The UMass Amherst Center for Employment Equity (CEE) has published the second in its “What Works” case study series, a report on increasing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. The…
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Fourth-year School of Medicine student Michelle Shabo has recovered from a serious bout with the novel coronavirus and is sharing her story to help others understand that people of all ages can…
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Just like classes, the career fair, advising sessions and campus tours, the 23rd annual Research symposium landing page Student Research and Community Engagement Symposium moved online this spring…, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, SHE-PT landing page Exercise science students were recognized for their research into whether a new device could collect heart rate data as reliably and as accurately as industry standard…, Francis College of Engineering, Chemical engineering landing page Chemical engineering major and Undergraduate research oppoertunities page Immersive Scholar Anthony Quartarone was recognized for his research on propane…, College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Senior Music landing page music education major Alexis Csicsek’s winning entry involved a plan to take student-musicians to the Chelmsford Senior Center for a karaoke performance. The students…, Manning School of Business, The Business landing page Manning School of Business had 12 projects represented in the symposium, six undergraduate entries and six graduate student entries. Four of the undergraduate projects…, Kennedy College of Sciences, For her research project, sophomore Biology landing page biology major Caitlin Panessiti worked with Mateo Rull, a sophomore biology and Psychology landing page psychology double major, and…, College of Education, Yelenna Rondon, a Ph.D. student, won top honors for the second year in a row for her project, part of the Cool Science research on using student artwork on buses to improve public education about…
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Dr. Yong K. Kim, chancellor professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UMass Dartmouth, has developed and patented materials and methods to make swabs that are now being used in millions of…
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Associate Professor Erin Bromage (Biology) created a blog to help friends and family understand the practical ways that the virus can spread through a community. On May…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A new study reported this week by evolutionary ecologist Lynn Adler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Rebecca Irwin of North Carolina State University, with others,…
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Robert S. Cox, head of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) at the UMass Amherst Libraries for the past 16 years, died May 11 after an extended illness. He was 61 years old. After being…
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On Wednesday, May 27, from 2:30-4 p.m., the Graduate School will host a webinar on “imposter syndrome” featuring Valerie Young, internationally-known expert, author and UMass alumna. Impostor…
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Thirty-nine students from the Graduate School of Nursing Class of 2020 at UMass Medical School wrapped up their Doctor of Nursing Practice project presentations at the end of April. It’s the final…
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Two students were honored for their dedication to public service at the UMass Amherst School of Public Policy’s (SPP) virtual celebration of its class of 2020 on May 7. Olivia Laramie and Jessica…
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