In the new year, David D. McManus, MD, professor of medicine, will begin an appointment as the chair of the Department of Medicine, according to an announcement by Eric. W. Dickson, MD, president and鈥
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If you鈥檝e been feeling depressed, worried or lonely; you have a hard time getting motivated; or you feel more tired during pandemic life, you鈥檙e not alone. COVID fatigue is real and is affecting鈥
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People with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and other forms of dementia are frequently prescribed medications such as sleeping pills, antipsychotic medication and drugs for bladder control. Sometimes it is too鈥
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Steve Kornacki 鈥17 (H), the irrepressible political analyst for MSNBC, took a deep dive into the numbers during 鈥淓lection 2020 Debrief,鈥 an 80-minute Zoom gathering that also featured UMass President鈥
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Assoc. Teaching Prof. of link this for MEI landing page Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Finch-Deborah Deb Finch kept waiting for someone to write a book about the ALS Ice Bucket鈥, Q. How did the book take shape?, A., It started in January when I attended a national entrepreneurship education conference. I met Eric Koester, a professor from Georgetown University who started a course called the Creator Institute,鈥, Q. You were able to publish your book in under a year. Safe to say the course was a success? , A., It鈥檚 very well done. What I like about it is, it鈥檚 more than writing a book. You meet weekly with editors and you鈥檙e part of a cohort of about 35 students, so you have a support network of people鈥, Q. Why was the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge so successful?, A., Pete Frates really got it going, but it wasn鈥檛 a brand new idea that he came up with. There was already something called the Cold Water Challenge. But he鈥檚 the first person to tie it to ALS. And it鈥, Q. How is social media marketing for nonprofits different than for a company like Starbucks or Tesla?, A., The biggest challenges for nonprofits are staffing and resources. I focused on smaller nonprofits with budgets under $500,000 that don鈥檛 have a full-time marketing person on staff. When you don鈥檛鈥, Q. What advice would you offer to nonprofits to improve their social media presence?, A., One thing I hear over and over from students that were working with nonprofits, maybe as an Honors project, is 鈥榃hat do you want your social media to do?鈥 Even executive directors of organizations鈥, Q. Are there examples of local nonprofits that do a good job on social media?, A., The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell does a fantastic job. It鈥檚 probably my primary go-to if I want to look at an organization. Their stuff is well-formulated, and one of our graduates from the鈥, Q. Will there ever be another social media phenomenon like the Ice Bucket Challenge? , A., Honestly, until this summer, I would have said no. But the Minnesota Freedom Fund, a nonprofit working to eliminate cash bail, raised $30 million this summer after the killing of George Floyd.鈥
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The Chemistry Department and Division of Student Affairs have been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant for developing and investigating an asset-based supplemental course to鈥, Hannah Sevian, and Dean of Students and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs , John Silveria, , aims 鈥渢o develop and study a novel asset-based supplemental course that leverages the students鈥 many strengths to help them succeed in general chemistry,鈥 according to the award abstract. The鈥, Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, . 鈥淚t is a model of how students who are educated here are able to thrive because they can employ the many strengths they bring to their own and each other's education. I congratulate Professor鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 In a new study of tidal marsh resilience to sea level rise, geologist and first author Brian Yellen at the 黑料app Amherst and colleagues observed that Hudson鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 For the first time, UMass Amherst has earned recognition in Princeton Review鈥 s annual selection of Best Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs . In the publication鈥檚 2021 list, the鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Office announced recently that a team led by extension professor Dwayne Breger at the 黑料app Amherst鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Six campus researchers in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at the 黑料app Amherst have been recognized among the world鈥檚 most highly cited researchers in鈥
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