Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form properly during pregnancy. About 1 in every 1,600 babies is born with these defects in the United States…
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In the U.S., about 34 million people suffer from varying degrees of hearing loss, and about 10 million of them have to use hearing aids, according to Ketan Muni ’87. “Hearing loss is more common as…, Good Vibrations, “The Earlens device is the world’s first and only custom implanted hearing solution designed to directly vibrate the eardrum,” says Ketan. Unlike most hearing aids that use an amplifier and speaker…
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Ryan Shields, assistant professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies, is sharing a $1.5 million, four-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study a unique…
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Garret Roberts baseball profile page Garret Roberts has played baseball for as long as he can remember. The game is what led him to UMass Lowell, where he is an outfielder and right-handed pitcher…
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The UMass Lowell women’s soccer team was en route to Stony Brook, New York, for the semifinals of the 2018 America East conference tournament. As the River Hawks’ bus made the five-hour drive to Long…
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During my years of service in the United States Congress, I never could have imagined the U.S. Capitol being desecrated in such fashion. Equally, I couldn’t have envisioned elected officials inciting…
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This year was truly unique. A global pandemic transformed every facet of our lives and affected the health and wellbeing of millions of people. We all shifted to living, learning, and working…
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Dr. Steven Cadrin, Chair and Professor of Fisheries Oceanography at UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST), is the recent recipient of the 2020 International Council…
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Michael Marino, Assistant Dean of SMAST, is the recent recipient of the 2020 Citation for Outstanding Performance from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The award distinguishes employees who have…
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Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs Elizabeth Chen ’14 ’16, and Leslie Stevenson ‘16, the first African American member of the Norwood, Ohio City Council, engaged in a…
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