A healthy school climate and a coordinated strategy for improving social and emotional learning reduce behavior problems among students and improve educational outcomes, researcher Juliette Berg bio…
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UMass Law ranked among the nation’s top 41 law schools for privacy law according to the International Association of Privacy Professionals. The IAPP published its first-ever ranking of privacy…
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A report in the journal mBio , published by the American Society for Microbiology, describes a prototype vaccine candidate for Neisseria gonorrhoeae , the bacterium that causes gonorrhea, a…
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The Office of the Provost recently announced the winners of the Office of Undergraduate Research’s 2019 Fall Stipend Initiative. The overall quality of all the applications demonstrated the high…, Devin Cannistraro, (Computer & Information Science), Supervisor: Professor Iren Valova - “Improving the Learning Accuracy of Convolutional Neural Networks”, Addi Catarina, (Art Education, Art History & Media Studies), Supervisor: Professor Elena Peteva - “Objects of Grief”, Dylan DeFlorio , (Computer & Information Science), Supervisor: Professor Iren Valova - “Stochastic Based Optimization of Convolutional Neural Networks for Calcareous Sediments Classification”, Gabrielle DeLeon, (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Supervisor: Professor Maolin Guo - “Site-Directed Mutagenesis of a tRNA synthetase”, Zachary Gemelli, (Psychology), Supervisor: Doctor Heloisa Alves - “The effects of mindfulness on recognition memory: An Event-Related Potential (ERP) Study”, Grayson Kelly, (Computer & Information Science), Supervisor: Professor Iren Valova - “Evaluation of pattern identification properties of self-organizing maps”, Sofia Nguyen, (Biology), Supervisor: Professor Whitney Hable - “The effect of ongoing ocean acidification on polarization and early development in brown algae”, Tracie Nguyen, (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Supervisor: Professor Catherine Neto - “The effects of nonpolar phytochemicals from Vaccinium macrocarpon on bacterial growth”, Sean O’Leary, (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Supervisor: Professor Maolin Guo - “Mutagenesis of a Trp tRNA synthetase”, Kaylie Owen, (Animation/Game Arts), Supervisor: Shawn Towne - “Board Game Development”, Samantha Snell, (Biology), Supervisor: Tara Rajaniemi - “Allelopathic effects of Artemisia campestris on colonizing species Dactylis glomerate”, Noah Tavares, (Photography), Supervisor: Matthew Clowney - “Forester: An American Survey”
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Assistant Professor of Nursing Lisa Sundean, PhD, RN has received the Excellence in Policy Award from Nursing Outlook , the journal of the American Academy of Nursing. Sundean’s article, “Nurses…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UMass Boston a two-year $300,000 ADVANCE Catalyst grant to conduct a self-assessment regarding gender and racial equity among science, technology,…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst headed by Blair Perot, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, is developing new open source computer…
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BOSTON — UMass President Marty Meehan has been appointed to a three-year term on The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Board of Directors, the association announced at its…, About the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, APLU is a research, policy and advocacy organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of public universities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. With a membership of 242 public research…
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The WooHealth Hackathon taking place at UMass Medical School on Friday, Nov. 15, and Saturday, Nov. 16, will bring together students from nine Worcester colleges and universities for the city's first…
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John P. Haran, MD, PhD, associate professor of emergency medicine and microbiology & physiological systems and clinical director of the Center for Microbiome Research, has been awarded a 2019…
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