AMHERST, Mass. – A national program that measures accomplishments in sustainability in higher education has once again placed UMass Amherst as one of the most sustainable campuses in North America.…
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AMHERST, Mass. - As part of an increasingly global focus on educational partnerships, the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at UMass Amherst has entered into an agreement with Pacific…
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AMHERST, Mass. – To avoid crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, there will be no presentations at the UMass Amherst Sunwheel marking the start of summer. However, the public is invited to visit…
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AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist Derek Lovley has been awarded the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for his research on protein nanowires, a new electronic material with…
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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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