AMHERST, Mass. – From arthritis and heart failure to diabetes and menopause, many conditions are associated with muscle weakness and increased fat deposits. Now a multidisciplinary team of…
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Workplace Learning and Development (WLD) has announced that 22 supervisors from various departments across campus completed the university’s Leadership Academy, :, Foundations of Supervision program. This Fall, the first cohort completed the multi-modal learning program which included a total of three days of in-person training, seven Moodle online courses and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – In what the authors believe is one of the first studies to examine climate change impact on the timing of bird migration on a continental scale, researchers report that spring…
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“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” by Ocean Vuong, an assistant professor in the Masters of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers, has been selected by a range of publications as one of the best…
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AMHERST, Mass. – While scientists have long sought to understand the factors that structure global biodiversity patterns, much of their research has focused on present-day climate, such as patterns…
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The race to slash carbon emissions by 2050 is well underway – on a course laid out through ambitious commitments at many levels, from the global Paris Agreement, through Massachusetts’ Global Warming…
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Music education major Rachel Janielis says it's stressful when she cannot properly hear a professor speaking or a presenter talking at events. “I remember an event at the beginning of the year when…
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Together with her research partners and students, Chair and Associate Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences Julie Wright is looking to encourage black and African American women cancer…
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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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