Laboratory research experience for college students interested in biomedical sciences can be key to their future careers. As members of the UMass Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity Class of 2019, Sang Vo and Amina Bradley are among 29 undergraduates who conducted biomedical research under the tutelage of faculty, students and postdoctoral fellows at UMMS.
An advanced weather radar array on Orchard Hill is now providing a data feed to the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Eastern Regional Headquarters. Data from the radar will be used by NWS regional forecast offices – principally in the Boston, Albany and Portland areas.
The UMass eXperimental X-band radar (UMaXX), is a collaborative effort between the Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) and the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA), both part of the College of Engineering.
AMHERST, Mass. – For the fourth straight year, the University of Massachusetts Amherst ranks No. 1 for Best Campus Food in the nation. The honor was revealed today by The Princeton Review as part of its ranking of the top 20 colleges in 62 different categories for 2020.
It began modestly enough, with Manning School of Business Assoc. Teaching Prof. Ashwin Mehtataking nine students to India over winter break in 2014 for an intensive course in entrepreneurship.
The University, along with FirstLight, AMS, and Eversource, recently launched the largest public battery storage system in Massachusetts. The 520 kW system, in combination with other measures, will reduce the electrical load of the University from the grid during peak usage times.
Within months after receiving a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to look at the connection between the ends of zebrafish chromosomes and infertility, Assistant Professor of Biology Kellee Siegfried received another NICHD grant to ident
AMHERST, Mass -– University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers are seeking saltwater anglers over the age of 18 to share their experiences with sharks while fishing. The survey welcomes submissions from all areas of North America, regardless of target species and involving any species of shark.
BOSTON — Citing a need to uphold quality while remaining affordable for students, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees voted today to hold tuition increases to the rate of inflation for the second consecutive year, increasing tuition by 2.5 percent, or an average of $359 per student, for in-state undergraduate students for the 2019-20 academic year.
Across the four undergraduate campuses, tuition will average $14,722 for in-state undergraduate students.
BOSTON – A “distinguished and diverse” committee that mirrors UMass Boston’s “commitment to quality and success” was launched today and charged with conducting the search for a permanent chancellor for the University of Massachusetts Boston.
“This committee is distinguished and diverse, and is determined to provide strong candidates to lead UMass Boston,” said Rob Manning, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees.
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