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.
Associate Professor of Management and acclaimed climate change strategist Nardia Haigh was awarded the 2020 Book Award from the Organizations and Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management this summer for her guide on how to adapt to what climate change may bring.
On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, at 7 p.m., the UMass Dartmouth Leduc Center for Civic Engagement is hosting a virtual Food Security Summit. The longstanding issue around access to food has been brought to the forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic and a panel of local advocates featuring Senator Mark Montigny and members of Project Bread and the Marion Institute will discuss the region’s response.
The current agenda features remarks by:
Animation Career Review has ranked the Illustration Program at the College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) #2 among more than 140 colleges with illustration programs from across the US. The rankings are based on academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth of the program, and value as it relates to tuition and indebtedness as well as geographic location.
Any kid growing up in New England has the dream of playing baseball for their beloved Olde Towne Team. For former UMass Dartmouth standout Nate Tellier '20, that dream is one step closer to reality after he signed a three-year free agent contract with the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday afternoon.
Adeja Crearer didn’t know who she could be until she scaled the walls she built around herself.
The double River Hawk and associate producer for CNN in Atlanta told the incoming first-year and transfer students at UML’s 2020 Convocation that they are uniquely positioned to do great things because of the obstacles and challenges surrounding them – a whole world of chaos, crisis and COVID-19.
Weekly visits to University Crossing for a quick nasal swab. Teletherapy counseling appointments on Skype. Socially distanced spin classes outside the Campus Recreation Center. Meditation practice on Instagram.
Welcome to a fall semester unlike any other, where the coronavirus pandemic has forced colleges and universities across the country to adapt how they educate and provide services to their students — whether they’re living in residence halls, in off-campus apartments or at home.
There’s no shortage of research on how businesses respond during a time of crisis, be it a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina or a financial meltdown like the Great Recession.
But how businesses respond during a once-in-a-century global pandemic isn’t as well understood.
Two faculty researchers in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will study the cause of heat waves and droughts in the Northeast region of the U.S. and how they interact with each other under a three-year, $478,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).