU Students Virtually Present Pandemic Solutions before University Officials, Audience of Hundreds

At the largest Battle to Save Lives in the event’s six-year history, student proposals drew positive reviews from key SMU officials.

GPH Case Competition

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SMU Global & Public Health Class Hosts Virtual Lectures on Pandemic by Health Experts

SMU’s Global Public Health course shows how the online class meeting format can be leveraged to radically expand the borders of the classroom.

 

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SMU Students Developed Pandemic Solutions for Global & Public Health Case Competition

Combating Covid-19 on Campus FlyerThe sixth annual Battle to Save Lives featured SMU students’ strategies to suppress COVID-19 on campus.