Since its debut in early 2011 on Fox, “Bob’s Burgers” has taken its place among the most beloved animated sitcoms, twice winning Emmy awards and developing a dedicated audience. Two UMass Lowell alumni, brothers and Spencer natives Tim and Pat Dacey, are linchpins of the show’s distinct musical soundtrack.

Local hospitals and first responders rang the alarm for protective gear, and UMass Lowell responded. 

The Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences and the Kennedy College of Sciences donated face shields, masks, gowns, eyewear, gloves and more to local health and first responders on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus. 

Yuriy Brun, an associate professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), has been selected to receive the Most Influential Paper Award at the 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems (SEAMS 2020). The award recognizes his 2007 paper, “An Architectural Style for Solving Computationally Intensive Problems on Large Networks,” co-authored with Nenad Medvidović. The award recognizes work published at least ten years prior that has had substantial impact in industry or academia.

Irma McClaurin, who earned her Ph.D. and MFA from UMass Amherst, was recently awarded a $15,000 Historical Archives Grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc. The funds are for the continuing development of the Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive in Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA), in the UMass Amherst Libraries.

South Shore Hospital in Weymouth has received a donation of much-needed masks, gloves and gowns from the veterinary technology program at the UMass Amherst Mount Ida Campus.

AMHERST, Mass. – Student members of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are using their skills and training in their home communities during this period of distance learning and absence from the Amherst campus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Things are a little different at UMass Dartmouth these days. You may have received a few emails regarding changes to the way we operate due to the spread of the coronavirus. Though we are not on campus together, we still interact in the virtual classroom, on video chats, and via email. Each of us is facing similar challenges and adapting collectively. We will continue to press forward to support our students’ ambitions and each other’s wellbeing. We are in this together.

“Onward and upward! Maybe with a few loop-dee-doodles along the way, just for fun,” exclaimed Susan Gagliardi, PhD, professor of neurology.

This was just one of the many virtual messages that UMass Medical School faculty had for their School of Medicine students on Match Day 2020. In an online approach for this year’s graduating class, as COVID-19 continues to spread nationwide, students found out where their medical careers will begin through email. 

AMHERST, Mass. – Five student firefighters from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Force have been promoted to full-time at the Amherst Fire Department, boosting the department back up to full staffing through June. They will assist with staffing during this period of responding to COVID-19.

The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program has appointed Wesley J. Dunham as its new strategic communications and program manager. Dunham, who started his new role on March 23, holds administrative responsibilities for iCons Program operations and expansion, student recruiting and admissions, managing program assessments, interfacing with program partners, and creating and executing strategic communications to meet program objectives.