On one of the first days they spent together, Kristen Larson and Allan Breed practiced social distancing — though that term was not yet in the popular lexicon. The year was 2015. Ms. Larson and Mr. Breed were at Harpers Ferry, W. Va., preparing to set off on a river tubing trip with a group…
After hearing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, Amanda Sayre Caskey and Skeeter Barker held each other on their couch in Oakland, Calif., and through tears, made the decision to marry. “Under a new Supreme Court, we know we might lose marriage equality,” Ms. Caskey said. Justice Ginsburg’s death also prompted a call from Ms. Caskey’s…
Deep into his 60s, my father’s biceps threatened to rip his shirt sleeves when he reached to scratch his head. For decades, he supported my mother, brother and me by killing cattle with a mallet in one of the slaughterhouses that gave Manhattan’s now-fashionable meatpacking district its name. For my ninth birthday in 1938, he…
Brooke Boyarsky had been on “150 first dates,” many in the company of men who wouldn’t give her dreams a second thought. “I can’t tell you the number of men I went on dates with, who, once they realized I went to Harvard Business School or I had a good job or I was career…
I used to hate going clothes shopping with my grandmother. We would go to a store, pick out an array of jean skirts and sports bras, and head to the dressing rooms, where my siblings and I would overhear her chatting with the attendant, knowing that at some point, like clockwork, she would say, “Their…
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing ten new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career researchers. This was decided by the relevant Grants Committee, which met by video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic. The new RTGs will receive a total of approximately €48 million over a period of four…
(Boston)–David T. Felson, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University’s Schools of Medicine and Public Health (BUSM, BUSPH), has been honored with the Lee C. Howley, Sr. Prize for Arthritis Science Service from the Arthritis Foundation. This is the second time Felson has received this distinguished award (he was also a…
Jiayang Sun, Department Chair, Statistics, Volgenau School of Engineering, received $28,422 as a subcontract from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) on a parent award from the National Institutes of Health for the project: “Identifying Electronic Phenotypes of Patients That Benefit From Air Medical Transport.” Sun will lead all statistical aspects of the work, including analysis…
Lance Sherry, Associate Professor, Systems Engineering and Operations Research (SEOR), and Director, Air Transport Systems, SEOR, is conducting a broad assessment of aircraft and operational requirements related to airport infrastructure needs for medical emergencies, evacuations, and disaster preparedness. Via this research, he will inform FAA policy deliberations and address specific questions related to aeromedical and…
Audio More than half of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals who misuse alcohol or tobacco also have a co-occurring psychiatric disorder, compared to one-third of heterosexuals, a new University of Michigan study finds. “The degree of disparities in alcohol, tobacco and other psychiatric disorders by sexual identity was very surprising,” said Rebecca Evans-Polce, assistant research…