You want your kids back in school this fall because getting them to learn online last spring while you tried to act professional in work Zoom meetings was a lost cause. You worry that the new COVID-…, Q. You say that during times of crisis, we tend to fall back on inequitable patterns. Why is that the case, and what does that mean for working women?, A., As much as there has been progress around professional women and dual-working families over the past two to three decades, there were still patterns of inequity where more of the “second shift” of…, Q. Do you see those support systems for working families returning?, A., There’s such uncertainty around if, how and when any reliable supports for working parents are coming back, and that’s been nagging me. You could argue that the situation is even more stark right…, Q. What are those unintended consequences?, A., I’m concerned that in the absence of these social systems that support working families, people are going to do a mishmash of their own thing: putting their kids in unregulated child care settings…, Q. Many companies have been able to let employees work from home during the pandemic. Could this signal a larger change in how companies treat working parents?, A., Early on, this was actually a good thing for those of us who were calling for companies to be more understanding of who employees are both inside and outside of the workplace. The severity of what…, Q. When the pandemic finally ends, what will be the lasting effects in the workplace?, A., I’m not one of those people who think, “Oh, the great work from home experiment — we’ll never go back to the office again.” I don’t think that would be a good thing. But one silver lining to this…
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BOSTON — Responding to the financial hardships that many Massachusetts families are facing, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted today to freeze tuition rates for in-state…, UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Rob Manning, said. “I commend President Meehan, the campus chancellors and their teams for making this possible through sound and innovative management.” “Holding the line on tuition is simply the right thing to…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. “That means controlling student charges and supporting financial aid so our students are able to pursue their dream of earning a UMass degree.’’ In freezing tuition this year, the university…
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UMass Medical School will create a national resource and training center to address child trauma caused by impaired caregiving, funded with a five-year, $3 million grant from the Substance Abuse and…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, New grant supports expected surge in calls to LINK-KID due to COVID-19 UMass Medical School child trauma expert co-authors COVID-19 resource for supporting children’s well-being
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A UMass Medical School researcher has been awarded a grant to study the association between the nasopharyngeal microbiome—the bacterial community that colonizes the back of the nose and throat—and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Woodrow Winchester, a senior lecturer and director of engineering management in the mechanical and industrial engineering (MIE) department with the University of Massachusetts…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A research team led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher recently received a $749,998 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to improve drone capabilities through…
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Haley Schachter, SOM ’22, and Aisling Ryan, RN, DNP candidate in the GSN, are the recipients of the 2020 Mick Huppert Community Health Scholar Award. The award honors the work and mission of the late…
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Alyssa Ryan, a Ph.D. student in the transportation program in the department of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) One-Year Research Grant…
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AMHERST, Mass. – In a new study out this week, a team including forest ecologist Malcolm Itter at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports finding “clear evidence of a contraction of the…
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This composite image shows the huge extent of a spiral galaxy’s magnetic field. Galaxy NGC 4217 is a star-formingspiral galaxy similar to the Milky Way. It is about 67 million light-years from Earth…
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