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  • UMass Amherst School of Public Policy and Community Scholars Program launch partnership
    The School of Public Policy (SPP) and the Community Scholars Program (CSP) have launched a new partnership that allows students enrolled in CSP to count coursework for the program toward a…
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  • Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence 2020-21
    The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) has announced the selection of the 2020-21 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence. The eight fellows are:, Peter Beltramo, , chemical engineering, Rosemary Cowell, , psychological and brain sciences, Theodore Eisenman, , landscape architecture and regional planning, Toussaint Losier, , Afro-American studies, Kimberlee Pérez, , communication, Lynda Pickbourn, , economics, Pari Riahi, , architecture, Malissa Taylor, , Judaic and Near Eastern studies Established in 1986, the Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence has fostered leadership in teaching by training over 240 faculty members, many of whom have gone on…
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  • UMass Medical Graduate School of Nursing develops guide to help care for caregivers going home
    Tips for health care workers to keep their families safe Click guide to enlarge or download, A doctoral student in the Graduate School of Nursing has developed  a list of best practices  for health…
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  • UMass committed to providing “affordable, top-quality higher education”
    BOSTON – Although the course of the coronavirus crisis may be difficult to predict, , University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan,  today said that students and their families can count on the campuses of the UMass system being “on duty” this fall. “UMass will be there to provide affordable, top-quality higher education --…
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  • Ten UMass Amherst students receive NSF Research Fellowships
    Ten UMass students were recently awarded fellowships through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). With an average acceptance rate of 16%, these competitive…, Bridget Benner, , graduate student, mechanical engineering, Brooke Burrows, , graduate student, psychology, Stephanie Call, , graduate student, chemical engineering, Seanne Clemente, , graduate student, organismic and evolutionary biology, Jacob Davis, , graduate student, mechanical engineering, Annabelle Flores-Bonilla, , NIH PREP scholar, neuroscience , Rebecca Huber, , graduate student, chemical engineering, Isabella Jaen Maisonet, , undergraduate, chemistry, Rachel Jansen, , undergraduate, biochemistry and molecular biology, Kelly McKeon, , graduate student, geosciences Honorable mention:, Elizabeth Voke, , undergraduate, chemical engineering, Sean van Geldern, , graduate student, physics, Kristyn Robinson, , graduate student, molecular and cellular biology , Mèlise Edwards, , graduate student, neuroscience, Kaitlyn Chhe, , graduate student, chemistry, Craig Brinkerhoff, , graduate student, civil engineering, Cierra Abellara, , graduate student, psychology, Alexandra Zink, , lab technician, environmental conservation, Robert Yvon, , graduate student, molecular and cellular biology, Walter Young, , graduate student, polymer science and engineering The next NSF GRFP competition will open in August 2020. Current UMass undergraduates planning to attend graduate school beginning in fall 2021 as…
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  • Advancing study of traumatic brain injury and other soft-tissue damage - goals, opportunities and guidance
    AMHERST, Mass. – A type of damage in soft materials and tissue called cavitation is one of the least-studied phenomena in physics, materials science and biology, say expert observers. But strong…
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  • Nursing leader urges all adults to have health care proxies during pandemic
    In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that adults of all ages have a health care proxy naming someone to make health care decisions on their behalf if they are too sick…, Related story on UMassMedNow:, Fujifilm announces a Phase II clinical trial of influenza antiviral drug for COVID-19
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  • UMass Lowell men's club basketball team crowned national champs
    Winning a national championship is an unforgettable experience for any college athlete. Especially when it comes during extraordinarily unusual circumstances. UMass Lowell’s  mens basketball main men…
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  • Virtual summit to examine equity in higher ed
    How can higher education foster equity while serving a variety of constituents, and what does it look like?  These questions—among many others—will be on the table when UMass Amherst hosts the…
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  • Despite coronavirus, local UMass Amherst student releases new hip-hop album "Dish Days" for senior thesis project
    AMHERST, Mass – As college students adjust to distance learning, Riley J. Walter, a senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has completed his senior thesis project by releasing a musical…
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