Members of the UMass Dartmouth Big Data Club took first place in two of the three awards at the 2022 DataFest competition,
Dr. Julie Chen, who has served as UMass Lowell’s Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation since 2016 and has been a member of the faculty since 1997, was named Chancellor of the nearly 18,000-student national research university today.
The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) recently announced the Summer 2022 grant award recipients. The grant awards are given to student researchers to fund their proposals for research projects alongside a faculty supervisor. The Office of Undergraduate Research works with students begin and fund research projects that aim to solve problem, make new discoveries, interact with research faculty outside of the classroom, and demonstrate a student’s intellectual dedication and academic skills.
The Summer 2022 recipients are:
Ashleigh Anderson – Chemistry
The University of Massachusetts School of Law – Dartmouth (UMass Law) and Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Providence, RI have finalized an agreement for a joint 3+3 program that will enable JWU students to earn an undergraduate and law degree in six rather than seven years.
Maddison Lessard has received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards in the U.S. for undergraduates studying the sciences.
The scholarship is given annually to college sophomores and juniors who demonstrate excellence in natural science, engineering, and mathematics. Lessard is one of 417 recipients selected this year, and is the fifth UMass Boston student to earn a Goldwater Scholarship.
“I was so shocked. I wasn’t expecting it at all,” Lessard said.
The UMass Amherst Transportation Center’s (UMTC) $4.75 million, state-of-the-art aviation research and training center officially opened at Westover Municipal Airport in Chicopee with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 26. In attendance were Gov. Charlie Baker, Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, UMass President Mary Meehan, UMTC Director Michael Knodler and a number of state and local officials. The facility’s aeronautical research capabilities, flight simulator and other features will help address needs critical to the future of air transportation.
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There were the tangible takeaways, like pollinator seed packets, jars of locally produced honey and freshly planted centerpieces on the Coburn Hall ballroom tabl