A record number of UMass Boston students have received a scholarship through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program, meaning they will be able to afford to study abroad this spring. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Gilman Scholarship Program is an undergraduate program designed to enable U.S. citizens of limited financial means to study abroad.
UMass Dartmouth and members of the campus community accomplished many exciting and innovative achievements in 2019. Here are the top 19 stories from the year that build momentum for the future.
Jake and Sparky Kennedy, long known for their generosity as founders of the annual Boston Christmas in the City celebration for thousands of homeless children, are launching a new drive to raise $1 million to support research at UMass Medical School to cure ALS. Jake Kennedy, 64, was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease that claimed the lives of his father, Chris, and younger brother, Jimmy. Jake's brother, Richard Kennedy, has lived with ALS since 2016.
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When I arrived in the U.S. House in 1993, John Lewis was one of the first members of Congress I met and was extraordinarily generous with his time, knowledge and insight. In the ensuing years, I was honored to stand alongside him -- fighting for fairness, opportunity and decency in our nation.
Serving with John Lewis was an honor -- and like citizens across the nation, I am continually inspired by his strength and dignity, and by his pursuit of justice for all. As he takes on this new fight, he will continue to inspire all of us.
Four undergraduates have received the Pfizer Award from the Society of Toxicology (SOT), which will support their registration, lodging, ground transportation, food and travel to the society’s annual meeting in March in Anaheim, California. Each of the 21 national winners will present their honors thesis research at the conference.
A paper published in the journal “Nature” in October and co-authored by Joseph C. Bardin, electrical and computer engineering, is ranked No. 12 in the annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights of research published in 2019. The list includes research papers that have generated significant international online attention and discussion. Altmetric tracks and analyzes the online activity around scholarly research.
Christos Dimitrakopoulos, professor of chemical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is one of 168 prolific academic innovators from across the world who have been elected to this year’s class of Fellows.
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Professor David Mednicoff, a faculty member in School of Public Policy and chair of the department of Judaic and Near Eastern studies, has received a grant from the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) for a project called “Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants.”