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.
LOWELL, Mass. – As a communications manager at Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., a global leader in the field, Tomoe Yoshida decided it was time to get her master’s degree in business administration.
To her surprise, Yoshida discovered she could get her MBA online from UMass Lowell’s Manning School of Business through its partnership with Abitus, an executive education firm based in Tokyo. Pursuing an online degree suited her well, as she began raising her family in 2017 shortly after enrolling in the program.
Rob Marcotte, a doctoral student in the department of kinesiology, received the "Best Student Oral Presentation" award at the 2019 International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM), held June 26-28, 2019 in Maastricht, The Netherlands.