- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, University of Connecticut, honored November 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Carroll College, honored October 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, University of Maryland, Baltimore, honored July 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Rutgers University, honored July 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Loyola University New Orleans, honored June 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Brown University, honored May 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Western Colorado University, honored January 2019
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, Temple University, honored November 2017
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, honored October 2018
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, University of North Florida, honored May 2017
- Congrats to our Skin Smart Campus, East Tennessee State University, honored August 2016
Skin Smart Campuses
Platinum Level
University of Connecticut, honored November 2019
Carroll College, honored October 2019 (Gold status achieved April 2019)
Carroll College students recognized as "Your Skin Is In" Ambassadors
University of Maryland, Baltimore, honored July 2019
Rutgers University, honored July 2019 (Gold status achieved April 2019)
Loyola University New Orleans, honored June 2019
Brown University, honored May 2019
Western Colorado University, honored January 2019
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, honored October 2018
CU Anschutz's skin safety webpage
Temple University, honored November 2017
University of North Florida, honored May 2017
Eastern Tennessee State University, honored August 2016
Gold Level
University of Montana, honored May 2019
CDC - Skin Cancer - Success Story: Reducing Indoor Tanning on College Campuses
“Universities can play an important role in creating a culture and establishing norms around healthy behavior,” said Dr. Sherry Pagoto, “The purpose of Skin Smart is to give them the tools to do just that.”
Health advocates: Some colleges make indoor tanning too easy
NCSCP campaign wants colleges to adopt anti-tanning policies
"Many colleges just don’t seem to realize the importance of the issue. They don’t see it like they would see tobacco," said Dr. Sherry Pagoto, Skin Smart Campus Initiative co-chair.
When Prevention Works, Nothing Happens
Former Surgeon General of the United States, Dr. Boris Lushniak, pens editorial in JAMA Dermatology about the role of public health initiatives in the fight against skin cancer, mentions Skin Smart Campus
When prevention works, "there is no disease and therefore nothing bad happens to the person.... oftentimes we do not appreciate or celebrate the successes of prevention. Let’s make nothing happen! Let’s keep on track on that bold and noble mission of preventing skin cancer."