AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 As millions of families struggle to keep their children learning while schools are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, preliminary results of a randomized, controlled study led by鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Only 10 years ago, scientists working on what they hoped would open a new frontier of neuromorphic computing could only dream of a device using miniature tools called memristors that鈥
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UMass Boston alumnus Jack Carvalho 鈥92 has donated $100,000 to the Beacon Student Aid Fund, which provides emergency one-time grants to students who have urgent financial needs. The gift from鈥
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Guide to Online Schools has named UMass Boston鈥檚 online master鈥檚 in history program the No. 1 program for Best Online Master鈥檚 in History Degrees in 2020. "The department is delighted by this鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 A 色色导航 Amherst graduate student produced approximately 400 personal protection face shields for local health care workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 To address the COVID-19 pandemic, particle physicist Andrea Pocar at the 色色导航 Amherst and an international team of 鈥淒ark Matter鈥 scientists are now designing鈥
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There鈥檚 no telling how the coronavirus pandemic will affect national, state and local elections this November. But at the student government level at UMass Lowell, it鈥檚 business as usual. Voting in鈥
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The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has selected Benjamin Kugler, a PhD candidate in UMass Boston鈥檚 Exercise and Health Sciences Program , as one of the two recipients of this year鈥檚鈥
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Nancy A. Anoruo, MD, MPH, a third-year resident in the Department of Medicine, has been working over the last three weeks as a medical contributor and journalist for the ABC 色色导航 Medical Unit in New鈥
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Rationing health care resources during a pandemic is a complex undertaking, says Assoc. Prof. Hay-Carol Carol Hay of Philosophy landing page Philosophy . What鈥檚 clear, though, is that COVID-19 is鈥, Q: Different states and hospitals have come up with different guidelines for deciding who gets life-saving treatment in case of shortages. Nearly all of the plans prioritize children and pregnant鈥, A:, I think we need to admit that these are just really hard questions, and they might even be questions where there isn鈥檛 one answer. One thing that鈥檚 important is that hospitals already have ethics鈥, Q: Aren鈥檛 those front-line doctors the ones with the most information about who has the best chance to survive with a good quality of life?, A:, Research shows that we tend to overestimate our ability to predict other people鈥檚 quality of life. Able-bodied people are especially bad at estimating the quality of life of people with disabilities鈥, Q: On the one hand, this pandemic seems like a great equalizer 鈥 everyone is vulnerable. On the other, it does seem to come down to resources. Homeless people, low-income people and people of color鈥, A:, You can鈥檛 shelter in place if you don鈥檛 have a place. Home isn鈥檛 a safe place to shelter for women and children at risk of domestic violence and for many LGBTQ people. Seventy percent of people who鈥, Q: As a moral and political philosopher, do you think this represents an opportunity to address some of these inequalities?, A:, It would be great to chip away at some of these inequalities. Am I optimistic that鈥檚 going to happen? No. But it鈥檚 possible. I do think many Americans are realizing, 鈥極h, wow! This is why universal鈥, Q: What are our individual ethical responsibilities during a pandemic?, A:, Many of our most pressing obligations right now are obligations of care: take care of yourself; take care of your family; take care of your community by not putting yourself or others unnecessarily鈥, Q: What kind of philosophical advice can you offer students right now?, A:, What I would say to them, if it鈥檚 any comfort, is that if they鈥檙e freaked out or they鈥檙e scared, they鈥檙e tracking. It鈥檚 such a strange time: We鈥檙e all together in this forced aloneness. It鈥檚 really鈥
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