January, 2008
Nursing students forge bond with senior citizens in New Bedford
Interaction with elderly residents at Bedford Towers housing complex in New Bedford was both personally and educationally rewarding for UMass Dartmouth nursing students from Attleboro, Westport, and Centerville.
Seniors Victoria Bayly and Kathryn Lesage of Attleboro, Kristy Wenzel of Centerville and junior Laura Massa of Westport spent two hours each week during the fall semester socializing with between 15-25 senior citizens, conducting blood pressure screenings and offering health education and nutrition seminars.
Led by Dr. Alicia Curtin, a gerontological nurse practitioner and assistant professor in the College of Nursing, the students recently completed their independent studies in the community and marked it with a December 10 celebration at the site.
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Marine scientists document scallop die off and predator invasion
New research by University of Massachusetts scientists underscores the crucial role of monitoring in rotational management, a common strategy for fisheries managers. In a pair of articles published in the October and November issues of the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series, Professor Kevin Stokesbury and Research Associate Michael Marino, both of the UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), and their co-authors focused on changes in the Atlantic sea scallop fishery under a regime of rotational management.
"The two studies examine different types of natural mortality in sea scallops," said Stokesbury, who chairs the Department of Fisheries Oceanography at SMAST, "but they both highlight the critical importance of frequent, quality observations to the success of rotational management."
Together, the papers document greater concentrations of sea scallop predators (sea stars) on closed areas of Georges Bank as compared to areas open to fishing, and a mass mortality-or "die-off"-of scallops in the Nantucket Lightship Closed Area (NLCA), a Marine Protected Area. The die-off, which occurred between summer 2004 and summer 2005, was estimated by Stokesbury and his co-authors to have removed about 100 million dollars in scallop meat from the fishery at then-current ex-vessel prices.
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For your listening and viewing pleasure: the UMass Dartmouth Chorus and Wind Ensemble
UMass Dartmouth 1960-2006: Trials and Triumph - 400 pages, and 500 photos - available online and at area bookstores
"American Idol" style voice teacher training to be offered Jan. 25-27
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