This is Your Brain on Civically-Engaged Chemistry
This Freshman Seminar course for Chemistry majors is designed to introduce students to the college experience as well as to foster an interest in chemistry. The science of learning chemistry is the...
View ArticleWorking Conditions of Brazilian Housecleaners in Massachusetts: A Joint...
Research Questions: What are the working and living conditions of Brazilian housecleaners in the major Brazilian communities of Massachusetts? What working conditions do they perceive to be the most...
View ArticleConversations Between Communities: UMass Boston Archaeology for and with the...
Community-engaged scholarship, learning, and service are becoming important parts of university missions, ensuring that academic projects do not just “take” but also give back in meaningful ways. For...
View ArticleAddressing the Supportive Transportation Challenges of Community-Residing...
The ability to get to where you want to go, when you want to go there is a key factor for aging-in-place in our communities. It is often taken for granted until that ability is compromised. The...
View ArticleTransnational Brazilian Project
Since 2012, the Transnational Brazilian Project has been successful in organizing a transnational network of faculty, students, and community leaders to promote collaborative research and service....
View ArticleInternational Epidemics: Interdisciplinary Thinking and Global Citizenship
The Honors College aims to serve as a crucible for curricular innovation by enriching and deepening classroom study with on-the-ground learning. The symposium is a year-long course, with the winter...
View ArticleGraduate Studies in Archives: Proficiency, Experience, Engagement
Role of Archivists in Communities:Acquire, manage, preserve, and provide access to historical recordsAssist communities with documenting their unique storiesServe as a link to the records that inform...
View ArticleEvaluating Needs of Older Adults in Massachusetts Communities
Throughout Massachusetts, the ongoing demographic shift toward an older population has required most cities and towns to reevaluate the adequacy of services and programs for older adults. By 2030, the...
View ArticleAssessment and Curriculum Modification for Grade 1 Students with Disabilities...
The purpose of this study was: 1) to analyze aggregated student assessment data from grade 1 students at a public government primary school in Northern Tanzania to determine the efficacy of a...
View ArticleThe Confucius Institute at UMass Boston
One of the 500 Confucius Institutes in 104 countries worldwide and the only one in Massachusetts. Facilitates rich cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China in collaboration with our educational...
View ArticleThe Unequal Burden of Debt and Its Impact on Health
Average household debt in America has tripled in the past 30 years. Much of this burden is unequally borne by racial/ethnic minorities and those with lower incomes, who face discrimination in...
View ArticlePension Action Center
The Pension Action Center, (PAC) strives to improve retirees’ and workers’ standard of living in retirement through individual case advocacy; referrals to appropriate programs and professionals; and...
View ArticleChelsea Achieves in Mathematics: University of Massachusetts Institute for...
Partners: Chelsea Achieves in Mathematics (CAM) is a partnership between the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) and Chelsea Public Schools, Early Learning Center (ELC) and Capic Head Start...
View ArticleHigher Order Teaching: University of Massachusetts Boston, Institute for...
The Higher Order Teaching (HOT) partnership builds upon and extends the Lowell Public School’s Birth to Three Alignment grant. One of five pilot sites across the Commonwealth, the Lowell Alignment...
View ArticleInclusive Concurrent Enrollment Partnership
The Inclusive Concurrent Education Partnership (ICE) has enrolled students with disabilities from local public high schools for the past 4 semesters, since the Fall of 2012. These students audit...
View ArticleMassachusetts Municipal Performance Management Program (MPMP)
The mission of the MPMP is to make the ongoing, systematic use of data, measures, and goals a permanent feature of Massachusetts municipal government, and to accelerate the sharing of ideas among...
View ArticleURBAN.Boston (Urban Research-Based Action Network): Creating meaningful...
The Urban Research-Based Action Network (URBAN) is a national platform that facilitates community-based research, teaching, and learning for action across disciplinary lines, connecting scholars and...
View ArticleBuilding BRIDGES: Fostering dialogue and shared understanding between...
Professors Eben Weitzman and Darren Kew of the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies facilitate...
View ArticleUltimate Peace
Ultimate Peace (UP) builds bridges of understanding and friendship between Middle East youth divided by conflict, using the character building sport of Ultimate Frisbee. UP consists of three main...
View ArticlePromoting Awareness, Dialogue, and Culturally Responsive Services
The mission of the Institute for New England Native American Studies (INENAS) is to develop collaborative relationships, projects, and programs between Native American tribes of the New England region...
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