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Waaaay Beyond Bandaids January 03, 2013 - MMA Health Services Department has been growing faster than the student body. Eighteen months ago, Dr. Jeffery Cukor MD, joined the staff as full time Medical Director. Cukor first came aboard as a Ship’s Physician during the 2007 Sea Term. He obviously liked what he saw. Read More >>
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T.S. Kennedy returns to Cape from Sandy disaster duty December 20, 2012 - After spending nearly six weeks docked as a floating hotel for federal workers at Staten Island, N.Y., the T.S. Kennedy is back at its usual spot alongside the campus of Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Read More >>
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She’s Back … and She’s Sporting Some Bling! December 19, 2012 - Our training ship is finally home. The campus on Academy Drive is once again complete - as it should be. After many long weeks of 24/7 work caring for and feeding the thousands of FEMA workers who were assisting victims of Hurricane Sandy in Staten Island, NY, the officers and crew of the Kennedy have returned home safely - just in time for Christmas. Read More >>
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MMA cadets unveil semester-long scientific experiments December 14, 2012 - At the beginning of the semester, professor Diane DiMassa asked her engineering design projects class at Massachusetts Maritime Academy to build something — anything — following a traditional engineering process. Read More >>
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Cadets Bunk in Motels December 09, 2012 - Massachusetts Maritime Academy cadets are used to interesting living arrangements: In the past few years, dormitories have been created in a nearby bed-and-breakfast and on the school's training ship, the T.S. Kennedy. Read More >>
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Academy Shares Their Gold December 03, 2012 - Lori-Ann Noble, Ph.D., Biochemistry, and Laurie A. Norman, Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, are Assistant Professors of Science and Mathematics at the Academy. Both women have also earned the Ph.D. of Girl Scouting – the Gold Award – the equivalent of Eagle Scout for males.
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Safe Haven on Thanksgiving for Relief Workers November 26, 2012 - Thanksgiving morning dawned off the fantail of the T.S. Kennedy as a coppery haze burned away, revealing the Statue of Liberty. Blue silhouettes of tanker ships loomed just beyond the sweeping curves of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Read More >>
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Showing Their True Colors November 20, 2012 - This past weekend the 2012 MMA Regimental Drill Team competed in the 34th Annual Cornell University Drill and Military Excellence Competition. The competition consisted of five events: squad basic, color guard, platoon trick, a 10K cross-country race, and a 4 x 400 meter relay. Read More >>
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For federal Sandy workers floating NY home is no cruise ship November 13, 2012 - Firefighter Sean Dos Santos left his two daughters in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, about a week ago, bound for New York and the devastation superstorm Sandy left behind. Every morning, Dos Santos, who is a civilian Coast Guard firefighter at home, and other federal workers disperse in teams of 10, going door-to-door, checking on homes and trying to connect struggling families with what they need. Read More >>
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MMA to Aid Hurricane Disaster Effort November 02, 2012 - In the bowels of the T.S. Kennedy, the multistory engine room rumbled to life Thursday afternoon. Pipes hissed, gears clanked and belts whirred as Massachusetts Maritime Academy students and ship crew members hustled by each other, each doing their parts to wake the great ship. Twenty-four hours earlier, the vessel rested silently at port, serving in its capacity as the training ship for the maritime college. Read More >>
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