Three kinesiology students received awards and scholarships during the annual New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) Fall Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island this past November.
Doctoral student Robert Marcotte won the NEACSM Lawrence E. Armstrong Minority Scholarship, which is awarded to support and encourage professional development and academic excellence in minority students in the New England region.
The UMass Medical School community is mourning the loss of James Barry Hanshaw, MD, professor, dean emeritus and founding chair of the UMass Medical School Department of Pediatrics, who died Dec. 19, at age 90, in his home in Boylston.
Dr. Hanshaw served UMass Medical School in numerous capacities, including chair of pediatrics from 1975 to 1985, interim vice chancellor and academic dean from 1985 to 1986, interim chancellor in 1987, and dean and provost from 1986 to1989.
Two of UMass Boston's centers are offering opportunities for research funding for faculty members who are focused on climate change or labor-related themes.
Priyank Arora, assistant professor of operations and information management in the Isenberg School of Management, is the lead author on an article recently published in the "Journal of Operations Management."
The article, “When do appointments of corporate sustainability executives affect shareholder value?,” was first published online in December, with a hardcopy volume to follow.
The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) has named Donald Robinson, adjunct professor in environmental health sciences as a board member in 2020.
Robinson also consults in safety and health management and engineering practices for both industry and higher education. He previously served as executive director of environmental health and safety at the UMass Amherst for over four decades having management and compliance responsibility for programs associated with emergency management, fire safety, laboratory safety and disability services, among other things.
First-year chemical engineering major Kevin Griskevich approached English classes with fear and loathing. He found them “dull, tedious, irrelevant and uninspiring.”
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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