UMass Medical School welcomed two cohorts of college students to its annual Summer Enrichment Program and Summer Undergraduate Research Program for high-achieving undergraduates from backgrounds underrepresented in science and medicine.
Sarah Cleveland is as passionate about her work studying T cells in the lab of Eric S. Huseby, PhD, professor of pathology, as she is about the need for diversity in academia.
“It’s so cool to me how our body can either learn to attack itself or attack foreign objects. It can tell the difference, and it can remember things. Out of every single cell and organ in our body, the only things that can remember things are our brains and T cells and B cells. And I think that that’s just awesome.”
Trusted health care providers could increase vaccine acceptance among the 40 percent of Americans who say they are hesitant or not likely to get a COVID-19 shot. Researchers at UMass Medical School are working to identify what message doctors should convey to their patients to be most effective.
Mark Klempner, MD, executive vice chancellor for MassBiologics of UMass Medical School and professor of medicine, was recognized by Chancellor Michael F. Collins with a Chancellor’s Medal to honor his outstanding leadership as he prepares to step down from the top post.
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center announced the renewal of its Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) Program for $3.1 million over the next five years.
It seems like yesterday when then-freshman Wadeline Jonathas first stepped into the track and field office at UMass Boston. Little did anyone know at the time, just five years later, her meteoric rise would reach unprecedented heights.
On June 19, just after 10 p.m. EST, Jonathas sprinted her way to a spot in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics as a member of Team USA.
AMHERST, Mass. – Millions of Americans will visit New England’s beaches this summer to cool off, play in the waves and soak up the sun. Until now, the factors governing which beaches slope gradually to the sea and which ones end abruptly in a steep drop-off have been largely unknown. However, new research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals, with unprecedented detail, how the grain size of beach sand relates to the slope of the beach itself.
The University of Massachusetts System Office of Technology Commercialization and Ventures (OTCV) recently announced the recipients of their 2021 grant awards which include UMass Dartmouth faculty members. Professor Sukalyan Sengupta (Civil & Environmental Engineering), Professor Amit Tandon (Mechanical Engineering), and Assistant Professor Steve Zanganeh (Bioengineering) each received an OTCV grant for their innovative research proposals.
Inspired by initiatives like Singing for Change, their observations of community need, and a personal desire to make music with a purpose, UMass Dartmouth Associate Professor Ronald Sherwin (Music) and Dr.