AMHERST, Mass. – The Geological Society of America’s (GSA) Continental Scientific Drilling Division (CSD) has named University of Massachusetts Amherst geologist Julie Brigham-Grette as one of its two Distinguished Lecturers for 2020, which means she will be available to give online seminars on her Arctic drilling research to geologists anywhere in the world by request this fall and into spring 2021.
AMHERST, Mass. – In a new paper this week, geographer Forrest Bowlick at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues at Texas A&M offer first-hand accounts of what is required for GIS instructors and IT administrators to set up virtual computing specifically for providing state-of-the-art geographic information systems (GIS) instruction.
If the United States is at the forefront of the quantum information industrial revolution, it will benefit the U.S. economy as a whole and create new opportunities for people from disadvantageous backgrounds.
Professor Cheng Wang (Mathematics) was part of a research team that received a $350,000 National Science Foundation grant for their project "Collaborative Research: Efficient, Accurate, and Structure-Preserving Numerical Methods for Phase Fields-Type Models with Applications".
Professor Maolin Guo (Chemistry & Biochemistry) received a $150,000 grant from the Orphan Disease Center and Loulou Foundation for his project “Incorporation of functional unnatural amino acids into CDKL5 to study its function in cells”.
UMass Medical School women’s health researcher Sybil Crawford, PhD, has received the 2020 North American Menopause Society/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Menopause Journal Best Paper Award. Dr. Crawford, professor of medicine, is lead author of the study, published in the June 2019 issue of Menopause, which found that many women who are experiencing menopausal symptoms could benefit from hormone therapy with minimal health risks.
Alex Richard, SOM ’24, was named the 2019 Volunteer of the Year for Rhode Island Hospital. The Cranston resident dedicated more than 1,000 volunteer hours over four years manning the family assistance information desk in the adult emergency department.
On and off the basketball court, America East Man of the Year Christian Lutete ’19 ’20 sets a quiet but inspiring example, his coaches, professors and friends say.
When COVID-19 ended many of UMass Lowell’s student activities last spring, UML Folk Dance Club President Sarah Bustin didn’t take it sitting down.
Life without folk dance would be difficult for Bustin, who says her body and soul are enriched by the human connection it brings.
UMass Law begins its academic year today with 146 new students, a 30.4 percent increase over last year, bringing total enrollment of the Commonwealth’s only public law school to 360 students.
At the same time, incoming student LSAT and undergraduate GPA medians set an institutional record, making this year’s incoming class the most academically qualified in the history of the school.