Today, U.S. News & World Report announced their 2021 College Rankings, and UMass Dartmouth again ranked high for its impact on the upward social mobility of its students. UMass Dartmouth, the…, Acting Chancellor Mark Preble, . “These rankings also represent the ambitious drive of our students who use our University as the foundation for their future.”
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Malawi has one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world, with an estimated 2,979 women dying from the disease every year. Cervical cancer accounts for 45.4 percent of all cancers in…
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The Massachusetts Center for the Book has announced the award and honors titles in the 20th Annual Massachusetts Book Awards. The Awards recognize achievement in five categories of literature written…
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Krishna Kumar, the Robert L. Gluckstern Professor in Physics, recently received a three-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support the launch a suite of new…
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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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