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.

Professor and Graduate Program Director of Counseling Psychology Sharon Horne has received the 2020 Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology from the American Psychological Association—one of the most prestigious honors given by the national organization.

Horne has devoted her career in psychology to the advancement of international concerns through her scholarship, teaching, and mentoring.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bridgewater State University have announced two joint accelerated Master of Science programs in Physics and Electrical Engineering. The educational partnership agreement between the institutions will provide undergraduate students at BSU with an accelerated pathway to earning a graduate degree at UMass Dartmouth.

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst is recognized as a top-performing educational institution in the 2020 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI), a publication of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) recently announced its 2020 Class of AGU Fellows and Professor of Estuarine & Ocean Sciences Mark Altabet, who also chairs the Estuarine & Ocean Sciences Department, was selected to join this prestigious group of Earth science researchers.

When members of UMass Boston’s Run for Krystle team first heard the news, they were devastated. For the first time in the history of the Boston Marathon, the race, with its throngs of cheering fans and ascent up the famed Heartbreak Hill, was canceled. After first being postponed, the marathon would be held virtually.

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hangjian Ling with a $299,778 grant for his project “Mechanism of gas depletion on super-hydrophobic surfaces in turbulent flows”.

Born and raised on Cape Cod, Ryan Barrette, SOM ’21, knew he would have a future in medicine after witnessing the care given to his cousin, Terence McMahon, who was born with a rare genetic disorder called DiGeorge syndrome. Watching him work with specialists, undergo surgeries and manage routine doctor’s visits, Barrette was inspired to someday give that same care to others.

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