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Education, Student Life, Impact

The UMass Magazine summer and fall 2021 issues received a gold award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in the global, not-for-profit association’s annual Circle of Excellence Awards contest. The distinction was awarded in the magazines and periodicals category for best publication design

Student Life

The Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) in the Isenberg School of Business held its 2022 Annual Awards Dinner on May 17. Jon Taffer, host of the reality series “Bar Rescue,” received the Distinguished Industry Leader Award.

Research
Lilly Corenthal, who received her M.S. with David Boutt from UMass Amherst in 2015, stands in a wetland near saline Laguna Tuyajto on the Andean Plateau east of Salar de Atacama.
Lilly Corenthal, who received her M.S. with David Boutt from UMass Amherst in 2015, stands in a wetland near saline Laguna Tuyajto on the Andean Plateau east of Salar de Atacama.

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Leadership, Research
Professor Marian Jandel stands in his lab
Physics Asst. Prof. Marian Jandel was awarded a faculty early-career development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation.

One in three people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.

Research
Chris Nedlik who received his PhD in physics at UMass, sealing liquid xenon in the UMass model of the LZ detector that he and Scott Hertel built in Hertel’s lab. Image credit: UMass Amherst
Chris Nedlik who received his PhD in physics at UMass, sealing liquid xenon in the UMass model of the LZ detector that he and Scott Hertel built in Hertel’s lab.
Research

Fifteen centuries ago, extreme dry conditions contributed to the decline of the ancient South Arabian kingdom of Himyar. Combined with political unrest and war, the droughts left behind a region in disarray, thereby helping to create the conditions on the Arabian peninsula that made possible the spread of the newly emerging religion of Islam.

Education, Impact
Audra Palmer, an organic chemistry major, works in a lab on UMass Dartmouth campus
Audra Palmer, an organic chemistry major, is one of 10 participants selected for the summer program at UMass Dartmouth's College of Engineering designed to prepare students for the workforce. (Photographer: Adrienne N. Wartts)

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Education, Research
Dr. Ming Shao
Dr. Ming Shao is an assistant professor of computer and information science at UMass Dartmouth's College of Engineering.

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Education, Impact, Research
Award recipients from the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Bristol Community College, Browning the Green Space, Ironworkers Local 7, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, the Southeastern Massachusetts Building Trades Council, UMass Amherst, UMass Dartmouth, and UMass Lowell gather with Governor Charlie Baker, Lt.
Research
UMass Amherst professor Stephen Rich
UMass Amherst professor Stephen Rich

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $10 million, five-year award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to create the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC).

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