Alumnus Marcos A. Reyes-Martinez, a materials research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was honored by the U.S. Department of Commerce for Hispanic Heritage…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Today a diverse group of scientists including Nilanjana Dasgupta, professor of social psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the campus’s director of faculty…
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The Worcester Telegram & Gazette was on hand for the first WooHealth Hackathon, hosted by UMass Medical School on Nov. 15 and 16. The event brought together students and faculty from nine area…
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Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, has been working to implement screening for suicide in emergency rooms for more than a decade and has published numerous studies that show a large population of patients can be…
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UMass Lowell has opened a new center for cybersecurity education, research and workforce development called the UML Cyber Range Cyber Range that will help students prepare for careers in the high-…, A Sandboxed Environment, “The Cyber Range enhances the university’s learning and research capabilities by giving students the opportunity to practice cybersecurity exercises in a safe and interactive environment,” says…, Combating a Rising Global Threat, Cyber threats continue to rise as the number of internet-connected devices grows exponentially. In 2018 alone, one in 36 mobile devices was infected with malware or other malicious apps, according to…
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Oprah Winfrey made quite a splash when she visited campus Oprah Winfrey last year and helped the university raise more than $3 million for student scholarships – including a surprise $1.5 million…
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In one room, keynote speaker Camci-Unal-Gulden Gulden Camci-Unal , an assistant professor of chemical engineering, shared her research on how Camci-Unal-eggshell-bioengineering powdered eggshells …, College of Education, Eliza Bobek, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Jennifer Cadero-Gillette, Art & Design; Yahayra Michel, School of Criminology & Justice Studies; Jason Rydberg, School of Criminology & Justice Studies; Brendan Epstein, Economics; Laura…, Francis College of Engineering, Yanfen Li, Biomedical Engineering; Gulden Camci-Unal, Chemical Engineering; Edward Hajduk, Civil & Environmental Engineering; Seung Woo Son, Electrical & Computer Engineering; Jianxin Tang,…, Kennedy College of Sciences, Nicolai Konow, Biological Sciences; Matthew Gage, Chemistry; Jessica M. Garcia, Chemistry; Richard Gaschnig, Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences; Sedi Bartz, Mathematical Sciences;…, Manning School of Business, Karen Jingrong Lin, Accounting; Chi Zhang, Finance; Elana Feldman, Management; Deborah Casey, Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Ho Cheung Brian Lee, Operations & Information Systems., Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, Thomas A. Wilson, Biomedical & Nutritional Sciences; Tanya A. Coutu, Solomont School of Nursing; Mazen El Ghaziri, Solomont School of Nursing; Kyle Coffey, Physical Therapy & Kinesiology;…
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BayCoast Bank has pledged a $150,000 grant over a three-year period to the Blue Economy Initiative, a collaborative effort between the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and the SouthCoast…, Nicholas Christ, President and CEO of BayCoast Bank, , who also serves as a co-chair of the SouthCoast Development Partnership. “BayCoast Bank has not only been a great partner with UMass Dartmouth, but has shown itself to be a true community partner…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, said. “Through Nick Christ’s leadership as a co-chair of the SouthCoast Development Partnership, we have been able to launch a transformative project that will accelerate the development of our…
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The black holes of Einstein’s theory of relativity can be described by three parameters: their mass, spin angular momentum, and electric charge. Since two extreme black holes that share these…, Professor Gaurav Khanna, and , Professor Lior Burko, of Georgia Gwinnett College recently published a paper in Physical Review Research that highlights how they are able to take measurements to discover a black hole’s hair. Khanna and Burko used…
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The best microscopes in the world often fail to produce crisp images of proteins. This is a frustration to the scientists who rely on them and a major roadblock to global efforts to design new drugs…, senior author Scott Horowitz, , assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry and the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging at the University of Denver Chief among these is making sense of limited data. “Foldit players appear…, first author Firas Khatib, , assistant professor of computer and information science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The player’s final models were far better than those made algorithmically, and as good or…
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