Today the University of Massachusetts is announcing a history-making $175 million donation from The Morningside Foundation to UMass Medical School.
The Provost’s Office has selected four winners for the 2021 Distinguished Community Engagement Awards in the categories of teaching and research.
The two awardees for Community Engaged Research are:
AMHERST, Mass. – In its inaugural “Great Campus Food” list, The Princeton Review has named the University of Massachusetts Amherst to the exclusive group in its 2022 edition of The Best 387 Colleges.
Nearly 600 backpacks were distributed to first- through third-grade students at Rice Square, Grafton Street and Union Square elementary schools thanks to the UMass Medical School North Quadrant Support Services partnership with the Worcester Public Schools.
The children were all smiles beneath their masks as they received supplies for the new year. Many had hand-drawn thank you notes to give to Medical School volunteers who handed filled backpacks to each child on the second day of school.
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will welcome a first-year class of approximately 4,900 students with an outstanding academic profile – and the most diverse in its history – as Fall Welcome kicks into high gear on Friday, Aug. 27 with a full slate of activities planned on campus.
Fresh Beets, the brainchild of adjunct music instructor Savanah Marshall ’13, ’16, served up a summer of music, street food and community education in downtown Lowell’s Kerouac Park.
Campus Pride has named UMass Amherst to their 2021 list of Best of the Best Colleges and Universities for LGBTQ Students in the United States. UMass is one of 30 schools and colleges to be named to the list, all scoring a perfect five out of five stars on the Campus Pride Index.
Growing up in Minnesota with his four siblings, MD/PhD candidate Nick Peterson understood the important role a physician can play during key moments in their patients’ lives. When his father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, Peterson learned the importance of understanding the mechanisms of disease. It’s why he’s earning a dual degree.