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.
Construction continues on schedule for the new clinical building on the UMass Medical School campus that will house the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System’s new community-based outpatient clinic.
Demolition of the former Massachusetts Department of Transportation District 3 complex adjacent to the UMMS campus is complete. While most of the demolition debris has been hauled away, the remaining concrete and stone will be crushed on site and reused as fill. Crushing is expected to begin during the week of May 4.
Conflicting messages about proper distancing and protective equipment while millions of people are staying home to thwart the novel coronavirus are leaving some wondering what’s safe. What’s more, wellness habits can be hard to maintain when you’re stuck indoors.
UMass Medical School faculty have advice on research-based, healthy ways to cope with staying home.
UMass Medical School and UMass Lowell will play a key role in a new National Institutes of Health initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies via their Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies collaboration.
With a $1.5 billion investment from federal stimulus funding, the newly launched Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative will infuse funding into early innovative technologies to speed development of rapid and widely accessible COVID-19 testing.
As an unusual and unprecedented academic year nears its close, the Office of Student Life is reaching out to students with messages of support from faculty and staff.
“I want to express to members of our student body how appreciative I am for how they’ve adapted to these changing times,” said Chancellor Michael F. Collins in a new video capturing faculty voices from the UMass Medical School community. “I also want to thank them for all they’ve done in our community, whether it’s local in Worcester, or beyond.”