According to the latest bar exam results released today by Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners, the UMass Dartmouth-based UMass School of Law outscored the statewide average for the second year in a row, just three years after receiving full American Bar Association accreditation.
AMHERST, Mass. – A team of astronomers including assistant professor Kate Whitaker at the University of Massachusetts Amherst reports today that they have by chance discovered faint traces of a huge galaxy never seen before, dating from the early universe. Likening the finding to photographing footprints of the mythical Yeti, the authors, led by postdoctoral fellow Christina Williams at the University of Arizona, say the scientific community once regarded such monster galaxies as folklore because there was no evidence for them, until now.
Mammograms can be painful. Biopsies are invasive. And MRIs take time. Research Assistant Professor Alexey Tonyushkin just received a three-year $441,780 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop his magnetic particle imaging (MPI) prototype, which uses noninvasive techniques to detect nanoparticles—markers for breast cancer tumors.
What would it look like for UMass Boston to integrate community and industry leaders seamlessly into the classroom as educators, and develop community-university learning partnerships that deliver multiple benefits for students, faculty, practitioners, and the community?
Professor of Physics Maxim Olchanyi has acquired international renown for his work in cold quantum gasses, non-equilibrium quantum phenomena, and exactly solvable problems. He says when it comes to potential applications, a progress in quantum information science (QIS) can revolutionize transport logistics and drug discovery; in the defense area, quantum technology is, potentially, as pivotal as nuclear technology during the second World War.
The Commonwealth’s only public law school is holding a fall Open House on Tuesday, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. at 333 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747.
Homecoming
Returning Corsairs can discover all the weekend’s events and register here.
Fall Family Festival
Saturday, October 26, 2019
11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Economic innovation and supporting the military through better technology topped the agenda when U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan spoke at UMass Lowell earlier this month.
Trahan, a Democrat who represents the district that includes Lowell, said that a major part of her work on the House Armed Services Committee involves making sure that the nation invests in technology that helps to keep military service members and the country safe.
A decade ago, Ashley Austin ’12 was a first-generation college student from Dracut trying to navigate her way as a psychology major in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Gregory J. Pazour, PhD, professor of molecular medicine, is one of 16 scientists named a 2019 fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology.
Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon ASCB members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for their meritorious efforts to advance cell biology and its applications and for their service to ASCB. Dr. Pazour will be among the new cohort of ASCB fellows to be formally recognized at the annual meeting in Washington, D.C., in December.
“It is an honor to join this distinguished group of cell biologists,” said Pazour.