Donal Carbaugh, professor of communication, has published a new book, “Communication in Vehicles.” In it Carbaugh expands on over 10 years of research, analyzing how people interact with their smart vehicles.
Communication between people and vehicles ranges from the basic to the complex. Even vehicular functions that appear trivial can affect a user’s interaction.
“One type of communication problem we addressed was: How would users like to start an interaction with their car?” said Carbaugh.
Kathryne M. Young, assistant professor of sociology, has been chosen among the 2020-21 cohort of ABF/JPB Foundation Access to Justice Faculty Scholars. The six faculty scholars come from diverse academic backgrounds and focus on research that advances access to justice across the United States.
Mila Getmansky Sherman, professor in the Isenberg School of Management’s department of finance, is coleader of a new $2.4 million National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project that aims to improve the systems allowing for cross-discipline collaboration.
“Today, we’re witnessing the effects of the coronavirus on the stock market, the costs of production and distribution, and oil, gas, and food prices,” says Sherman, explaining why catastrophic events are best examined from multiple academic perspectives.
AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of earnings inequalities by an international team of 27 researchers has found that the between-workplace share of wage inequality is growing in 12 of 14 high-income countries studied, and that the countries vary a great deal in their levels and trends in overall earnings inequality.
AMHERST, Mass. – Engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst responded to a request for help in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic from Baystate Health in Springfield by designing new, longer control cables for ventilators and the elimination of battery power sources.
Eight undergraduates from across campus have received the spring 2020 Rising Researcher award.
The Rising Researcher program celebrates undergraduate students who excel in research, scholarship or creative activity.
The spring 2020 Rising Researchers are:
As Krishna Kumar finishes his first academic year as the second Gluckstern Professorship in Physics, he reflects that he is glad to be back “to a vibrant physics department” that lured him back to campus with new lab spaces in the Physical Sciences Building and the professorship, which gives him “the flexibility in research direction that allows me to chase after new initiatives that are not part of current research grants.”
The students who belong to the university’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) program pride themselves on providing year-round, 24/7 care to the UML community.
That hasn’t changed during the coronavirus pandemic.
In his weekly video address on Monday, April 13, Chancellor Michael F. Collins thanked members of the UMass Medical School community for their commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LOWELL, Mass. – In an effort to help offset the financial hardships that many are experiencing right now, UMass Lowell is allocating half a million dollars in education scholarships for new and continuing undergraduate students who enroll for the 2020 summer semester.
“Everyone has been affected by the sudden global health and economic changes caused by COVID-19 and we hope these scholarships will help minimize the impact for students pursing education at UMass Lowell,” said Steven Tello, vice provost for graduate, online and professional studies.