Members of the UMass Medical School community came together online for the Graduate School of Nursing Graduation Celebration on the evening of Thursday, May 28. Warm congratulations and heartfelt…, Chancellor’s Award, Adam Bliss, DNP, GSN Dean’s Award, Marta Escriu-Suñe, DNP, Commencement Speaker, Joanne Lewis, PhD, Carol Bova Scholarship, Saisha Matias, Lillian R. Goodman Scholarship, Zareen Barry, Annie Vigeant Award, Kim Beaudry, DNP Rebecca LaMay, DNP, Paulette Seymour Route Scholarship, Heather Briere, Suzanne T. & John L. Sullivan Scholarship, Emily Davenport Steven Schmidt, Mary K Alexander Academic Achievement and Leadership Award, Catherine Whitaker, DNP, Janet Fraser Hale Academic Achievement and Leadership Award, Nicole Renee’ Parker, DNP, Mary Kinnear Raymond Award, Kathleen Schultz, DNP, Lynne Foster Davidson Scholarship, Catherine Pugnaire Jones, Lucie D. Russell Briefcase Awards, Family Nurse Practitioner: Adam Baskin, DNP Adult/Gerontology-Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: Monica Mikael, DNP Adult Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Hajar Houmani, DNP, Outstanding Nurse Practitioner Student in Critical Care Award, Jessica Ferreira, Janet McCue Magner Award, Heather L. Patrick, DNP, GSN Interprofessional Community Service Award, Aisling Ryan Haley Schachter, GSN Community Partnership Award, Michael Hirsh, MD, Nancy and Walter Kowal Scholarship, Clare Foley, Faculty Daisy Award, Carol Jaffarian, MS, RN, ANP-BC, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, UMMS Graduate School of Nursing awards 47 degrees and post-graduate certificates at Commencement 2020 GSN students present PhD dissertation research on Zoom as social distancing requirements continue…
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After years of study, 17 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences PhD candidates had the unusual experience of defending their theses virtually, via Zoom, this spring. For some, the socially distant…
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Pointing to the financial hardships that many Massachusetts families are facing and in consultation with campus chancellors, , UMass President Marty Meehan, today said he will recommend a tuition freeze for the university’s nearly 50,000 in-state undergraduate students during the upcoming academic year. “During this time of stress and uncertainty for…, Robert J. Manning, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees., UMass can also be expected to continue its practice of directing significant amounts of its own funds to direct grant aid for students in the upcoming academic year. During the 2019-2020 academic…
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Jennifer A. Benanti, PhD, associate professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, was recently awarded a federal Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, or MIRA grant, to advance her lab’s…
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“I want to serve as a role model. I hope young people think, ‘If she can do it, then so can I.’” Salome Funes, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, is a first -generation…
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Global higher education research company QS Quacquarelli Symonds has ranked UMass Boston No. 9 in Massachusetts and No. 79 overall on its inaugural ranking of top universities in the United States,…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The academic year is over, but a cluster of University of Massachusetts Amherst students, led by faculty and staff, remains active in ongoing COVID-19 response efforts. From the…
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The campus’s Armstrong Fund for Science has announced its award for 2020 to principal investigator Jun Yao, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Derek Lovley, professor of…
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The Center for Research on Families (CRF) has announced the recipients of this year's Student Research Awards. CRF is committed to supporting students engaged in family research, with student…, Bi-sek Hsaiao, , School of Public Health and Health Sciences, nutrition, Sarah McCormick, , College of Natural Sciences, psychological and brain science, Merika Sanders, , College of Natural Sciences, psychological and brain science Methodology Scholarship Recipient:, Christina Rowley, , College of Natural Sciences, clinical psychology Travel Award Recipients:, Youngjoon Bae, , College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, sociology , Melise Edwards, , College of Natural Sciences, neuroscience and behavior, Olivia Laramie, , School of Behavioral Sciences, public policy Learn more about the awardees and their research here .
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The Center for Research on Families has announced the 2020 cohort of the Graduate Student Grant Writing Program . The group of six were selected for the program based on their promising work in…, Jennifer Carroll, , epidemiology Mentor: Susan Sturgeon Research Topic: Obesity, food marketing, dietary intake and media use in preschool-aged children, Melise Edwards, , neuroscience and behavior Mentor: Agnes Lacreuse Research Topic: The role of estrogen in age-related cognitive decline, Gorana Gonzalez, , Psychological and Brain Sciences Mentor: Tara Mandalaywala Research Topic: Racial cognition, stereotypes and attitudes in racial-ethnic majority and minority children, Susan Park, , developmental science Mentor: Lisa Chasan-Taber Research Topic: Adverse Birth Outcomes Among At-Risk Hispanic Women, Lindsey Russo, , epidemiology Mentor: Brian W. Whitcomb, Ken Kleinman Research Topic: The role of physical activity in racial/ethnic disparities in birthweight , Elinor Waite, , psychological and brain sciences Mentor: Katherine Dixon-Gordon Research Topic: The role of parental emotion regulation in the development of bipolar personality disorder Learn more about the…
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