AMHERST, Mass. – Nearly 100 colleagues recently joined an online celebration to honor Professor Hava T. Siegelmann of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Better data on marijuana use in the U.S. is needed to support critical public health research, according to a review of relevant surveys conducted by University of Massachusetts…
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If you visit Mya Royal’s ’06 boutique website and sort her custom-made couture by popularity, you’ll learn all you need to know about the fashion designer and the adaptations she’s made in an effort…
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The UMass Medical School North Quadrant Support Services initiative is donating funds to support Worcester Public Schools in direct response to the COVID-19 school shutdown. UMMS will provide…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, UMass Medical School helps equip young Worcester students for new school year LISTEN: UMass Medical School partnership with Worcester schools benefits students UMMS staff, students provide classroom…
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Rising second-year School of Medicine student Emily Chin has produced nearly 200 plastic face shields for health care workers, a labor of love inspired by her late grandmother, Yuk Yip Wu, who died…
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Armed with a prestigious Burkhardt Fellowship, Assoc. Prof. of art-history-intro Art History Swenson-Kirsten Kirsten Swenson will spend the 2021-2022 school year researching and writing about a…, “, Public Works: Land Art and Urban Redevelopment.” Swenson will explore urban land use and parks designed by artists as “public earthworks,” such as Danehy Park in Cambridge, Mass., a 55-acre former…
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In a recent essay, David Moloney ’15 recalls being pepper-sprayed in the face on his last day of training for a job as a correctional officer at the largest county jail in New Hampshire. It was part…, Q: How did your jobs, first at Tewksbury Hospital working with the mentally ill and then at the Hillsborough County jail, affect you, and why did you quit to return to school?, A:, I quit at the mental hospital because I was starting to go a little crazy myself. I sat on the couch for three or four months feeling sorry for myself until my (future) wife said, “Get a job, or…, Q: What did you learn from Andre Dubus that has influenced your writing and teaching?, A:, Andre made me really focus on characters. He always said, “You can have an idea for a story, but if a character tells you, ‘No, that’s not my story – this is my story,’ you have to listen to the…, Q: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your book launch and teaching?, A:, It’s been probably the worst time in recent history, other than right after 9/11, to release a book. I had 15 readings at bookstores, literary festivals, UMass Lowell and Brown University scheduled…, Q: How did you get involved with Changing Lives Through Literature?, A:, Jean Trounstine was one of my first professors at Middlesex, and we became very close because of our experience in corrections. She had worked for years inside the state women’s prison in Framingham…, Q: What are you writing now?, A:, I just finished the draft of a new book of short stories that all take place along the Merrimack River. None of the characters in the stories overlap. The stories are linked through setting: They…
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UMass Dartmouth recently announced that Dr. Paula Celeste Gomes Noversa was chosen as the new Director of the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture. The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture…
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Lee Pelton, the president of Emerson College, is a valued colleague. We recently served together on a forum examining the future of higher education. During these recent days, many have expressed…, you, going to do?” Related statements by UMass Chancellors: UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy UMass Boston Chancellor Katherine Newman UMass Boston…
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To the UMass community, I share my thoughts today not just as the leader of the University of Massachusetts system, but as a human being stunned and deeply saddened by the brutal murder of George…, Prior Statements from the UMass Chancellors, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy UMass Boston Chancellor Katherine Newman UMass Boston Chancellor Katherine Newman UMass Dartmouth Chancellor…
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