Today, UMass Dartmouth announced a partnership with the Climate Mayors Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative and has committed to purchase 2 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2021. In doing so, the…, William Mitchell, Jr., Assistant Director of Campus Services at UMass Dartmouth, . “Our university is committed to our sustainability goals and EVs are an important part of the future. We encourage fellow schools to join us on the path to electrification.” “Universities and…, Ben Prochazka, National Director of the Electrification Coalition, . Launched in September 2018, the Collaborative is a partnership between Climate Mayors, the Electrification Coalition, and Sourcewell. In committing to purchase electric vehicles as a part of the…
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Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, associate professor of English and director of UMass Boston’s MFA in Creative Writing Program, has made the long list for the 2020 National Book Award in Poetry with their…, What was your initial reaction to finding out you made the long list? , I had a little weep. I was in disbelief. I was walking into my building when a dear friend called me, and I assumed it was for something work related (as we often collaborate). They were so excited…, What led you to begin using code and computational processes in poetry? , This is a very long question but if you look all the way back to my first book, But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise , I’m already working with combinations and permutations. My second book, a…, What inspired this book of poems in particular? , It didn’t come together as a book itself until the last minute, but the poems were inspired by real events: the precarity of being Black in America is something that is reiterated over and over again…, While the collection was published in December, it feels prescient of this moment. With the Black Lives Matter protests, the white supremist backlash, and the country being forced to reflect on an…, It’s interesting because it’s prescient of this moment and moments 4-5 years ago and longer, and will probably be prescient into the future. Racism is the ultimate case study for an ongoing…, What has been your experience working with creative writing students at UMass Boston? , I love our students! They are curious and passionate about being writers, and they are intimately engaged with their communities and the world…
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In opening the virtual forum, Standing in Our Power: Women of Color Leading Change, Congresswoman , Ayanna Pressley, delivered a strong challenge to participants: “Stand unapologetically in your power and use it to demand the change we need and deserve.” “Your voice and your passion are so critically needed as we…, Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson, , director of CWPPP and the Gender, Leadership, and Public Policy graduate certificate program , and MAWOCC President, Visionary and Founding Member , Celia Johnston Blue, said the purpose of these events is to educate, inspire, and activate women of color around policy issues that are of particular relevance to them by providing them with tools and strategies for…, Tanisha Sullivan, addressed the “fundamental right to vote,” expressing strong support for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020, which she said would restore and extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965. She said…, Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, stressed the importance of both hard data and relationships to getting out the vote. “We are building democracy hubs, regionally, around the Commonwealth,” she said. “Gentrification is real—our…, Beth Huang, , executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Table explained that voters of color in the state are “leaving power on the table.” Her data showed that voters of color could make up one in every…, Anna Del Castillo, , a fellow of the IGNITE organization, which is building a pipeline of next generation women leaders, suggested ways for young women to become involved in the election, such as becoming IGNITE the…, Loren M. Spears, , a leader of the Wampanoag Tribe in Narragansett, Rhode Island said that they have been in solidarity with all people of color. She noted that historically Native American women were “very empowered…, Andrea Campbell, and , Julia Mejia, addressed the impact of civic engagement. “We now have the most diverse Boston City Council in history with a majority of both women and people of color,” Campbell noted. Campbell said she…, Barbara Berenson, , a historian focusing on the Suffragette movement, highlighted Black women leaders who contributed to Black women winning the vote. She noted that the suffragette movement concentrated on getting…, Lisa Wong, said that she is now more strategic than she was when she was younger and “rushed to do everything.”, Charlotte Golar Richie, , a former state legislator and former Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, said Black Lives Matters is an affirming movement that addresses disparities that had…, Sumbul Siddiqui, spoke about protecting tenant rights and how they had passed legislation that requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights when renting to prevent the flight of low- and medium-income …, Liz Miranda, emphasized that all citizens have the right to advocate for the issues they want to advance, but says that there is a lack of access to information about how government really works: “If we can take…, UMass Boston’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality department, actively participated in the forum, which was supported by a Barbara Lee Family Foundation Suffrage Centennial Project Grant. The second part of the forum was held Saturday, September 26, featuring …
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AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) contributed to a recent successful joint demonstration in Fort Worth,…
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Kevin Gao, an MD/PhD candidate in the Medical Scientist Training Program , has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National…
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Inscribed with dozens of veterans’ signatures, the final steel beam was placed atop the new community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) for veterans under construction on the UMass Medical School…
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Yiyang Yuan, PhD candidate in the Clinical & Population Health Research Program in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , received a fellowship award from the National Institutes of…
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Maira Castañeda Avila, PhD candidate in the Clinical & Population Health Research Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, recently received the Ruth L. Kirschstein National…
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While most people have seen their worlds shrink since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanice Kelly and Michele Woodland have set their sights on the stars and an ever-expanding universe. The two…
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What do Division I student-athletes do with their competitive energy when a global pandemic forces them to take a time-out from their sports? At UMass Lowell, they channel their competitiveness…
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