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November 30, 2017
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Tick Tock: Cardiovascular Health and Driving Behavior in Older Adults

Tick Tock: Cardiovascular Health and Driving Behavior in Older Adults  by Danielle Waldron, Gerontology PhD student While my primary research interests include health and social policy for persons aging with intellectual and developmental disabilities, I am widening my scope of … Continue reading

November 29, 2017
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McCormack Graduate School Hosts Conference on School Discipline

What are the impacts of school suspension? To begin with, students suffer the obvious loss of instructional time. Research also indicates that suspensions lead to lower grade levels in reading, significantly increase the risk of dropping out of school, and … Continue reading

November 27, 2017
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Connecting Consumerism and Deforestation

by William Flagg, McCormack Graduate School student Why have some of our goods become so disposable and so cheap? A bit of research on this would undoubtedly take us beyond the websites of the retail chains that provide our cheap … Continue reading

November 21, 2017
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Shift to Women on Boston City Council is Astounding

This blog originally appeared in the CommonWealth and is posted with permission of the authors. by Ann Bookman, PhD and Christa Kelleher, PhD There’s been much buzz around Boston since this month’s election which resulted in the historic victories of … Continue reading

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