Ten UMass students were recently awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). With an average acceptance rate of 16%, these competitive…, Bridget Benner, , graduate student, mechanical engineering, Brooke Burrows, , graduate student, psychology, Stephanie Call, , graduate student, chemical engineering, Seanne Clemente, , graduate student, organismic and evolutionary biology, Jacob Davis, , graduate student, mechanical engineering, Annabelle Flores-Bonilla, , NIH PREP scholar, neuroscience , Rebecca Huber, , graduate student, chemical engineering, Isabella Jaen Maisonet, , undergraduate, chemistry, Rachel Jansen, , undergraduate, biochemistry and molecular biology, Kelly McKeon, , graduate student, geosciences Honorable mention:, Elizabeth Voke, , undergraduate, chemical engineering, Sean van Geldern, , graduate student, physics, Kristyn Robinson, , graduate student, molecular and cellular biology , Mèlise Edwards, , graduate student, neuroscience, Kaitlyn Chhe, , graduate student, chemistry, Craig Brinkerhoff, , graduate student, civil engineering, Cierra Abellara, , graduate student, psychology, Alexandra Zink, , lab technician, environmental conservation, Robert Yvon, , graduate student, molecular and cellular biology, Walter Young, , graduate student, polymer science and engineering The next NSF GRFP competition will open in August 2020. Current UMass undergraduates planning to attend graduate school beginning in fall 2021 as…
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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’s clear, though, is that COVID-19 is…, 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…, A:, I think we need to admit that these are just really hard questions, and they might even be questions where there isn’t one answer. One thing that’s important is that hospitals already have ethics…, Q: Aren’t 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’s quality of life. Able-bodied people are especially bad at estimating the quality of life of people with disabilities…, Q: On the one hand, this pandemic seems like a great equalizer – everyone is vulnerable. On the other, it does seem to come down to resources. Homeless people, low-income people and people of color…, A:, You can’t shelter in place if you don’t have a place. Home isn’t a safe place to shelter for women and children at risk of domestic violence and for many LGBTQ people. Seventy percent of people who…, 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’s going to happen? No. But it’s possible. I do think many Americans are realizing, ‘Oh, wow! This is why universal…, 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…, Q: What kind of philosophical advice can you offer students right now?, A:, What I would say to them, if it’s any comfort, is that if they’re freaked out or they’re scared, they’re tracking. It’s such a strange time: We’re all together in this forced aloneness. It’s really…
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