UMass Boston Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Gail DiSabatino has been named this year’s recipient of the Scott Goodnight Award for outstanding performance as a dean/vice president from Region I…
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The National Institute on Aging has awarded investigators in UMass Boston’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences a one-year $523,133 grant to conduct pilot studies on the impact of a Tai Chi…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Many high-risk people eligible for medication to prevent HIV infection face barriers to obtaining a prescription, according to research by University of Massachusetts Amherst…
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Scot Bateman, MD, professor of pediatrics and anesthesiology at UMass Medical School, has been named clinical ethicist at UMass Memorial Medical Center and UMMS, according to an announcement by…
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Ann and Roosevelt Tsewole were enjoying, by their own measure, a “great life.” After meeting at UMass Lowell in 1994 and getting married in 1997, the Tsewoles settled in Dracut and were raising three…, Perfect medley: IT and music, “UMass Lowell was always on my list,” says Brit, who also considered Pace, Fordham and Temple universities but ultimately chose to return to the place where she’d lived until age 9. The family held…, ‘A business mindset’, “We’re all River Hawks and we love the school,” says Easmond, who had UML atop his list when applying to college. Besides the “familial bonds” he felt for the school, he was drawn by a newfound…, ‘She was the one’, Perhaps because of his diplomatic upbringing, it’s not unusual to see Easmond wearing a suit on campus. “He always dressed well,” Ann says with a laugh before noting that Roosevelt also used to wear…
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Six undergraduates from across campus have received the fall Rising Researcher award. The Rising Researcher program celebrates undergraduate students who excel in research, scholarship or creative…, Rachel Bargoot, , sociology, Commonwealth Honors College, Morgane Golan, , pre-veterinary sciences, Commonwealth Honors College, Jacob Kaplan, , jazz and African American music studies, Zoe Kearney, , astronomy and physics, Commonwealth Honors College, Kenneth Lin, , astronomy and physics, Commonwealth Honors College, Cinzia Presti, , classics and art history, Commonwealth Honors College Visit the Research Next website to learn more about the Rising Researchers.
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Erin Baker, professor of industrial engineering, and Nate Whitaker, professor of mathematics, recently visited colleagues from University of Ghana and University of Cape Town as part of a World…
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Alicia Timme-Laragy, associate professor of environmental health sciences, a developmental toxicologist with expertise in how early life exposures to pollutants affect health, recently hosted a…
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Native Americans still live among us in New England. As Thanksgiving approaches, History landing page History Prof. Strobel-Christoph Christoph Strobel wants people to know that Native Americans…, Q: How did you get interested in history, and specifically Native American history?, A:, It goes back to my time at Hiram College in Ohio. I came to the U.S. as a German language assistant, to teach and take courses. At the time, I planned to become a foreign correspondent. But I took…, Q: Why did you decide to write a comprehensive history of Native Americans in New England now?, A:, For years, students have asked me, “Why is there no history of Native Americans in New England?” I also get invited to speak at libraries, historical societies and schools. There’s a lot of interest…, Q: You call this book an “interpretive history.” What does that mean?, A:, I’m not trying to do highly specialized, original research. Instead, I’m trying to look at broad changes during six different historical periods. I’ve read and synthesized a vast amount of…, Q: Where do we find Native Americans in New England today, besides the small number of federally recognized tribes that have opened casinos or are trying to open casinos?, A:, They’re hiding in plain sight, and if you open your eyes and your mind, you see them everywhere. Two things combined to obscure them from view. Many intermarried with African Americans and other…, Q: The last section of your book deals with how Native Americans have pushed back in the last half-century, including trying to change our perspective on Columbus Day, which is now Indigenous Peoples…, A:, Yes. On the day when most Americans celebrate Thanksgiving this year, hundreds of Native Americans will gather on Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, which overlooks Plymouth Rock and the harbor, for the 50th…
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When Lawrence High School senior Nicole Villafana visited campus recently for a class trip hosted by the Education landing page College of Education , she got even more excited about studying for…
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