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Service members injured in active duty are entitled to receive disability benefits and associated medical care from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). But navigating the process can be intimidating. Thanks to the efforts of the Betty and Michael…

Carolyn Fernandes ’25 remembers walking out of an interview for a design internship that she ended up not getting. She wondered if fidgeting with her nails—a common, repetitive expression of her nervous energy every day—was misconstrued as a sign of…

Community engagement. Reciprocal learning. Service to others through volunteering. Those were the principles behind the creation of the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service in 1994 under the direction of then-Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Chancellor Kenneth Shaw and his…

The cutting-edge weight loss and diabetes research developed by medicinal chemist Robert Doyle has offered significant and consistent weight loss and glucose control to its recipients through peptide-based treatments. Doyle and his fellow collaborators reported that two new peptide compounds­­—GEP44…

Jonida Konjufca was not sure what she wanted to do professionally before she enrolled in the Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), but her professors and coursework soon opened her eyes. “I couldn’t imagine myself anywhere else. HDFS…

Last year, the Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Volunteer Organization (SUVO) took on its first bed build event on campus. The organization teamed up with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) to build 44 beds for children in the community….

In disability advocacy circles, the City of Â鶹ƵµÀhas gained a national reputation as one of the most progressive cities in the U.S. for incorporating the ideas and feedback of users with disabilities when creating new handicapped-accessible spaces, according to…

A standing room audience gathered in the community room at the Salt City Market in the City of Â鶹ƵµÀon a recent evening for the first public screening of a new documentary film written and directed by Maxwell School sociologist…

Instead of wallowing in what could have potentially been the lowest moment of her life, Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72, H’18 used the adversity she overcame during her historic run at the Boston Marathon as fuel to inspire women around the…

As an engineer, Kevin Du has always embraced a problem-solving attitude. In his world, if no solution exists for the dilemma he’s facing, he will create the solution. It’s a mentality that has served Du, an electrical engineering and computer…