What college students like me have learned during the COVID year
For more than a year, weâve been lurching through the seismic changes on campus and off. Itâs been difficult, but there have been hopeful moments, too.
By David ParadelaUpdated April 8, 2021, 9:28 a.m.
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As someone who attended Boston-area schools for most of my life, I thought I had a good grasp on student life in this city. But as I joined the first Zoom session for one of my Emerson College graduate classes in March 2020, I realized how unprepared my classmates and I were for the strangeness of waiting for our professor to learn how to screen-share. After a while, this perplexity turned into fatigue. One year later, it feels more like Bill Murrayâs character trapped in
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The United States’ offshore wind industry is tiny, with just seven wind turbines operating off Rhode Island and Virginia. The few attempts to build large-scale wind farms like Europe’s have run into long delays, but that may be about to change.
The Biden administration announced March 29 that it would accelerate the federal review process for offshore wind projects and provide more funding. It also set a goal: Develop 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind capacity this decade enough to power 10 million homes with clean energy. To put that in perspective, the U.S. has just 42 megawatts today.
New findings emerge from UMass Amherst newlyweds study
April 8, 2021
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AMHERST, Mass. – Having a responsive, supportive partner minimizes the negative impacts of an individual’s depression or external stress on their romantic relationship, according to research by a University of Massachusetts Amherst social psychologist.
Paula Pietromonaco, professor emerita of psychological and brain sciences, drew on data from her Growth in Early Marriage project (GEM) to investigate what she had discovered was an under-studied question. Findings are published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
“I was really surprised that although there’s a ton of work out there on depression, there was very little in the literature looking at the kinds of behavior that partners could do that would buffer the detrimental effects of depression,” says Pietromonaco, whose co-authors are Nickola Overall, professor of psychology at the University of Au
How did 500 species of a fish form in a lake? Dramatically different body clocks
Animals are remarkably diverse in their sleep and activity patterns due to foraging strategies, social behavior and their desire to avoid predators. With more than 3,000 types of cichlids, these freshwater fish may just be one of the most diverse species in the world. Lake Malawi alone, which stretches 350 miles through eastern Africa, is home to more than 500 cichlid species. They evolved from a few species that likely entered the lake about 3 million years ago and now display very different behaviors and inhabit well-defined niches throughout the lake.
Intelligent.com Announces Best Online Business Administration Degree Programs for 2021
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Degree holders gain increased earning potential with career opportunities upon graduation from these top ranked online programs. SEATTLE (PRWEB) April 08, 2021 Intelligent.com, a trusted resource for online degree rankings and higher education planning, has announced the top online programs for 2021. The comprehensive research guide is based on an assessment of 1,280 accredited colleges and universities in the nation. Each program is evaluated based on curriculum quality, graduation rate, reputation, and post-graduate employment. The methodology also uses an algorithm which collects and analyzes multiple rankings into one score to easily compare each school.