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Rowan Offers Incentives to Get Vaccinated
May 7, 6:15 a.m. Rowan University has announced a vaccine requirement for students who live or study on campus, and some incentives for getting the vaccine,
“Our message today is simple. We believe the path to normalcy is through widespread vaccination and we want our entire community to commit to reaching the goal of widespread vaccination,” Rowan president Ali A. Houshmand said in a letter. “If we work together, we can reach this goal and offer the Rowan University experience that our students and employees deserve.”
UMass Amherst parents fight students suspension from school over off-campus face coverings Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021
UMass Amherst parents fight students suspension from school over off-campus face coverings Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021 The family of at least two UMass Amherst students are fighting back after they say the school kicked the students out of school this spring, after a photo of them without a face covering off-campus surfaced. The family says three female UMass Amherst freshmen, all honors students, attended an off-campus party in March. A photo of the three not wearing masks was posted on Instagram. They took a picture off-campus on a Saturday and got thrown out of school, one of the parents of the students removed from the school said. The families declined using their last names for the story, fearing it will hur
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John Harold Moran, 78, of Providence, passed away peacefully at Miriam Hospital on May 5, 2021.
Although diagnosed with leukemia a few years ago, he had been successfully treated and lived a full and active life until very recently. He was born December 27, 1942, in Bridgeport CT, the son of John F. and Helen I. Robinson Moran.
In his youth, he attained the rank of Eagle Scout. While an undergraduate student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, he played bass guitar in a rock and roll band fronted by Taj Mahal, who went on to become a well-known blues musician. Music in many genres remained a passion throughout John’s life. He was a gifted pianist and enjoyed performing for others at the Review Club and with Brown medical student musicians.
May 6, 2021
Two new studies showing that if you are uncertain about what is exactly going on in Antarctica, and what it means for long term sea level, you are pretty much keeping up with the science.
Scientists struggling to understand the threat of sea level rise on a warming Earth found Wednesday that amid lingering uncertainty, this much is clear: Meeting the goals of the Paris climate agreement remains humanity’s best hope for preserving current coastlines in the 21st century.
At the same time, they diverged over the risks posed by the biggest wild card, the Antarctic ice sheet, which contains by far the most ice on the planet and holds the potential to unleash tens of feet of sea level rise.