Research by Amanda Paluch on the number of steps needed to reduce mortality is cited in an article about keeping fitness levels up as the weather gets colder. Her study found that 10,000 steps isn’t a magic number and that walking 7,000 steps daily was associated with a reduced risk of death by 50-70%. Read more here and here
She says that fitness tracker technology can be a great tool to help people monitor their fitness and incrementally increase exercise and provide social sharing for some healthy competition and motivation. The downside, she says, is that the numbers are generic guidelines. “How much activity you need in order to see various health benefits — like lowering your blood pressure or improving your mental health or lowering your risk of cardiovascular disease — is going to be different depending on the person,” she says. Read more here
The Scholar program supports early-career health researchers, helping them form their own research teams, train the next generation of scientists and develop world-leading research programs in the province. Read more here
“Is this just a new normal? I don’t think we know what normal is anymore,” he says. “What happened [Monday] night is an obvious manifestation of a warming climate.” Read more here
“You always have to read behind the headlines on something like this. People in Massachusetts are the fourth most likely to look up things like ‘insomnia’ and ‘why can’t I sleep.’ The good part of that is … [Massachusetts is]… the most educated state and so we’re doing our research.” Read more here
Donald Tomaskovic-Devey has been honored with the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Distinguished Career Award by the American Sociological Association (ASA). The award was presented by the ASA’s Organizations, Occupations and Work (OOW) section at the association’s annual meeting, held August 17th to 21st in Philadelphia. Read more here
Debbie Felton recently wrote about how the Classics Department at UMass had a role in the "Holdovers" movie. "I’m not sure how this information fell through the cracks, but at a time when humanities departments all over the country are struggling to prove their ongoing relevance, it would have been nice to see the UMass Classics Department’s (not inconsiderable) contribution to this film included in the article." Read more here
He is on a quest to ensure fish are released carefully and promptly after they are caught. “Each angler has the chance to practice conservation with each fish they release,” Danylchuk says. Read more here