Reflecting on his 30-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Jerry St. Peter 鈥89 sees a direct connection between his UMass Lowell experience and his success. 鈥淲hen I look back on my time at the鈥
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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鈥檚 market鈥
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In the United States, February is designated as 鈥淏lack History Month鈥, a time when Americans of all walks of life honor and appreciate the contributions of Americans of African descent in the areas鈥, 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鈥, 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鈥, 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鈥, 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鈥
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Kevin Stokesbury, Professor of Fisheries Oceanography at UMass Dartmouth鈥檚 School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST), has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences鈥 Committee on the鈥, 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.鈥
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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鈥
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On January 28, 2021, the Commonwealth of 橙子影院 honored UMass Dartmouth Director of Health Services Marianne Sullivan and Director of the Fitness Center Greg Homol as the recipients of the鈥, Sullivan, . 鈥淚 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鈥, Homol, . 鈥淲e 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鈥, Dr. Shannon Finning, , Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. 鈥淭heir dedication to our on-campus Testing Facility has allowed our students to continue striving towards their academic ambitions and our faculty and staff to鈥
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Two faculty members have transformed UMass Boston鈥檚 stretch of the HarborWalk into a meditative Grace Trail 庐. Associate Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences Sarah M. Camhi and Senior鈥
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Director of UMass Boston鈥檚 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鈥
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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鈥, Q: What will the CCI鈥檚 role be in the upcoming simulations with policymakers? A:, In addition to helping facilitate the simulations, we鈥檙e going to research their impact on policymakers. What鈥檚 their emotional response? How engaged are they? How much personal involvement do they鈥, 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鈥檚 grounded in reality and facts. And we are鈥, Q: President Biden hasn鈥檛 wasted any time establishing climate change as a pillar of his administration. What鈥檚 your reaction? A:, I鈥檓 relieved. I feel like we鈥檙e finally at a place where climate change is not a niche issue anymore. This is what we鈥檝e been imagining and hoping and working towards for more than 10 years now.鈥, Q: How has the COVID-19 crisis intersected with climate change? A:, I personally don鈥檛 like to refer to silver linings 鈥 because there鈥檚 been so much grief and suffering and awful things that people have had to go through with the pandemic, and it seems鈥, Q: Former President Trump often questioned science. As a scientist yourself, how are things different now with President Biden? A:, It鈥檚 just a relief, and not just as a climate scientist. You heard from Dr. Anthony Fauci, just the sense of, OK, I don鈥檛 need to be afraid about speaking up anymore. Ultimately, reality is going to鈥, Q: You were at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2015 that resulted in the Paris Agreement 鈥 from which Trump withdrew the U.S. and which Biden has since rejoined. What are the鈥, 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鈥檚 going to be front鈥
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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鈥
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