Biologics to modulate the migration and activation of specific innate immune cells, called neutrophils, discovered in the lab of Beth McCormick, PhD, at UMass Medical School, have been licensed by Bacainn Therapeutics, Inc., to develop treatments for various acute medical conditions, including ulcerative colitis. The Massachusetts company received FDA clearance for a Phase I clinical trial of its compound to address uncontrolled inflammation in the gut.
The Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio, in collaboration with Morgan Stanley GIFT (Global Impact Funding Trust) Cures, has chosen two UMass Medical School faculty members to receive Harrington Scholar Awards for Coronavirus. Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD, and Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, are among the 12 COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative award winners, selected from among hundreds of applications submitted by physicians and scientists at 122 universities and health systems across the U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom.
The UMass Medical School North Quadrant Support Services initiative is donating funds to support Worcester Public Schools in direct response to the COVID-19 school shutdown. UMMS will provide internet access to students to help them catch up via remote learning opportunities. The donation was announced by Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty on behalf of Superintendent of Schools Maureen Binienda at the city’s daily COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, June 9.
UMass Medical School is conducting the Greater Worcester COVID-19 Survey in Worcester, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Shrewsbury and West Boylston to assess how the novel coronavirus has impacted the region.
Four students, all but one the first in their family to attend college, are the 2020 winners of the Venture Development Center’s Entrepreneur Scholarship.
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Kelsey Edmond, a PhD student in UMass Boston’s McCormack Graduate School, has been selected to be one of this year’s Rappaport Public Policy Fellows.
The Mission Continues, a nonprofit organization that trains and redeploys veterans in their communities, has awarded UMass Boston student veteran Tony Martin ’19 a $1,500 grant through its Service Leadership Corps to support My Brother’s Keeper Boston in its COVID-19 response this summer.
If you visit Mya Royal’s ’06 boutique website and sort her custom-made couture by popularity, you’ll learn all you need to know about the fashion designer and the adaptations she’s made in an effort to support her clients during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Focuses on adult learners, including veterans and underserved populations
- Meets the reality of pandemic-driven economic challenges
- Augments UMass Online by enhancing technology platform and online student services
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts and Chapman University System today announced their intent to form an exclusive strategic partnership between UMass Online and Brandman Un
More than 550 students registered for UMass Boston’s first virtual Transfer Open House last week, held days before the June 15 transfer deadline for fall, and more students attended than when the event was held on campus in April 2019.