Milagros C. Rosal, PhD, professor of population & quantitative health sciences in the Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, has been appointed to the newly created position of vice…
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Adam Corl, a Graduate Entry Pathway Doctor of Nursing Practice student in the Graduate School of Nursing , found his passion for medicine and health care through his undergraduate experiences at…
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Oluwabunmi Emidio, MD, MPH, is a PhD candidate in the Clinical and Population Health Research Program , and a postdoctoral fellow in a National Cancer Institute-funded training program Prevention…
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Kimberly A. Yonkers, MD, an innovative and visionary leader in the interdisciplinary fields connecting psychiatry and women’s health, will join UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care as…
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UMass Medical School has announced six members of the Medical School faculty who comprise the 2020-21 cohort of Dr. Marcellette G. Williams Distinguished Scholars, according to Chancellor Michael F.…, 2020 Marcellette Williams Senior Scholars, Maria Garcia, MD, MPH,, professor of medicine and family medicine & community health; assistant vice provost of diversity and student success As a leader across the three schools, Dr. Garcia desires to design and…, Sharina Person, PhD, , vice chair and professor of population & quantitative health sciences As a collaborative and experienced biostatistician for two decades, Dr. Person has led major research coordinating centers…, 2020 Marcellette Williams Scholars, Javier Irazoqui, PhD, , associate professor of microbiology & physiological systems Since joining UMMS in 2016 from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Irazoqui has established a three-part…, Ana Maldonado-Contreras, PhD, , assistant professor of microbiology & physiological systems Dr. Maldonado-Contreras’s laboratory is focused on developing rationally designed dietary interventions targeting microbiome-immune…, Ken Peterson, PhD, MS, FNP-BC,, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Nursing Throughout his academic career as an educator and advanced practice nurse and through lived experience, Dr. Peterson explores the concepts of…, Jaime Rivera, PhD, , associate professor of pediatrics; director of the Transgenic Animal Modeling Core As one of the leading researchers globally in early mammalian embryogenesis, Dr. Rivera aims to understand mammalian…
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Bobek-Eliza Eliza Bobek , clinical assistant professor of Education landing page education , had one child in kindergarten and another in fourth grade when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools…, Q: What’s your No. 1 piece of advice for parents who have been thrust into the role of teachers, like it or not?, A:, First, be kind and compassionate with yourself, your children and their teachers. Assume that there will be times you get frustrated – and know that it’s OK to step away and take a break, for both…, Q: How can parents reduce their children’s anxiety about falling behind?, A:, Parents should treat their children’s teachers and schools as partners in problem-solving. It has to be a two-way conversation, with schools saying, “Here are the expectations we have,” and parents…, Q: Parents often look forward to the structure of a back-to-school routine after a long summer. What’s yours in this unprecedented year?, A:, My husband and I are both working from home, so we sit down every night and block out our schedule for the next day to figure out when each of us is available to help the kids. Then we put it on a…, Q: What’s your children’s back-to-school routine?, A:, Their school is doing hybrid learning right now, and they’re very excited about seeing their friends and teachers in person some of the time. But all of the towns around us are doing online learning…, Q: What are some tips for parents whose children are experiencing screen fatigue or having trouble concentrating?, A:, For older children, headphones are a good idea, so that they can focus and not be distracted by other kids in the home (or their parents’ work calls). For younger children, maybe headphones aren’t a…
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As he traveled to Santiago, Chile in March to set up an art exhibition and coordinating disaster research, Gonzalo Bacigalupe fully expected to be on a return flight back to Boston after the spring…
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The UMass Amherst food science department maintained its number-one ranking in the U.S. and jumped to seventh in the world, according to the 2020 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects , part of the…
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AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees June 17voted to raise tuition and the mandatory curriculum fee by up to 5 percent for in-state undergraduates, saying it appears state…, System-wide savings of $44 million, In his remarks at his final Board of Trustees meeting, President Caret, who steps down on June 30 to become chancellor of the University System of Maryland, said: "Another reason we were able to…
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AMHERST -- June 17, 2015:UMass Trustees today voted to create a Search Committee to assist in the process of selecting a successor to UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan, who will become president…, Co Chairman:R. Norman Peters, Member of the UMass Board of Trustees and founding partner of Peters &Sowyrda, Co Chairman:JohnPulichino'67, '14 (H), Chairman and CEO, Group III International Ltd., Lisa Abdallah, Chairwoman and associate professor, School of Nursing, UMass Lowell, Lawrence Carpman, Member of the UMass Board of Trustees and Partner, Northwind Strategies, Michael Carter, Chairman and associate professor, Department of Economics, and president of the Faculty Senate, UMass Lowell, Julie Chen, Vice provost for research, UMass Lowell, James Christopher, UMass Lowell Student Government Association president, Jerry Colella '78, President and CEO, MKS Instruments, Nancy Donahue '13 (H), Community leader and co-founder of Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Robert Giles, Professor of physics and director, Submillimeter Wave Technology Lab, UMass Lowell, Anita Greenwood, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, UMass Lowell, Charlie Hoff '66, '04 (H), Chairman, The Hoff Foundation Inc., John F. Kennedy '70, Former president and CFO, Nova Ventures Corp., Margaret Koziel, Assistant vice provost of clinical and translational research, UMass Medical School, and co-director of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2), Scott Latham I, nterim dean of the Manning School of Business, UMass Lowell, Charlotte Mandell, Vice provost for undergraduate education, UMass Lowell, Stephen McCarthy, Professor of plastics engineering, UMass Lowell, and co-director of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) and the Center for Irish Partnerships, Carol McDonough, Professor of economics, UMass Lowell, and president of the Massachusetts Society of Professors Lowell, Keith Mitchell, Associate professor of English, UMass Lowell, Amanda Robinson, Student trustee-elect, UMass Lowell, Dana Skinner, UMass Lowell director of athletics, Kumble Subbaswamy, Chancellor, UMass Amherst, Marcellette Williams, UMass senior vice president for academic and student affairs and international relations, Margaret Xifaras, Member of the UMass Board of Trustees and attorney, Law Offices of Lang, Xifaras & Bullard. Contact: Jan Brogan 617-287-4027
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