"We Shall Overcome" featuring Damien Sneed brings the spoken works of Martin Luther King, Jr. together with a rich history of African-American music on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
Shawn Shimpach, associate professor of communication and director of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, has edited a new collection of television studies scholarship, "The Routledge Companion to Global Television." The volume is now available in hardback and e-book versions.
Scott Jackson, extension associate professor in the department of environmental conservation and Charlie Schweik, professor at the School of Public Policy and the department of environmental conservation, have received a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a project that uses unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to develop methods to assess the ecological integrity of Massachusetts salt marshes.
Physical Plant Landscape and Construction Services staff have been working with Michael Smith, program director with the UMass Transportation Center, on introducing the use of salt brine as a roadways anti-icing agent. Smith gave multiple training workshops to the staff as the brine pilot program was set up and the correct equipment was acquired.
Out of the commission for the past year and a half for a dramatic renovation, restoration and expansion, the university's original academic building, Coburn Hall, is reopening its doors to students on South Campus for the start of the spring 2020 semester.
BOSTON – Online programs at the University of Massachusetts received high marks again in this year’s Best Online Programs rankings by U.S. News & World Report.
New research by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, reveals the molecular process in which synaptic connections in the brain are damaged in multiple sclerosis and how this contributes to neurodegenerative symptoms. The paper, published in Immunity, also shows how gene therapy may be used to preserve neural circuits and protect against vision loss in the disease.
As UMass Lowell embarks on a new year – and a new decade – our university community can look forward to astronomy- and space-related projects and missions on the horizon. From exploring the solar system and searching for habitable planets around nearby stars to zapping the Martian surface with a laser, our faculty and student researchers are working to gain a better understanding of the cosmic neighborhood in which we live. Here’s an overview of what’s in store in the months ahead.
When Sgt. Michael Soucy joined the UMass Lowell Police Department in 2008, the force consisted of just eight patrol officers headquartered at Ball Hall. The department had one four-wheel-drive vehicle to get through the snowy winters.
A program developed at UMass Medical School to ensure that women with depression during or after pregnancy get the help they need is being replicated across the country, according to an NPR Morning Edition report on the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program for Moms (MCPAP for Moms).