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Medical interpretation services at Cooley Dickinson Hospital: The …

WEBAmong many factors that determine an individual’s access to healthcare, the language of medicine stresses a fundamental distinction between communication and transaction.

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How professors can recognize students’ mental health

WEBAs the mental health epidemic continues to grow, it is pivotal that professors learn to treat students as human beings and not just experimental units of one’s academic limits. Mentally ill students should not have to face the roadblock of being punished by apathetic and uninformed teachers who believe that the path to success is linear.

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Send Silence Packing raises mental health awareness on campus

WEBUMass counseling and other on-campus resources were at the event. For anyone struggling with their mental health, resources are available on the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health page. Sofi Shlepakov can be reached at [email protected]. Send Silence Packing advocated for mental health resources …

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New study finds sororities have a negative impact on body image

WEBThe 23 women evicted were all the sorority’s overweight women, and of the 12 members allowed to stay, six quit the sorority in indignation. Sam Butterfield can be reached at [email protected]. A new study suggests that rushing sororities may have profoundly negative effects on body image and self esteem, as optimistic …

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Normalization of mental health – Massachusetts Daily Collegian

WEBOctober 29, 2021. Finally getting under the covers, the moonlight peering through the blinds and onto the sedulous faces of Jason Dowiak and the Massachusetts women’s soccer team, their minds still race with endless thoughts of the tasks and obligations the following day beholds. The struggles of mental health span across all professions and

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The benefits of a clean room – Massachusetts Daily Collegian

WEBAccording to the National Sleep Foundation, de-cluttering your room and creating a dark, clean space allows you to sleep better. Papers and clutter can make you feel restless and affect your sleep. Also, people who make their bed every morning are “ 19 percent more likely to get a good night’s sleep every night.”.

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Students feel ‘burnt out’ at the end of an accelerated virtual …

WEBCompleting mundane and repetitive academic tasks often late into weeknights, Caroline Campbell is exhausted but “still kickin’.” Campbell, a sophomore business student, is one of many students who feel “burnout” at the end of the University of Massachusetts’ accelerated and virtual school semester that is a result of efforts to deter …

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Students and community members protest Birthright

WEBApproximately three dozen people gathered on the Amherst Commons to protest Birthright International, a crisis pregnancy center located on North Pleasant Street. The protest was organized by six students and community members. One organizer, Madeline Burrows, a second-year at Hampshire College, said the protest was about …

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‘What the Health:’ a persuasive yet dishonest argument for veganism

WEBThe bottom line is that “What the Health,” like every documentary, is a persuasive essay in video form. Directors Andersen and Keegan Kuhn clearly wanted the audience to walk away shocked, disgusted and ready to make a change. In the end, it’s up to the viewer to discern the information for his or her self and to decide if switching to

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UMass Faculty votes no confidence in Chancellor Reyes

WEBOn May 20 at the University of Massachusetts, the first general faculty meeting in 15 years was held to debate a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes following the decision to use militarized police to break up a pro-Palestinian encampment on May 7. A vote of no confidence was passed with 473 faculty and librarians in favor, 332 …

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Dimensions of diversity: Mobilizing underrepresented students in

WEBMassachusetts, one of few states with relatively low maternal mortality and morbidity rates, is in a difficult position. Upward trends in adverse pregnancy outcomes are pushing the conversation on solutions to address local and national obstacles within maternal health.

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Public Health: a daunting challenge in a public university

WEBAna Pietrewicz/Daily Collegian (2021) By Jack Underhill, Assistant News Editor. May 18, 2023. Brianna Shepherd was understandably nervous as a sophomore on the front lines of a national effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. In the winter of 2021, Shepherd was administering COVID vaccines at the University of Massachusetts.

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