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This May – which is both Older Americans Month and National Elder Law Month – Community Legal Aid seeks to raise awareness of issues facing elders. Thanks to support from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and Title III of the Federal Older Americans Act, Community Legal Aid provides free services to vulnerable persons age 60 and older who have civil legal problems.
As noted in the White House’s 2021 Proclamation on Older Americans Month, the “COVID-19 pandemic has imposed tremendous hardships on our Nation’s older Americans. Older adults particularly those from communities of color have comprised the majority of deaths from COVID-19, with more than 80 percent of all deaths to date occurring in persons 65 and older.
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Today’s offshore wind project announcement demonstrates that we can fight the climate crisis, while creating high-paying jobs and strengthening our competitiveness at home and abroad,” said Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in a statement. “This project is an example of the investments we need to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s ambitious climate goals, and I’m proud to be part of the team leading the charge on offshore wind.”
Since 2017, the Vineyard Wind project has been subject to a federal review process that generated more than 30,000 public comments, more than 90% of which supported the project, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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In 2010, 10 years before the COVID-19 pandemic gave many faculty members only a few days to master new teaching technologies, Binyomin Abrams was producing dozens of short videos and seamlessly integrating them into the coursework of first-year chemistry courses. Today, more than 80 videos, many of them tied to courses and webinars, help Abrams’ students learn fundamental concepts in chemistry. His videos, as well as his innovative approach to helping remote students attend labs synchronously, are among the reasons that the College of Arts & Sciences master lecturer in chemistry and director of general chemistry has been awarded the Gerald and Deanne Gitner Family Award for Innovation in Teaching with Technology. The annual award provides $10,000 to the faculty member who best exemplifies innovation in teaching by using technology.
Over time, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services and Department of Public Health (DPH) have improved reporting about cases and .