FEATURES FALL 2019

Cover Story

The founders of BLKHLTH pause for a selfie during the cover photo shoot. The four Rollins alumni devote most of their free time to the social justice organization they run. The mural, Sunrise of Edgewood, located at U Space Gallery at 439 Edgewood Avenue SE, was created by Baltimore-based street artists Gaia during the Living Walls Conference in 2012.

Driving innovations 14 Partnerships between researchers at Rollins and Georgia Institute of Technology fuel discovery.

Dean, Rollins School of Public Health

James W. Curran, MD, MPH

Senior Associate Dean for Development and External Relations, Rollins School of Public Health

Kathryn H. Graves, MEd, 93MPH

Editor

Martha McKenzie

Art Director

Linda Dobson

Photographer Stephen Nowland

Creative Director

Peta Westmaas

Director of Photography

Kay Hinton

Editorial Contributors

Catherine

Morrow

Sylvia Wrobel

Photography Contributors

Ann Watson

Production Manager

Carol Pinto

Executive Director Health Sciences

Creative Services

Karon Schindler

Associate

Vice President Health Sciences

Communications

Vince Dollard

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Cultural exchange 20

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship celebrates 40 years as a program and 25 years at Rollins.

Departments

Black health matters 24

Four Rollins graduates founded and run an organization dedicated to improving health in the black community.

Contributions 32

SHARYN POTTER 94MPH 98G

Potter studies the financial toll campus sexual assault extracts from its victims in the form of changing to less challenging majors or dropping out of college altogether. She has also developed bystander intervention strategies to stop assault before it happens.