A new study led by Robert Wellman, PhD, finds that if teenagers learn to recognize when they’re feeling down and how to manage those emotions, they ‘re less likely to self-medicate through alcohol.…
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Today, UMass Dartmouth signed the “Commitment Towards a goal of Zero Carbon Emissions”. This aspirational commitment sets a goal of achieving zero carbon emissions by 2030, or alternatively 2050 (the…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, . “Everyone who has the ability to make a difference owes it to the students in this room, across this campus, and around the globe, including our children and grandchildren, to do their best in…, Chapter President Nathaniel Roberts, . “I know I am proud to be a student at UMass Dartmouth, now more than ever. For the larger movement, this is a piece in the puzzle. Much like the climatic shifts happening in our natural world, this…
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UMass Boston celebrated the opening of the Catherine Frisone Scott Center for Italian Cultural Studies with a panel discussion and reception on Wednesday in a packed Alumni Lounge. The Italian…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The public is invited to observe sunrise and sunset on the day of the winter solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 7:00 a.m. and…
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Laura Vandenberg, associate professor of environmental health sciences, who was recently recognized as among the world’s most highly cited scientists , gave a talk explaining her research on harmful…
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The UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research recently announced the BayCoast Bank White Paper Series. The Series will consist of three research articles per year that take a comprehensive look…, Shannen Pavao, , MBA, UMass Dartmouth Alumnus and Associate Director of the Center for Marketing Research . The study was co-authored by Nadia Khalil MSF from the London School of Economics. The new report is the…
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Last month, UMass Boston Distinguished Professor of Biology Kamal Bawa received the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation on behalf of the research institute he founded in India…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Imagine the impact on first-year college student-athletes in highly competitive programs if you could teach them resilience – if they learned skills to cope with high expectations,…, a, ctive coping, such as exercise or meditation; , b, uilding strength by focusing on and advancing one’s aptitudes rather than weaknesses; , c, ognitive awareness, which involves being aware of automatic thinking; and garnering , s, ocial support. To gain the neuroplastic benefits of repetitive practice, each class follows the same format. It begins with each individual describing a “positive practice exercise” they did as…
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An editorial in the journal Medical Care by UMass Medical School public health experts calls for legislators and policymakers to take bold action on gun control, similar to the recent ban in…
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Sally C. Kent, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the Diabetes Center of Excellence, has been named the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes. Dr. Kent studies…
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