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Upcoming Workshop: Citation Management Software

Tuesday, October 23 | 4:00 – 5:00pm | Forsyth Hall, Room 242 | RSVP
What is citation management software and how can it enhance your research and writing?Over the past several years, new technology has emerged to help manage, organize and prepare all of your research materials: articles, books, etc.Citation management software is your personal collection of reference materials (think iTunes for research materials). The tool allows you to add notes, produce annotated bibliographies, seamlessly insert references into your papers, and instantly produce properly formatted bibliographies at the end. As with the adoption of any new tool, it

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Molly Perdue’s Op Ed published in the Cape Cod Times

Ph.D. Candidate Molly Perdue recently wrote on Op Ed which was published in the Cape Cod Times. It was based on a version of remarks presented to the National Alzheimer's Advisory Committee at the January hearings for the National Alzheimer's Plan.

Molly's LPP dissertation is focused on family caregivers for someone with Alzheimer’s disease. Molly is the director of family services at Alzheimer’s Services of Cape Cod and the Islands.

Read the Op Ed at http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120216/OPINION/202160334.

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Daryl Finizio Elected Mayor of New London

LPP Ph.D. candidate Daryl Justin Finizio was elected Mayor of New London, Connecticut by a nearly 2-1 margin. With 2,185 votes Finzio became New London's first strong mayor in decade.

"New London has new leadership," Finizio began his victory speech to loud cheers. "I assure the people of New London that this administration will make you proud. It will be an administration with full honesty, transparency and integrity. Corruption, favoritism, abuse of power by any official in any department will not be tolerated."

Read article in the New London Patch: http://newlondon.patch.com/articles/and-the-mayor-is.

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Liana Pennington Wins NSF Award

Ph.D. Candidate Liana Pennington was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant for her doctoral research. Liana is researching how parents, with a child accused of committing a crime, experience the court system as fair and effective and how views of legitimacy and justice may be developed within families.

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  • Upcoming Info Sessions

    Students

    On-campus
    Wednesday, March 20
    5:00 - 6:00pm
    Location 440 Curry Student Center
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    Webinar
    Wednesday, February 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EST
    Wednesday, March 27
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
    Wednesday, April 24
    12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT
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    Join us for an upcoming information session to learn more about our programs and hear directly from administrators, faculty and current students.

  • Alumni Spotlight

    Amanda Schwartz

    Amanda Schwartz, MS '11

    Partnerships Manager
    Partners in Health

    Amanda works with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute sick living in some of the world's poorest places.