A newly released report by UMass Boston researchers finds that the coronavirus pandemic has affected Bostonian’s health in multiple ways that vary across differences in race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family composition.
Black holes are considered amongst the most mysterious objects in the universe. Part of their intrigue arises from the fact that they are considered one of the simplest solutions to Einstein’s field equations of general relativity theory. In fact, black holes can be fully characterized by only three physical quantities: their mass, spin, and charge. Since they have no additional “hairy” attributes to distinguish them from each other, black holes are said to have “no hair”. Simply put, black holes of the same mass, spin, and charge are identical.
Senior education major Abby O’Keefe grew up in Lowell, and she was excited to do her student teaching in a second-grade class at Pawtucketville Elementary School.
But because of all the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, she didn’t know what kind of teaching to prepare for: virtual, face-to-face, or both.
We are a nation divided. Democrats. Republicans. Polarized. Cleaved.
On everything from race to climate change, from how to repair the economy to how to handle the coronavirus pandemic, Americans are in sharp disagreement.
A study by Pew Research Center showed the depth of the divide a month before November’s election, when roughly eight in 10 registered Trump and Biden voters said a victory by the other candidate would cause “lasting harm” to the nation.
Global infectious diseases like the COVID-19 pandemic need global as well as local solutions, says Prof. Timothy Ford, the new chair of the Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences.
UMass Medical School’s new assistant vice chancellor for city and community relations comes into the role with a reputation for bringing people together. Ché Anderson joins the Office of Government and Community Relations after nearly seven years with the City of Worcester.
Tammy T. Nguyen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of surgery, describes herself as a garbage collector. But it would perhaps be more accurate to say Dr. Nguyen is giving biomedical waste a purpose. She’s analyzing bone marrow to learn why diabetic patients with foot ulcers have a hard time healing.
School of Medicine students are motivating classmates to tackle stress and fatigue through fitness. UMass Medical School’s chapter of Medicine in Motion, a national nonprofit, is dedicated to addressing burnout in health care through exercise, interdisciplinary community building and philanthropy.
AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today published the latest editions of its lists of the top corporate air and water polluters and top greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, based on the most recent data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.
UMass Medical School researchers are about to start enrolling adolescents ages 12 through 17 in a clinical trial to test the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine made by Moderna. The vaccine has already been authorized for emergency use in adults 18 years or older by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This is the first it is being tested in a younger population.