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Global Seminar - 2024
Italy: Mediterranean Secrets to a Long Life
Discover the secrets of why people live over 100 years in "Blue Zones" as you explore Sardinia, Italy.
Prior to leaving for the global seminar, the class will meet four times. You will read texts and engage with other materials as it relates to what you will be seeing and learning while in Italy. Classes will consist of participatory activities designed to engage you in learning about the nine factors that contribute to longevity, specifically as the factors relate to Sardinia, Italy.
What's Happening?
NDSU graduate Sarah Swartz spoke with Minnesota Public Radio on what 2020 was like as a contact tracer during the pandemic and how it will shape her future career. https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/…
NDSU’s Master of Public Health program has been ranked among the “25 Most Affordable Online MPH Programs for 2021,” by MPH Online.
“We strive to provide a high-quality program that is student…
Many older adults in the Midwest are coping well during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study by NDSU researchers.
The research project, titled “Lessons in Resilience: Initial Coping …
Gretchen Dobervich is highly motivated and accomplished. She works as the public health policy project manager at North Dakota State University’s American Indian Public Health Resource Center and…
The Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth and NDSU Public Health are scheduled to host a virtual panel discussion to explore health and economic questions related to the…
Mark Strand, PhD, MS, CPH, has been named to the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Public Health.
Strand, professor in the Department of Public Health and the School of Pharmacy at…
Sarah Swartz began her spring 2020 semester like any other. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. During her last semester before graduation in Public Health from NDSU in May, she began working as a…
"Even though I participate in the MPH program as a distance learner like many of the other AIAN students who also work full-time," said North Dakota State University Master of Public Health…
