The Center for Research on Families has announced the 2020 cohort of the Graduate Student Grant Writing Program. The group of six were selected for the program based on their promising work in family research. Rebecca Spencer, professor of psychological and brain sciences, will lead the 9 month program which supports students through the development of NSF and NIH pre-doctoral fellowship proposals.
The Center for Research on Families (CRF) has announced the recipients of this year's Student Research Awards.
CRF is committed to supporting students engaged in family research, with student researchers addressing family challenges such as malnutrition in older adults, women’s health in remote regions of the world, health effects of breastfeeding, socioemotional development of the multiracial children, how brain structures affect memory and how young children’s ability to understand language influences brain development.
The campus’s Armstrong Fund for Science has announced its award for 2020 to principal investigator Jun Yao, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Derek Lovley, professor of microbiology – an interdisciplinary team that is developing a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air. They will receive a two-year, $40,000 grant to support scaling up the invention for practical applications.
AMHERST, Mass. – Finding that homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country’s GDP, University of Massachusetts Amherst economist M.V. Lee Badgett argues in a new book that in addition to moral and human rights reasons, we can now also make a financial argument for LGBT equality.
AMHERST, Mass. – The academic year is over, but a cluster of University of Massachusetts Amherst students, led by faculty and staff, remains active in ongoing COVID-19 response efforts.
New research from UMass Boston’s Center for Survey Research suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on the physical and mental health of Boston residents.
A growing relationship between UMass Boston’s Theatre Arts program and Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) turned idle hands, during a period of cancelled shows, into much needed support for local health care workers.
Global higher education research company QS Quacquarelli Symonds has ranked UMass Boston No. 9 in Massachusetts and No. 79 overall on its inaugural ranking of top universities in the United States, with diversity, employability, and internationalization being key factors.
UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Robert E. Johnson announced today that the University is planning for Commencement ceremonies on campus on October 9 and 10, 2020. Due to the spread of COVID-19, UMass Dartmouth was forced to cancel ceremonies originally scheduled for May 8 and 11, 2020. The UMass Law School Commencement ceremony is planned to take place on October 9 in the Angus Bailey Auditorium in the Campus Center. Undergraduate and graduate Commencement ceremonies are planned to take place on October 10 in the Vietnam Veterans Peace Memorial Amphitheater.
A young woman glances down at her phone and taps out a series of text messages. Her hands shake. Her voice trembles as she answers questions from attending nurses in short bursts: “I’m fine. I’m not in any pain. I don’t know when I last ate.”
The scene playing out is a simulation exercise in the health promotion course in which nursing students practice assessment, critical thinking and communication skills. Student actors portray a patient and her partner. The nursing students have to think on their feet and assess the situation to provide the best care.