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UMass Chan Medical School will recognize Pride Month with events on June 28 and 29 that focus on the experiences of LGBTQ families as they navigate the health care system a
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Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology, has been awarded two fellowships totaling $375,000 to support her research into how cells in the brain affect aging.

How can smokers who aren’t yet ready to quit be motivated to do so?

The Diversity and Inclusion Office led the UMass Chan Medical School community in a virtual celebration of Black joy through art and poetry in celebration of Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 15.
In a five-year update to research on likely climate changes in the Boston area, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Boston today released findings from the Greater Boston Research Advisory Group Report (GBRAG), entitled Climate Change Impacts and Projections for the Greater Boston Area, which provides detailed information on projected changes over this century to temperature, storms and precipitation, flooding, sea-level rise and groundwater in the Greater
Playgoers who attend the rock musical “Next to Normal” by Studio Theatre Worcester this month will receive accurate, understandable information and resources for those whose real lives, like those of the fictional characters in the play, may be affected by serious mental illness, thanks to UMass MIND.
Chemistry PhD student Genevieve Asselin has received a research award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR). The SCGSR award is given to outstanding U.S. graduate students to pursue part of their graduate thesis research at a Department of Energy laboratory/facility in the areas that address scientific challenges central to the Office of Science mission.
BOSTON – UMass President Marty Meehan delivered a keynote address today at EduVentures Summit 2022, joining 500 senior leaders from 400 colleges and universities across the country to discuss higher education’s challenges and opportunities and the topical issues that will shape the sector’s future.