Campus Community Accomplishments
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The international health education partnership "Bridging the Atlantic" between the College of Nursing & Health Sciences and the University of the Azores was profiled. "Every year, we look at a community health issue in the United States and the Azores," said Associate Professor Maryellen Brisbois.
Professor Brian Glynn Williams (History) is featured in the article "Mass. lawmakers react after Trump announces two-week ceasefire with Iran". Williams discusses the two-week ceasefire in Iran.
Associate Professor Shipeng Han (Accounting & Finance) was featured in "Best Credit Card Deals." Han explains how credit card companies can afford to offer big up bonuses and other credit card deals.
Assistant Teaching Professor Basil H. Aboul-Enein (Health & Society) recently co-published "A Regional Scoping Review of School-Based Nutrition Interventions Conducted Across Nordic Countries" in Health Science Reports. The article aims to find the best practices for designing and implementing effective school nutrition programs in Nordic countries.
Assistant Professor Kristen McHenry (Health & Society; Political Science) published "Men have breasts too! Crippling and queering the pinkification of breast cancer" in Culture, Theory and Critique. The piece examines the experiences of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship of men with breast cancer.
Research Associate Nicholas M. Calabrese (Fisheries Oceanography), students Stephanie L. Merhoff and Helena L. Norton, and Dean Kevin Stokesbury (SMAST) co-published "Optical Trawl Surveys of Groundfish: A Video Trawl Survey of Western Gulf of Maine Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)" in JoVE Biology. The article examines how optical trawl surveys offer a non-invasive method of sampling groundfish populations and provide finer-scale data than traditional trawl surveys.
UMass Dartmouth graduate programs earned national recognition in U.S. News & World Report rankings, with 32 programs across five academic colleges ranked among the best in the nation.
Assistant Professor Sarah Donelan (Biology) received $250,000 from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant to explore how overwintering husbandry practices on oyster farms impact oyster growth and health.
Assistant Research Professor Adam Delargy (Fisheries Oceanography) received $242,134 from the New England Fishery Management Council for "Development of Stock Projection Methods for Atlantic Sea Scallops." The project will focus on developing, evaluating, and documenting improved stock projection methods to support the management of Atlantic Sea Scallops.
The annual Three Minute Thesis competition winners have been announced. For undergraduates, first place and the people's choice went to Isabella Gerardi (English; Philosophy) for "Administering Justice? The Role of Law in Postcolonial Literature." First place for graduate students went to Claire Leamon (Psychology) for "Considering the Context of Sadness: Examining Emotion Processing and Internalizing Behaviors in Preschoolers".
First-year law students Max Couture and Sydney Brands won the School of Law's first in-house mock trial competition. "It was incredibly rewarding to see the skills and training I've received from my professors and coaches come together in a realistic courtroom setting," said Couture.