The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ School of Public Health and Community Medicine held an all-school celebration event this spring to mark its rise, from fifth to fourth, in the rankings of the 33 accredited schools of public health by U.S. News & World Report, released in April.
At the celebration, each faculty and staff member received a pin with the school’s logo, a Northwest Native American design called “Soul Catcher.�
“We know that our success is due to the efforts of our faculty and staff and our excellent students, and we wanted to acknowledge them,� said Dean Patricia Wahl.
“I don’t know that a dean influences the rankings,� she said, “but I’m certainly pleased to see us advance during my watch.�
In the rankings for public health graduate programs, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ now follows Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program at the University of Michigan is fifth.