4/14/25

This week, April 13-19, 2025, the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) community is participating in the Maryland Climate Teach-In, an annual week of events to promote climate change education and to empower people to take action. The Teach-In is part of USG Facilities and Planning division’s larger strategy to create storytelling around our sustainability goals and requirements under the Maryland Climate Solutions Now Act.

Nearly all of the University System of Maryland Institutions will be participating in the Climate Teach-In on their home campuses. Academic partner faculty and staff who work on the USG campus will provide their expertise through informative presentations about climate change and how it impacts their respective fields. The University of Maryland School of Nursing, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Social Work program, and the University of Maryland,College Park (UMCP) Cyber Physical Systems Engineering (CPSE) program will be represented in the speaker series.

We will also hold, in partnership with our campus neighbors the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR), a campus clean-up on Wednesday, April 16 from 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. The clean-up has been a long-standing Earth Day tradition between USG and IBBR, which grows in popularity each year as faculty, staff and students lend a helping hand to pick up litter across campus and in the surrounding wetlands. Keep your eyes on the USG Instagram, Facebook and X pages for promotional videos for the clean-up developed by students in the UMCP Communication program at USG! 

Students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to participate in any of the Climate Teach-In events.

RSVP for the Climate Teach-In Events at https://tinyurl.com/USG-IBBR.

 

 

USG Maryland Climate Teach-In Schedule of Events

 

Thursday, April 10, 2025 - End of May

“Earth’s Echo: Voices of Environmental Justice” Art Exhibit
On display in the Priddy Library, Building III, 1st Floor
 

Monday, April 14, 2025

“Reproductive Health and Chemical Exposures”
Speaker: Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., IV-1113

“Handling the Health Effects of Climate Change”
Speaker: Karin Russ, JD, MS, RN
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., IV-1113 
 

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

USG/IBBR Earth Day Campus Clean-up
Pick up litter across the campus and surrounding wetland areas. Gloves and trash bags will be provided.
9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., meet at the Boardwalk outside Building IV
 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

“How Social Work Interprets and Implements Environmental Justice in Practice”
Speaker: Jeannette Hoover
Clinical Instructor, Social Work, UMBC
10:30 am-11:30 am, Piney Branch Water Garden (behind Building IV, near the Boardwalk)

“Going Green in the ICU” 
Speaker: Kaitlin Landolf, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., IV-1119
 

Friday, April 18, 2025

“Wired for Change: How Your Classroom Can Tackle Climate Change”
Speaker: Nestor Michael C. Tiglao
Lecturer, Cyber Physical Systems Engineering (CPSE), UMCP
10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., IV-1119
 

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Artists Discussion Panel
“Earth’s Echo: Voices of Environmental Justice” Art Exhibit
5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Priddy Library, Building III, 1st Floor