On December 2, shark research groups and government agencies from the northeastern US and Canada announced the establishment of the New England White Shark Research Consortium (NEWSRC). The consortium provides the first-ever collaboration of these entities to jointly study the white shark (Carchardon carcharias) throughout its entire northeast US-Canadian range.
Many writers find it difficult to express themselves in only a few words, but Brianna McCadden managed to perfectly capture 2020 in just six.
On Thursday, the undergraduate English major took the top prize in this year’s Six-Word Story Contest for her entry: “She’s forgetting the feeling of hugs.”
The University of Massachusetts Boston has received a new $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to advance its work as an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI). The five-year grant further strengthens UMass Boston’s capacity as the only AANAPISI-designated research university in New England and one of a handful in the country—a status held by the university since 2008.
UMass Boston and Northeastern University researchers have launched Living in Boston During COVID-19, a series of reports analyzing a survey conducted in the summer about how Boston residents have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. The findings are unique in that they provide insight to understanding how activities, attitudes, and experiences of Bostonians during the pandemic have varied--by neighborhood, by race, by income.
AMHERST, Mass. – For the second year in a row, the Best Global Universities guide published by U.S. News and World Report ranks the University of Massachusetts Amherst No. 4 in the comprehensive subject area of Agricultural Sciences for 2021, and first among U.S. universities in that subject area. The rankings consider the top 1,500 universities across 81 countries.
AMHERST, Mass. – Six campus researchers in the College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been recognized among the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2020 by London-based Clarivate Analytics, owner of the Web of Science. They have consistently had high citation counts over a decade.
Now in its seventh year, the citation analysis identifies influential researchers as determined by their peers around the world. They are judged to be influential, and their citation records are seen as “a mark of exceptional impact,” the company says.
AMHERST, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Office announced recently that a team led by extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been selected for a three-year, $1.8 million award to study the effects of co-locating solar energy panels and agriculture operations at up to eight different farms across the Commonwealth. The work will be in partnership with landowners, state agencies, solar developers and a non-profit farmland organization.
Assistant professor of biostatistics Laura Balzer is among an international team that recently received a five-year, $23 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to extend the SEARCH (Sustainable East Africa Research in Community Health) study.
College Consensus, a research-based higher education ranking site, ranked the Charlton College of Business MBA 23rd in the nation on its Best Value MBA Programs 2021 list. The MBA was highly ranked due to its significant return on investment in the form of business opportunities for graduates.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) recently selected Professor Honggang Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering) as a 2021 IEEE Fellow. Wang was chosen for his contributions to low power wireless for IoT and multimedia applications.