Ric Grefé, former executive director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and Design Thinker in Residence at Williams College will be providing a talk and question and answer session on…
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Rationing health care resources during a pandemic is a complex undertaking, says Assoc. Prof. Hay-Carol Carol Hay of Philosophy landing page Philosophy . What’s clear, though, is that COVID-19 is…, Q: Different states and hospitals have come up with different guidelines for deciding who gets life-saving treatment in case of shortages. Nearly all of the plans prioritize children and pregnant…, A:, I think we need to admit that these are just really hard questions, and they might even be questions where there isn’t one answer. One thing that’s important is that hospitals already have ethics…, Q: Aren’t those front-line doctors the ones with the most information about who has the best chance to survive with a good quality of life?, A:, Research shows that we tend to overestimate our ability to predict other people’s quality of life. Able-bodied people are especially bad at estimating the quality of life of people with disabilities…, Q: On the one hand, this pandemic seems like a great equalizer – everyone is vulnerable. On the other, it does seem to come down to resources. Homeless people, low-income people and people of color…, A:, You can’t shelter in place if you don’t have a place. Home isn’t a safe place to shelter for women and children at risk of domestic violence and for many LGBTQ people. Seventy percent of people who…, Q: As a moral and political philosopher, do you think this represents an opportunity to address some of these inequalities?, A:, It would be great to chip away at some of these inequalities. Am I optimistic that’s going to happen? No. But it’s possible. I do think many Americans are realizing, ‘Oh, wow! This is why universal…, Q: What are our individual ethical responsibilities during a pandemic?, A:, Many of our most pressing obligations right now are obligations of care: take care of yourself; take care of your family; take care of your community by not putting yourself or others unnecessarily…, Q: What kind of philosophical advice can you offer students right now?, A:, What I would say to them, if it’s any comfort, is that if they’re freaked out or they’re scared, they’re tracking. It’s such a strange time: We’re all together in this forced aloneness. It’s really…
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In his weekly video address on Monday, April 13, Chancellor Michael F. Collins thanked members of the UMass Medical School community for their commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The students who belong to the university’s Emergency Medical Services ( link this for UML-EMS landing page EMS ) program pride themselves on providing year-round, 24/7 care to the UML community.…
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Eight undergraduates from across campus have received the spring 2020 Rising Researcher award. The Rising Researcher program celebrates undergraduate students who excel in research, scholarship or…, Taylor Cassidy, , classics, Commonwealth Honors College, William Johnson, , biology, Commonwealth Honors College, Colin Lemire, , biochemistry and molecular biology, Commonwealth Honors College, Joseph McGaunn, , biochemistry and molecular biology, psychology, Commonwealth Honors College, Jack Merullo, , computer science, Commonwealth Honors College, Kit Newell, , theater, Madeline Scott, , mechanical engineering, Elizabeth Voke, , chemical engineering, Commonwealth Honors College Visit the Research Next website to learn more about the Rising Researchers.
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AMHERST, Mass. – Engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst responded to a request for help in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic from Baystate Health in Springfield by designing new, longer…, “, This engineering response spanned the greater UMass family including alumni, undergraduate, the makerspace community, local industry and faculty.” Baystate Health’s resident physician Mat Goebel…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of earnings inequalities by an international team of 27 researchers has found that the between-workplace share of wage inequality is growing in 12 of 14 high-income…
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Mila Getmansky Sherman, professor in the Isenberg School of Management’s department of finance, is coleader of a new $2.4 million National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project that aims to improve…
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Kathryne M. Young, assistant professor of sociology, has been chosen among the 2020-21 cohort of ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Faculty Scholars. The six faculty scholars come from diverse…
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Donal Carbaugh, professor of communication, has published a new book, “Communication in Vehicles.” In it Carbaugh expands on over 10 years of research, analyzing how people interact with their smart…
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