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The Roux Institute seeks an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor to teach full time in the Roux Maine Biotechnology Professional Science Master’s (PSM).  This position is located at the Northeastern University Portland Campus.  The Roux Maine Professional Master of Science (PSM) in Biotechnology degree program is designed to allow students to pursue advanced training and excel in bioscience while simultaneously developing highly valued business. Building on the Northeastern Boston PSM, the Roux Maine Biotechnology degree is characterized by instruction in advanced bioscience or mathematics, business courses, and a graduate co-op work experience.   The instructor will be responsible for teaching two core biotechnology courses (Cell Culture Processes for Biopharmaceutical Production, Molecular Cell Biology for Biotech, and/or Protein Chemistry) and lead the two laboratory courses (Basic Biotechnology Lab Skills and Biotechnology Applications Laboratory). Teaching respo...

Thanks to Cole Ferm for this contribution!  How Medical Jargon Can Make COVID Health Disparities Even Worse May 24, 2021 10:37 AM ET FRAN KRITZ When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring,  Pooja Chandrashekar, then a first year student at Harvard Medical School, worried that easy-to-understand information about the pandemic might not be available in the many languages spoken by clients of  the Family Van , the health services and health literacy program where she was working at the time. So Chandrashekar recruited more than 175 multilingual health profession students from around the U.S. to start the  COVID-19 Health Literacy Project . Its aim: Create clear, understandable information about the virus in more than 40 languages, including English. The group's COVID-19 fact sheets, vetted for accuracy and readability by faculty members who speak and read those languages (the first Urdu effort was deemed too formal), were shared with community organization...

 Thanks to Cole Ferm for this contribution! Self-Reflection Quotes of the Week:  “Two truths that coexist  -            We all need to continue advocating for Palestinian rights and safety, and the recent rise in antisemitism should not be used to delegitimize or smear the vitally important struggle for Palestinian freedom and liberation. -            The antisemitism that many Jews are facing as a response to what is happening in the Middle East should be wholeheartedly condemned, and we  need  to be talking about it – especially in a time when hate crimes against Jews are already reaching a dangerous high.”  -            @progressivejews Moment of Inspiration: ·           New Caribbean Restaurant opened up in South Portland “Caribbean Taste” CHECK IT OUT! ·  ...

  May 24, 2021 | Volume 4, Issue 35 MESSAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN Yesterday was Tufts Commencement Day. While we could not hold an in-person ceremony this year, we produced a pre-recorded event where we combined our traditional awards reception with our PhD hooding and master’s recognition ceremony. The awards ceremony recognizes all students who have received awards this year and also thanks those students who have been members of the Graduate Student Council. The graduation ceremony includes remarks from Dean Dan Jay and Liz Moss, the student speaker. Those PhD students who were able to attend the taping were hooded by their advisors, while Master’s students were congratulated by Dean Jay. The ceremony is available at  this link . As we conclude the 2020-21 academic year, I want to thank everyone - students, faculty and staff - for their resilience and perseverance through a very difficult year. We adjusted the academic calendar, matriculated our n...