College of Nursing and Health Sciences Professor Lands NIH Grant to Study Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women
What
should postmenopausal women do to prevent bone loss due to osteoporosis?
Current research is not conclusive. One woman might exercise, take hormone
replacement therapy, and see significant increases in bone mineral density.
Another might undergo the same regimen and actually lose crucial amounts
of bone. A third woman might gain bone without any intervention at all.
UMass Boston researcher, Professor Laurie Milliken of the Exercise Science and Physical Education Department, has received a two-year, $100,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to help solve this puzzle. read more: Grant
Alton J. Brann Distinguished Professorship Science Lecture Series Presents: "Translation as a Search for Beauty: The Artistic Blending of Two Cultures"
Featuring
Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award Winner Douglas Hofstadter
October 29
Ryan Lounge
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Douglas Hofstadter is College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Cognitive Science at Indiana University, where he also directs the Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition. He calls himself "¹-lingual," speaking English, French, and Italian fluently as well as having a fair command of several other languages. His book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. Aside from his research and writings in cognitive science and philosophy of mind, Hofstadter has contributed to physics, composed music and visual art, has translated poetry, and has written on sexism.
CM Releases Financial Services Report at Boston Stock Exchange
As Massachusetts continues to work toward economic recovery, the College of Management (CM) is sponsoring an examination of one of the commonwealth's most vital industries: the world of financial services. Revisiting a topic first examined in a 1998 event, CM will hold the "Future of the Financial Services Industry" conference on October 8 at the Boston Stock Exchange.
The event will highlight the release of the special report "Down But Not Out: The Future of Financial Services," written by CM faculty Miranda Detzler, Lawrence Franko, and Mohsin Habib and led by department chair Arindam Bandopadhyaya.
The event features a panel of local financial services experts moderated
by Cathy Minehan, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Charles
Clough, founder and CEO of Clough Capital Partners; and Edward D'Alelio
'74, CM executive-in-residence, advisory board member and former managing
director of Putnam Investments; and others will discuss the report and
its implications for this key component of the Massachusetts economy.
Rounding out the impressive roster, Roger Ferguson, vice chairman of the
Federal Reserve, will share his view on the industry from a national perspective
in his keynote address.
Tickets are $60 for the event and reservations must be made by October 3 to cmevents@umb.edu