The Worcester Business Journal announced on Jan. 10, that its readers have chosen the UMass Cancer Walk and Run as the best nonprofit fundraiser event in Central Massachusetts. Since 1999, 100 percent of money donated has supported adult and pediatric cancer research and clinical trials at UMass Chan Medical School.
Five teams of UMass Chan Medical School students have been awarded Martin Luther King Jr. Semester of Service Student Awards to implement community service programs. The award program is an initiative that enhances health care education for UMass Chan students as they expand the institution’s impact and reach in local neighborhoods.
An interdisciplinary team of UMass Amherst researchers had their recently published article chosen as a “hot” article in the journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, professor of English and the Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography at UMass Amherst, was recently named a Spotlight Scholar.
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have discovered the genetic linkages governing the formation of flowers. The revelation solves a long-standing mystery—how are there so many different types of flowers in the world?—and shines a bright light into a dark corner of evolution. The research also demonstrates the power of a technique called “forward genetics” in uncovering the mysteries of nature.
AMHERST, Mass. – Online bachelor’s degree programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank 19th nationally, according to a survey released by U.S. News & World Report, which also listed the university 11th for online baccalaureate programs for veterans. These rankings are up from 21st and 13th, respectively.
The online undergraduate program in business offered by the Isenberg School of Management is ranked fourth in its category.
Laurie Godfrey, professor emerita of anthropology, has co-edited an all-Indigenous researcher edition of “Malagasy Nature,” the first time the Madagascar-based journal has focused solely on work led by indigenous researchers.
Five video essays designed and produced by Barbara Zecchi, director of film studies at UMass Amherst, made it into the “Best Video Essays of 2021” by Sight & Sound, the prestigious monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI).
Nefertiti Walker, vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion, discusses her work with The Collective Think Tank, a global consortium of some of today’s greatest academic minds and industry leaders focused on gender parity and improving diversity. A first of its kind, this group will share data, insights and information to promote more opportunity for women to succeed in sports.
