Implicit biases are unconscious attitudes that individuals hold about other people based on racial, social and other stereotypes. Implicit bias is important in health care because it can affect how a…
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Dear UMassD Community, Welcome back to another exciting semester at UMass Dartmouth. I hope you were able to recharge during the winter break and spend time with family and friends. Before we get too…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new epidemiological analysis of more than 108,000 women observed a lower risk of early menopause among women who had at least one pregnancy lasting at least six months…
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Selected from more than 400 applications, UMass Boston is one of the 19 organizations to receive a Community Change Grant from America Walks , a national nonprofit dedicated to providing communities…
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As part of the university’s commitment to changing the campus climate by working to prevent and correct sexual violence, harassment and assault; and in conjunction with the university’s leadership…
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Given the chances of a snowstorm in New England in mid-January, it was risky for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to hold its 100th annual meeting in Boston. Turns out the thousands of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst cancer epidemiologist has received a $462,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand her research into the effects of endocrine-…
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Maciej J. Ciesielski, professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate head of the department, has been elected as a 2020 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers…
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Plant ecologist Kristina Stinson, environmental conservation, and her team were recently honored by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with one of its 2019 Project of the Year Awards for Resource…
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The National Science Foundation recently awarded $500,000 to professor Eliot Moss of the College of Information and Computer Sciences to build a platform that provides lasting data storage in devices…
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