A COVID-19 risk prediction tool developed at UMass Medical School and deployed at the DCU Field Hospital helped UMass Memorial Health Care hospitals manage the COVID-19 surge in Worcester. The…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, NIH invests in rapid innovation and development for COVID-19 testing Startup incubator aims to spur life-saving innovations LISTEN: How digital devices play a role in screening patients for disease…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that UMass Dartmouth doctoral student Akira Harper was awarded a 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. A STEM Education student, Harper’s…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The notion of conserving climate change refugia – areas relatively buffered from current climate change that shelter valued wildlife, ecosystems, and other natural resources – is…
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In an email to the campus community on Friday, May 29, Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy denounced the deeply troubling acts of racial violence, institutional racism, and expressed the urgent need to …
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It’s obvious from speaking with her that Maryum Zaidi, who earned her PhD in nursing from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences in May, has a natural curiosity about her. “Beliefs about…
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Two professors at UMass Boston’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) and graduate students from CNHS and the McCormack Graduate School are making the case for why tobacco-related health…
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Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty, As the leader of a majority-minority campus, an institution devoted to social justice and the cardinal principles of equality, it is incumbent on me to speak out…, Enough, . We cannot stand by and permit this to become a twisted kind of new normal in which the unrestrained use of force can be unleashed on joggers (Ahmaud Arbery), street vendors (Eric Garner), passers-…, Again, enough, . What will put an end to it? A serious, searching, and aggressive effort to stamp out police attacks on innocent citizens, through the mechanisms of the law and the enforcement of professional…, Accountability is a responsibility we all share, . The civil protests that have spread throughout the country, including in our own city, are an expression of first amendment rights to call for justice. Destructive, violent riots are another matter…
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Responding to the need for trained professionals to serve in one of the fastest growing career fields, UMass Dartmouth partnered with Salve Regina University to develop a pathway for students to earn…, Fast-track degree in mathematics and data science, Under the memorandum of understanding for the “3+2 BA/MS in mathematics and data science,” Salve students will spend their first three years on the Newport campus majoring in mathematics together…, Training and education for in-demand careers, The National Academy of Sciences, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Business Insider and others cite data science among the fastest growing and highest paid career fields today. By…
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The link this for engineering landing page Francis College of Engineering has launched countless careers since it was founded as the Lowell Textile School in 1895. It also helped to launch a…
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By now during the coronavirus pandemic, you’ve probably seen plenty of stories about face masks. Crafty people are sewing them at home for their neighbors. Retailers such as The Gap, Banana Republic…
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