AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) today published the latest editions of its lists of the top corporate air and water polluters and top greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, based on the most recent data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Internationally recognized Huntington's disease researcher Neil Aronin, MD, led an afternoon of presentations detailing advances made by scientists at UMass Medical School in the quest to find a treatment for the deadly neurological disorder. Dr. Aronin, the Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience and professor of medicine, welcomed visitors from the CHDI Foundation, which supports Huntington's disease research.
Celia A. Schiffer, PhD, has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious William C. Rose Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Schiffer, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and director of the Institute for Drug Resistance, will be recognized for her outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and for her demonstrated commitment to the training of young scientists at the society’s annual meeting in April 2020.
LOWELL, Mass. – It’s a good time for UMass Lowell graduates to be entering the workforce.
The national and state unemployment rates are at historic lows and for River Hawks, the future looks especially bright. Within six months of last year’s graduation, 96 percent of the Class of 2018 was either working or enrolled in graduate school.
River Hawks from the Class of 2019 are meeting with similar success.
UMass Boston Professor Juanita Urban-Rich is part of a team of researchers that is the first to show that some corals are eating tiny bits of plastic debris found in the ocean. The team discovered that these corals often prefer “microplastics” over natural food, even as the plastic potentially carries harmful bacteria that can kill them.
“What we found was both surprising and sad,” said Urban-Rich, an associate professor of zooplankton ecology.
The American Psychological Association (APA) is paying for the rest of Darrick Scott’s tuition at UMass Boston.
Amherst, Mass.- Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, NASA astronaut and UMass Amherst alumna Catherine “Cady” Coleman unveiled four new Space Exploration stamps in Dublin, Ireland. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and U.S. astronauts of Irish ancestry, Coleman is one of four astronauts featured on the stamps, along with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Eileen Collins.
John Adams had it right 230 years ago when he drafted the Massachusetts Constitution, calling on citizens to "cherish the interests of literature and the sciences." Those of us responsible for preparing a new generation for the future of work and citizenship would be wise to read and heed his words today.
UMass Boston Professor of Counseling and School Psychology Lisa Cosgrove is the lead author of a new study published last week in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine that raises concerns about the FDA approval of a digitally enhanced antipsychotic medication.
The Society of Clinical Psychology chose UMass Boston student Natalie Arbid as this year’s sole winner of the Distinguished Student Leadership Award in Clinical Psychology.