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Science Superpowers: Not What You Think
No full textI'm no Einstein, but I've figured out what I need to do to get ahead in science -- and to share what I've figured out with kids. Through my books, science comics, and a new project called I Was A Kid (designed to invite the next generation into STEAM), I'll fill you in, and send you out with new ideas about ways to engage kids -- and yourself
Beverly Hospital Virtual Orientation
No full textThis project focused on matching two-delivery systems and revising the Beverly Hospital Virtual Orientation, by mirroring the Beverly Hospital in-person orientation. Dedicated leaders at Beverly Hospital know the importance of excellence and innovation. When work was moved to online virtual learning, orientation became essential for continuing to achieve hospital goals. The updated Beverly Hospital Orientation will allow for future new employees to be presented with equivalent information on documents, policies, and procedures. By creating orientation folders and organizing the informational packets supported at in-person orientation, it has assisted in identifying topics, documents, policies, and procedures that required updates and revisions
Understanding the Role of Higher Education in Shaping Asian American and Pacific Islander College Students’ College Experiences and Cultural Identity
Full text linkWhile praised for being the “model minority” due to societal perceptions of their educational and economic achievements, systematic, institutional, and individual racism towards the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community still exists. This research study examines the role of higher education in shaping AAPI college students' college experiences and cultural identity. Using interview data from 15 AAPI college students from 9 different college campuses, this study reveals that college campuses discriminate against AAPI college students. Such institutional forms of discrimination impact AAPI college students through a lack of resources in supporting the multiple diasporas that make up the AAPI community or undermining racial discrimination students report. In response to pervasive institutional discrimination at their college campus, AAPI college students may have little choice but to seek out support from on-campus AAPI organizations. Indeed, the AAPI college organizations appear to be one of the only options on campus that culturally affirm the status, experience, and identity of Asian American/Pacific Islander students. Creating resources that specifically address the needs of different demographics instead of creating resources that incorporate the one-size-fits-all approach allows for students’ needs and perspectives to be heard in spaces that have oppressed them in the past.Sociolog
Bicycle Infrastructure And Accessibility In Boston’s Environmental Justice Communities
Full text linkThis project focused on bicycle infrastructure in Boston, including the city's count of bicycle infrastructure and cycling accessibility. Infrastructure included Bluebike stations from November 1st, 2023, and bicycle trails from the 2020 MassDOT Bike Inventory. Accessibility explored the gaps in Boston's bicycle infrastructure in environmental justice (EJ) 2020 census block groups. As of the 2020 Census, 460 of the 581 census block groups in Boston are EJ designated, meaning that approximately 79.17% of census block groups are EJ designated. 2020 EJ designated census block groups' count of bicycle infrastructure and their accessibility to bicycle infrastructure in Boston, MA were analyzed in ArcGIS Pro using spatial joins, distance accumulation, and a suitability modeler. The average number of bicycle trails in a 2020 EJ census block group was 4.22, while the average number of Bluebike stations in a 2020 EJ census block group was less than 1 (0.465). Bicycle lanes were the most common bicycle trail type across the EJ designated census block groups, but 139 (30.22%) of the EJ 2020 census block groups had zero bicycle trails, showcasing a need for bicycle trail connection in these areas. More than the majority, or 302 (65.65%), of EJ designated census block groups had 0 Bluebike stations as of November 1st, 2023. Accessibility to bicycle infrastructure was highest in the neighborhoods surrounding Downtown, such as the North End, West End, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway, South End, Chinatown, and the South Boston Waterfront. Accessibility was more varied elsewhere, particularly in the West Roxbury, Hyde Park, Brighton, Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan, and Roslindale neighborhoods. Bicycling is an essential aspect of multimodal transport and should be constantly evolving and improving.Geography and Sustainabilit
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians Out of Existence in New England
No full textProfessor Jean O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe) is Regents Professor in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. The program focused on her classic book, which traces the persistent myth of the “vanishing Indian” to its origins in nineteenth-century New England. Held at the Recital Hall at 71 Loring Avenue. Light refreshments at 6pm. Program at 7pm.Sponsored by the Salem State University History Department, Office of Inclusive Excellence and Graduate School, and the City of Salem, as part of the Public History Speakers Series and Native American and Indigenous History Month
Bluiston DeYong
No full textA retired house painter living outside Northampton, MA, Bluiston was born in 1960 and raised in Beverley by a single mother. They discuss the shame and resilience that came with growing up in poverty. Combative from an early age, DeYoung spent much of their life fighting, both literally and figuratively. Their interview discusses being misgendered as a child, getting in scraps with boys, and hiding their identity from their mother. They talk about the community at Fran's, where they and their friends could go to "forget about our bullshit." Bluiston describes consistent police harassment and an all-out brawl with officers in Fran's parking lot. The interview addresses generational differences in language, including the class dimensions of the butch-femme dynamic. The interview concludes with commentary about the recent backlash against LGBTQ+ people. Interview carried out by Andrew Darien
Robin Tobin
Full text linkRobin Tobin is the daughter of a Sicilian immigrant and a police officer, was born in 1954 and raised in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. She was a model child until the age of twelve when she discovered alcohol and secretly began drinking. While attending a Catholic High School in Newton, Robin explored her sexuality and experimented with opium. She would eventually come out to a sympathetic aunt while hiding her identity from her parents. After high school, she tried a few desk jobs that she found dull and eventually began working in a woman’s bar in Boston called Somewhere, which would be renamed Somewhere Else when rebuilt after a fire. She loved the community, began working as a bouncer, and eventually went to Fran’s Place in Lynn. A series of anxiety attacks in 1986 led her to question drug and alcohol use and would lead to her sobriety. She would work as a jail officer in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department and a substance abuse counselor at CAB Health and Recovery Center. Robin has been the Director of Housing Operations for Centerboard since 2001 and works to address homelessness, sobriety, health, and nurturing families
Stigma: Effects On Female Patients With Addiction And Their Recovery
No full textRecovery Centers of America is a treatment center for those suffering with substance abuse disorders. Stigma involving substance abuse includes negative attitudes and stereotypes that can cause barriers to an individual's treatment. The objective of this project was to see if stigma has had an effect on patients and their addiction, as well as if stigma has had any effect on their recovery. To explore whether stigma has had an effect, patients of Recovery Centers of America were given two surveys: The Perceived Substance Abuse Scale (PSAS) and the Illicit Drug Use and Stigma Scale Survey. In the healthcare field it is important to understand that stigma can create barriers to individuals recovery, and to try our best to eliminate stigma while providing care
Boosting Heart Health Through Active Living: The Benefits of Exercise for Cardiac Patients
No full textAnna Jaques Hospital Cardiac Rehabilitation program provides an amazing opportunity for patients with cardiac problems to help reach their exercise goal and get back to a normal lifestyle. Many of these patients struggle with gaining back their strength and confidence post recovery of their cardiac episode. Rehabilitation helps them achieve these goals. By the end of the 12-24 sessions patients during this study were feeling noticeably stronger and more confident. Patients know when their exercise goal is reached and they feel less exerted with exercise
Impacts Of Cyber-Ostracism On Psychological Well-Being: A Systematic Review Of Literature
Full text linkSocial media is an integral part of seeking social connections, with functions such as comments, messages, and likes. Similar to face-to-face social interactions, this connection is not always received, and the person who failed to receive the connection they were seeking feels ostracized. Cyber-ostracism refers to ostracism that occurs explicitly online. In this literature review, cyber-ostracism was studied in the ways that it occurs on social media. Furthermore, cyber-ostracism as it relates to psychological well-being was also studied. After conducting a search for relevant literature using the Salem State University online database, nine peerreviewed journal articles were chosen to be included in this review. It was found that social media is used to fulfill needs such as belongingness and self-esteem. When these interactions do not happen, the user’s needs become threatened, and they are left in a vulnerable emotional state.The demographic of people found to be most affected by these threatened needs are adolescents. Social media has a widespread use by today’s society, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. However, this widespread use calls for further research to be done on cyberostracism as the problem persists and more information may be used to mitigate it.Psycholog