Fourth-year School of Medicine student SeungJu Jackie Oh was completing a dedicated research year in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery when COVID-19 closed the medical school. Oh quickly shifted her focus to health care policy analysis, seizing a unique opportunity to address the need to protect health workers from infection.
BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker today announced the appointment of Robert Lewis Jr. and Julie M. Ramos Gagliardi to the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees. The appointments fill the seats vacated by Maria Furman and former Board of Trustees Chairman Henry M.
“The rescinding of the ICE decision to force fully online international students to leave the country or transfer to another university is welcome news for more than 7,000 UMass students and nearly one million of their peers nationwide. I want to thank Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who rapidly built a national coalition of attorneys general to fight ICE’s plan, as well as our UMass team and higher education colleagues around the nation who developed a compelling, fact-based case for why international students strengthen our communities and our economy.
AMHERST, MASS. – A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers has launched a study to explore the rate of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) exposure on campus and throughout Massachusetts, inviting faculty, staff and students to voluntarily participate.
UMass Boston men's hockey freshmen Jake Adkins (Centennial, Colo.) and Andy Walker (Mason, Mich.) have been making the most of their time during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The pair, who have dubbed themselves the "Men In Blades," have planned a massive trip to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
The National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) Thursday named Charlie Titus, the newly retired vice chancellor of athletics and recreation, special programs and projects, the recipient of the 2020 Richard A. Rasmussen Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Baker-Polito Administration announced grant funding for feasibility studies that will help three Massachusetts state universities achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The three awards, totaling $300,000 to Salem State University (SSU), UMass Dartmouth (UMD), and UMass Lowell (UML) are part of the $660,000 feasibility study grant program for state entities launched by the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) through its Leading by Example (LBE) program.
It’s a Tuesday morning in early June, and newly minted Manning School of Business grad David Seybert ’20 is the only person in the office at Thrasio, a quickly growing startup that acquires small, third-party Amazon businesses and integrates them onto its proprietary operating platform.
Seybert joined Thrasio last summer and was promoted to marketing operations manager in March — two months before earning his degree in business administration and just as the COVID-19 pandemic forced everyone to work from home.
As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts standardized tests, educators have an opportunity to rethink the role of high-stakes testing in judging schools, students and college applicants, says Asst. Prof. of Education Jack Schneider, an education historian.
Back in May, two months into the coronavirus pandemic and campus closure, the semester was coming to a close and Music Prof. John Shirley felt the sting of all that he was missing.