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Undergraduate Education

SMU Students Gearing Up for the 9th Battle to Save Lives Case Competition

Undergraduate students attending Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Creating Impact in Global & Public Health (APSM 4355; ANTH 4345/6345, MNO 4345) course are preparing for the ninth Battle to Save Lives case competition. This year, students will present comprehensive strategies to increase community engagement and user safety along the proposed Dallas LOOP Bikeway, a trail which will bridge infrastructural gaps to bring together cyclists across the Dallas community. 

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Undergraduate Education

Misinformation Dissemination: An SMU Global and Public Health Debate Competition

Undergraduate students attending Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Creating Impact in Global & Public Health (APSM 4355; ANTH 4345/6345; MNO 4345) course participated in a debate competition to encourage students to think critically about the spread of misinformation. 

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Undergraduate Education

Applications for Creating Global and Public Health Impact Course in Spring 2024 Now Open

In Spring 2024, Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Creating Global and Public Health Impact  will return to offer students public health training and expertise in developing solutions for complex public challenges in real-world contexts. Students with a wide variety of backgrounds are encouraged to apply . No health background or expertise is required.

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Undergraduate Education

2022 Battle to Save Lives, a Global and Public Health Case Competition, Returns In-person

The seventh annual Battle to Save Lives case competition was presented by students in Dr. Eric G. Bing’s Creating Impact in Global and Public Health course

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Undergraduate Education

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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Undergraduate Education

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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Undergraduate Education

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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Undergraduate Education

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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Center for Global Health Impact

The Center’s 2019-2020 Media Highlights

During the 2019-2020 academic year and the following summer, SMU Center for Global Health Impact projects, researchers, and students were featured many times in local and national media reporting.

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Uncategorized Undergraduate Education

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