The ideas ran the gamut: from the bold vision of installing wind turbines under the Howe Bridge to the community-oriented plan of closing a street in downtown Lowell once a week for a farmer’s market…
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In the United States, February is designated as “Black History Month”, a time when Americans of all walks of life honor and appreciate the contributions of Americans of African descent in the areas…, Events:, Massasoit Community College 19th Annual Martin Luther King (Virtual Event), Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - 3-4:30 p.m. A conversation with Sean Ellis, Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform. Register via Zoom . Contact: Yolanda Dennis , Chief Diversity Officer, Massasoit…, Frederick Douglass Unity House 32nd Annual National African American Read-In (Virtual Event), Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 3-5 p.m. Read passages from Black/African American authors, writers, poets, and spoken word artists. Readers must email their selection & time availability to Peggy…, Frederick Douglass Unity House Poetry Night (Virtual Event), Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 6-7 p.m. Join UMassD students as they share their poetry and spoken word. Register via Zoom . Contact: Dr. LaSella L. Hall Sponsored by the Frederick Douglass Unity…, Black In Business: HERstory (Virtual Event), Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 7 p.m. Celebrate Black female role models as they lead discussions on business and more. Register at BuyBlackNB . Contact: Dr. Justina Perry Sponsored by BuyBlackNB…
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Kevin Stokesbury, Professor of Fisheries Oceanography at UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the…, About Dr. Kevin Stokesbury, Kevin Stokesbury earned his PhD in Marine Ecology at the Universite Laval in 1994. He joined SMAST as a faculty member in 2000 and has served as chair for the Department of Fisheries Oceanography.…
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Resilience is the capacity of a system to absorb a shock and recover from it without a significant loss of performance. For civil infrastructure systems subject to extreme events, this performance is…
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On January 28, 2021, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts honored UMass Dartmouth Director of Health Services Marianne Sullivan and Director of the Fitness Center Greg Homol as the recipients of the…, Sullivan, . “I have seen the selflessness of individuals and their willingness to work together to make our fall semester successful. New collaborations and working relationships have given us a new sense of…, Homol, . “We set out to make the testing process pleasant, and not a burden or an inconvenience. We connected with our students, faculty, and staff. We asked how things were going, what they were doing for…, Dr. Shannon Finning, , Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. “Their dedication to our on-campus Testing Facility has allowed our students to continue striving towards their academic ambitions and our faculty and staff to…
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Two faculty members have transformed UMass Boston’s stretch of the HarborWalk into a meditative Grace Trail ®. Associate Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences Sarah M. Camhi and Senior…
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Director of UMass Boston’s Center for Governance and Sustainability and McCormack Graduate School Associate Professor Maria Ivanova has been appointed for a four-year term to the World Climate…
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Now that the new Biden administration has made tackling climate change a top priority, researchers from UMass Lowell are helping policymakers better understand why the issue is so urgent. The…, Q: What will the CCI’s role be in the upcoming simulations with policymakers? A:, In addition to helping facilitate the simulations, we’re going to research their impact on policymakers. What’s their emotional response? How engaged are they? How much personal involvement do they…, Q: What do you hope policymakers will take from the experience? A:, Depolarizing climate change and other politically charged issues is really important right now. We need to come together to solve problems in a way that’s grounded in reality and facts. And we are…, Q: President Biden hasn’t wasted any time establishing climate change as a pillar of his administration. What’s your reaction? A:, I’m relieved. I feel like we’re finally at a place where climate change is not a niche issue anymore. This is what we’ve been imagining and hoping and working towards for more than 10 years now.…, Q: How has the COVID-19 crisis intersected with climate change? A:, I personally don’t like to refer to silver linings — because there’s been so much grief and suffering and awful things that people have had to go through with the pandemic, and it seems…, Q: Former President Trump often questioned science. As a scientist yourself, how are things different now with President Biden? A:, It’s just a relief, and not just as a climate scientist. You heard from Dr. Anthony Fauci, just the sense of, OK, I don’t need to be afraid about speaking up anymore. Ultimately, reality is going to…, Q: You were at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2015 that resulted in the Paris Agreement — from which Trump withdrew the U.S. and which Biden has since rejoined. What are the…, There definitely are ramifications of our withdrawal. Clearly, as with all of the things that have happened recently, including the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, that’s going to be front…
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A new Graduate School of Nursing initiative is putting Doctor of Nursing Practice and PhD students at the head of the class to serve as role models for their peers. Jacqueline Mbugua, a student in…
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Sio Gene Therapies, a company focused on developing gene therapies to radically transform the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, announced that the first patient with infantile Tay-…
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