Oct. 30, 2008: UMass Amherst Professor Anne Herrington, the 2007 recipient of the Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership Chair, is hosting a conference for educators from Massachusetts and across the…
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BOSTON- Nov. 17, 2008:University of Massachusetts Boston Professor and Moakley Chair Padraig O'Malley, known for his peace and reconciliation work in Northern Ireland, South Africa and Iraq, spoke to…, UMass Amherst, : The Isenberg School of Management is organizing a series of activities including a competition for a $1,000 Study Abroad Scholarship, a display of flags, and a study abroad fair. Other campus…, UMass Boston, : The Boston campus will host a four-day conference, "Rebuilding sustainable communities for children and their families after disasters" from November 16-19 which will cover international disasters…, UMass Dartmouth, : UMass Dartmouth will host an informational study abroad table, foreign language discussion groups, and a variety of international music performances throughout the week., UMass Lowell, : Faculty from UMass Lowell will attend the Massachusetts Council for International Education annual conference "Mapping a New World: Access, Equity and Education" on November 21st at Massasoit…, UMass Medical School, : Faculty from UMass Medical School are also participating in the Massachusetts Council for International Education conference. In addition, the campus will host the 3rd annual International Craft…
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In 2009, the general limits are $16,500 for contributions to the 403(b) Plan and $16,500 for contributions to the 457(b) Plan. For more information go to: The Treasurer's Office site ( https://www.…
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BOSTON- January 29, 2009:The University of Massachusetts emerges as a national leader in technology transfer, earning nearly $41 million from faculty innovations and discoveries taken from the lab to…
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Feb. 20, 2009: UMass President Jack M. Wilson today announced a salary freeze affecting University employees earning $120,000 or more, excluding faculty and unionized employees. "The five campus…
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BOSTON - Feb. 20, 2009:The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Committee on Administration and Finance today approved a tuition and fee increase of up to $1,500 for in-state undergraduate…
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DARTMOUTH - February 27, 2009:Pointing to the need to close a potential $102 million state funding gap, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees today approved a $1,500 fee increase for the…
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Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA"), you may be eligible to elect COBRA continuation coverage if you elected or were eligible for COBRA continuation coverage due to your…
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BOSTON -March 30, 2009:Stressing the role of innovation in fueling economic growth and leading Massachusetts and the nation out of the current economic crisis, University of Massachusetts President…, Hang Xiao, Ph.D., David Julian McClements, Ph.D., Eric Andrew Decker, Ph.D., Yeonhwa Park, Ph.D., Department of Food and Science, UMass Amherst "Colon-specific Delivery Systems Based on Nanolaminated…, The team has developed a novel technology for encapsulating bioactive compounds in nanolaminated biopolymer membranes, which has marked benefits over existing technologies for colon-specific delivery…, Xingwei Wang, Ph.D., Wenhui Wang, Ph.D., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UMass Lowell "Disposable Miniature Pressure Sensor for Cardiologist Use", The team proposes a disposable blood pressure sensor for cardiologist use. The purpose is to find out the location and the severity of the blockage in the coronary arteries. The information is very…, Ramaswamy Nagarajan, Ph.D., Julie Chen, Ph.D., Joey Mead, Ph.D., Sharavanan Balsubramaniam, Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell "Novel Low-Temperature Processable Metallic Inks for…, There has been a tremendous push for low cost flexible electronics fabricated using continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing techniques. One of the key challenges in this area is the fabrication of…, Zhiyong Gu, Ph.D., Julie Chen, Ph.D., Dr. Qingzhou Cui, Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering; CHN/NCOE Nanomanufacturing Center, UMass Lowell "Novel Nano-…, A multidisciplinary team by Zhiyong Gu, Julie Chen and Qingzhou Cui have developed novel nano-shell particles as catalysts for energy and environmental remediation applications. Initial studies of…, Fumihiko Urano, M.D., Ph.D., Program in Gene Function and Expression and Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Medical School "A New Biomarker for Diabetes", Urano has developed a novel method to predict the susceptibility for developing diabetes by measuring the expression levels of WFS1 in peripheral blood. With the CVIP funding, he will attain…, Celia Schiffer, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School "Testing the Pharmacokinetics of Highly Potent Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors", A series of novel HIV -1 protease inhibitors were designed to be more robust to viral mutation and hence likely less likely to illicit drug resistance. The design of these compounds stems from her…, Stephen Miller, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School "Delivery of Exemplary Sulfonated Fluorescent Molecules into Live Cells", Many of the best and brightest fluorescent probes cannot cross cell membranes. Funding will be used to validate a technology for the delivery of these fluorescent molecules into live cells, allowing…, ABOUT CVIP, Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) is responsible for the commercialization of discoveries made on the five campuses of the University of Massachusetts. The Executive Director,…
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BOSTON-- April 23, 2009:The University of Massachusetts today announced the national winners of the fourth annual Chinese Language Speech Contest, sponsored by the UMass Confucius Institute and CLASS…
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