AMHERST, Mass. — Daniel Gerber, associate dean for academic affairs, is leading a School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) effort to assist the state with its COVID-19 response efforts. Student involvement is a key aspect.
Graduate programs in business, education and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 edition of Best Graduate Schools, which was released in March.
The Isenberg School of Management’s on-campus MBA program was named number 53 among the nation’s full-time MBA programs, having risen more than 20 spots from the previous year’s rankings. The part-time MBA program was ranked at 28.
The College of Education is ranked 63rd.
Graduate programs in several science and social science disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation in fresh rankings featured in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 edition of Best Graduate Schools, which was released in March.
This year, U.S. News published new rankings in several program areas including public policy. The School of Public Policy is now at 65th for graduate studies in public affairs.
How many programs can confidently say: “We have individuals every year who run for political office”? And how many of those individuals are a part of a diverse cohort of women leaders
Cynthia Schofield has recently become the third UMass Boston student to receive the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. This is the second year in a row that UMass Boston students have become Goldwater Scholars.
The scholarship is given annually to college sophomores and juniors who demonstrate excellence in natural science, engineering, and mathematics. From an estimated pool of over 5,000 applicants, 396 received a scholarship this year.
A recent research report titled “The Union Effect in Massachusetts,” part of a new series called Massachusetts Labor Matters, has been published by the Labor Resource Center (LRC) and the Department of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,
The transition to remote learning resulting from the COVID-19 emergency has caused significant disruption to students’ educational experience this semester. Recognizing this unprecedented situation, UMass Dartmouth faculty and administration have authorized revised academic policy changes to provide students with greater flexibility in progressing in their degrees.
For the spring 2020 semester, students will be allowed to:
Prof. Susanna Remold, the new chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, is an expert on the evolution and ecology of disease-causing microbes that can move from animal to human hosts.
Senior public health major Katherine Mayer, an EMT, wanted to help UMass Lowell’s Emergency Management team with “something they didn’t have yet” for her Honors College capstone.
For years, Chancellor Michael F. Collins has stressed one fundamental message to all students: “It is privilege to care for our patients.” Now, for members of the School of Medicine Class of 2020, that honor has come sooner than expected and these new physicians are telling news media across the country that they are ready to serve.