I am saddened to learn of the passing of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants. Over the course of his 40-year legal career, Chief Justice Gants distinguished himself as a…
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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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With a growing relationship between the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System and UMass Medical School in mind, Kristin Mattocks, PhD, MPH, has been appointed to the new position of…
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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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When you exhale through your surgical mask, your breath barely travels a few inches before it is pushed down to the floor by overhead fans and sucked into return vents. The room’s air is exchanged…
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BOSTON - The University of Massachusetts today announced the launch of a new system-wide initiative to make courses on each of its campuses available to students on all UMass campuses. The Inter-…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. “The inter-campus course exchange is an excellent example of a silver lining that will benefit our students long after COVID-19 is a distant memory.” Under the plan developed by, UMass, System Chancellor for Academic Programs Katherine Newman, in collaboration with the Provosts of each campus, undergraduate and graduate students interested in a class that is unavailable on their home campus will have an expanded pathway to equivalent…, UMass Amherst – Supporting Faculty and Faculty Supporting Students, Multiple campus units mobilized to establish University Quality Standards: FlexForward to Fully Online Course Design - a resource hub for faculty transitioning to remote instruction. The initiative…, UMass Boston – RESPOND Peer Coaching Initiative, With funding from the Trefler and Lumina Foundations, UMass Boston created and launched the RESPOND Peer Coaching Initiative during the first weeks of remote instruction to proactively engage with…, UMass Dartmouth – Closing the Digital Divide, When it became evident early in the spring semester that hundreds of UMass Dartmouth students lacked adequate computers and reliable broadband internet access to succeed at remote learning, the…, UMass Lowell – High Quality Remote Laboratory and Studio Course, Based on experience last spring, UMass Lowell faculty are employing a number of innovative methods to deliver laboratory and studio classes remotely this fall. Examples include: Electrical and…, UMass Medical School – Pandemic Curriculum, In late March and early April, as students were temporarily removed from their clinical placements, UMMS faculty established a two-week remote course that covered a wide range of topics, from the…
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A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will prepare students for the nation’s high-quality STEM workforce was awarded to Associate Professor of Mathematics Yanlai Chen and colleagues from the…, Grant based on success of previous NSF programs, The program is motivated by the success of a previous NSF-funded CSUMS (Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences) program led by Chancellor Professor of…, Computation will be taught in core STEM courses, One main theme of the program is to integrate contextualized computing and data analysis across the STEM disciplines. No new courses are proposed. Instead, computing modules will be added to existing…, Collaborative program with College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Engineering, The ACCOMPLISH grant represents a collaborative effort between the CAS and the COE. Co-Principal Investigators include CAS Dean Pauline Entin and Professors Sigal Gottlieb, Shakhnoza Kayumova, and…
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Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious astrophysical objects in the universe. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Professor Gaurav Khanna of the Physics department a $75,393 grant…
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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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Associate Professor of Management and acclaimed climate change strategist Nardia Haigh was awarded the 2020 Book Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy…
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