AMHERST, Mass. – People released from jail or prison are 120 times more likely to overdose on opioids than the general population in Massachusetts. A new, jail-based opioid use disorder treatment program approved by the Massachusetts Legislature and instituted in 2019 at seven county jails is intended to decrease that risk.

They are in their early 20s and entering their junior years at UMass Boston, with their whole careers waiting ahead of them. Yet in their work at UMass Boston’s Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, five undergraduate research assistants find themselves considering the lives of people on the other end of the adulthood spectrum.

On Sunday, October 23, 2022, the Claire T. Carney Library Associates will be presenting its 14th annual authors’ brunch at the Woodland Commons. Parking is available on campus. Reservations are required no later than Friday, October 7. The cost of the brunch is $50, $45 for CTC Library Associate members, with a 10% discount for reservations for tables of eight. Tickets may be purchased from Library Associates members or online.

Daniel Dsouza came to the United States from India in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

“I’ve been interested in computers since I was a child,” he says. “I used to open up toy computers and see what’s inside.”

Shalom Njau, the daughter of immigrants from Kenya, is a rising junior in the biotechnology track at Worcester Technical High School who wants to be a doctor and scientist.