Anne Carlisle, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, came to Massachusetts from Nebraska in 2015. After attending three undergraduate colleges in five years, it had come time for her to make a decision on where she’d pursue a graduate degree. She discovered UMass Medical School through a GSBS Career Eco-Virtual Fair.
As the #1 public university in New England, the University of Massachusetts prides itself on offering an affordable, high-quality education that transforms lives. Whether you are a community college student taking advantage of our robust MassTransfer program or transferring from another four-year institution, there is a home for you at UMass. Join us on March 10th and learn why thousands of students each year make the decision to transfer to a UMass.
The University of Massachusetts campuses recognizes that this year in college admissions will be unlike any other. With that in mind, we invite you and your colleagues to join the Directors of Admissions from all of the University of Massachusetts campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell) for a virtual information session. Admissions staff will provide updates on deadlines, changes to admissions policies, visit opportunities and more.
The University of Massachusetts system is coming together to assist you with your college search. We invite you and your family to a virtual information session featuring admissions representatives from all four University of Massachusetts campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell). We are excited to offer this opportunity to highlight our distinct campus communities and emphasize our shared commitment to excellence in preparing students for success.
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) this week announced an award of $2 million in capital grants to be shared by four of the campus’s Core Facilities managed by the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS). The funds are for the purchase of hardware and software, analytical and other equipment, as well as research supplies and reagents.
IALS Core Facilities receiving the support are:
Members of the campus’s Wind Energy Center (WEC) last week helped to launch the coalition New England for Offshore Wind, (NE4OSW), of which WEC is a member institution. NE4OSWis a coalition of nearly 40 environmental advocacy groups, research institutes and business alliances working to put New England in the forefront of offshore wind energy in the U.S., and to provide thousands of prevailing wage jobs to the region.
AMHERST, Mass. – Venus flytraps do it, trap-jaw ants do it, and now materials scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can do it, too – they discovered a way of efficiently converting elastic energy in a spring to kinetic energy for high-acceleration, extreme velocity movements as nature does it.
AMHERST, Mass. – A new program at UMass Amherst has been awarded two grants totaling $6.3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ensure that the transformation of the electric grid is both sustainable and benefits all members of society equitably, an aspect of energy transition not often considered in policymaking or public discourse.
Farmers and fruit growers are reporting that climate change is leading to increased ozone concentrations on the soil surface in their fields and orchards – an exposure that can cause irreversible plant damage, reduce crop yields and threaten the food supply, say materials chemists led by Trisha Andrew at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
A new research brief published by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute has found that through the end of June the American banking sector has collected approximately $19 billion in fees simply for processing Small Business Paycheck Protection Program loans as part of the CARES Act in response to the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.