AMHERST, Mass. – The U.S. National Academy of Sciences this week announced that internationally recognized scholar Daniela Calzetti, professor and head of astronomy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been elected to the panel “in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
Rodrigo Zamith, assistant professor of journalism and Ofer Sharone, associate professor of sociology, have been awarded this year’s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) Outstanding Teaching Award. This award celebrates exceptional teaching, mentoring, and curriculum development efforts, and their impact on students.
Seth Bailin’s love for New Orleans runs deep.
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) program is holding the Seventh Annual Senior Exposition on Thursday, April 30 from 3:30-6 p.m. via Zoom.
This year’s Senior Expo features the seventh cohort of iCons seniors, with each senior giving a brief online presentation about their research project on today’s pressing problems.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy invites the campus community to join in virtual celebrations of the UMass Class of 2020 on May 7 and 8. These online events do not replace the traditional campus ceremonies, which will be rescheduled for an appropriate date after restrictions on large gatherings are lifted.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy emphasized this week that UMass Amherst is fully committed to resuming classes in the fall of 2020, whether remote, face-to-face or in some combination.
Three faculty-led research projects focused on immediate responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have received more than $33,000 in seed funding from the university’s Office of Research and Innovation.
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.
In his weekly video address, taped on April 27, Chancellor Michael F. Collins talks about the deep sorrow that so many people are feeling as their lives change significantly while living through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thirty-one patients with severe COVID-19 were enrolled in the randomized, controlled clinical trial of the drug remdisivir at UMass Memorial Medical Center’s University and Memorial campuses, overseen by lead investigator Robert W. Finberg, MD, the Richard M.