A report in the journal mBio, published by the American Society for Microbiology, describes a prototype vaccine candidate for Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that affects men and women. Untreated, gonorrhea can cause infertility in women.
UMass Law ranked among the nation’s top 41 law schools for privacy law according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals. The IAPP published its first-ever ranking of privacy education in U.S. law schools based on its national review of law school curricula. UMass Law appeared in Tier 2, along with Harvard, Boston College, Boston University, and 26 other law schools, based on its Information Privacy Law course, an online course offered each summer.
A healthy school climate and a coordinated strategy for improving social and emotional learning reduce behavior problems among students and improve educational outcomes, researcher Juliette Berg told educators at the College of Education’s annual Panasuk Symposium.
AMHERST, Mass. – In Nature, says Greg Grason at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, “Nobody except physics and geometry” tells molecules how to organize into the types of complex soft crystals that form in butterfly wings, for example, allowing them to selectively reflect different wavelengths of light. He and other materials scientists who study such self-assembling structures are often fascinated and inspired by them, he adds, “and we’re starting to learn how and why they are spontaneously form way they do.”
AMHERST, Mass. – In a first national-scale analysis, ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with colleagues at the University of Colorado-Boulder, report that across the United States, invasive grasses can double the number of fires.
UMass Boston’s women’s soccer team won their first Little East Conference regular season title since 2014 over the weekend, and now they have the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament that begins this week. The No. 1 Beacons will host the winner of Tuesday’s game between No. 4 Eastern Connecticut State University and No. 5 Plymouth State University on Thursday night at 7 p.m.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Bureau of Substance Addiction Services has awarded UMass Boston’s Institute for New England Native American Studies (INENAS) a contract for over $600,000 to provide outreach and activities in the Native American community for those affected by alcohol and opioid misuse.
Corey started vaping two years ago but was "feeling unhealthy about it." Anne had been vaping for about a year but noticed her lungs "weren't performing at the same level" when she went running.
Both students, who only wanted to give their first names, say they had “pretty much” kicked their vaping habits. When they learned they could exchange their vape pens for some UMass Lowell gear recently at University Crossing, they decided to stop by and part ways with their devices once and for all.
When you talk to international students about adjusting to college life at UMass Lowell, they often mention a few of the same memorable new experiences. Moments like admiring New England's fall foliage, carving a pumpkin or playing in their first snowfall.
And of course, attending a hockey game for the first time in their lives.
A new study from UMass Medical School finds that younger children participating in snow sports are more likely to suffer severe head and facial injuries, while older kids and teens sustain more internal abdominal traumas. Serious injuries can occur while kids are sledding, downhill skiing and snowboarding.