AMHERST, Mass. – With the rapid onset of smell and taste loss emerging as symptoms of COVID-19, scientists around the world – including a sensory expert at the University of Massachusetts Amherst –…, Nolden urges anyone who has recently experienced smell or taste loss, with or without other symptoms of flu, cold or COVID-19, to complete , the survey . She notes that the common cold, influenza and other viral infections are known to cause changes in smell, which are thought to be related to blocked or stuffed-up nasal passages. “This…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher is co-leading a multi-disciplinary team from around the United States to use big data to identify risk factors across systems for…
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Every year, the Run for Krystle Team runs the Boston Marathon to celebrate the legacy of Krystle Campbell, the alumna from Medford who was killed in the 2013 Boston bombing, and raise money for a …
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High school senior Brayden Toth is trying to decide where to start college this fall, and he’s frustrated that he can’t visit his top two choices. One of them is UMass Lowell, where he was accepted…
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Dear campus community, Across the country, Governors have called upon universities to provide accommodation for additional hospital beds should the surge in COVID-19 cases overwhelm capacity in…
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Mayor Marty Walsh recently established the COVID-19 Health Inequities Task Force —a 24-member panel that includes UMass Boston professors Paul Watanabe and Lorna Rivera —to review data and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – UMass Amherst will join nationwide tributes to honor COVID-19 pandemic frontline workers beginning Wednesday, April 15, by illuminating two top floors of the W. E. B. Du Bois Library…
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The UMass Amherst Libraries recently raised more than $5,300 for the campus’s Student Care and Emergency Response Fund (SCERF) with a unique campaign featuring Annette Vadnais, student success and…
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A virtual celebration for the class of 2020 on Friday, May 8, the day commencement would have occurred, has been announced. Details will follow, and individual schools and colleges are expected to…
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Since 2003, The Center for Research on Families has offered the groundbreaking Family Research Scholars Program since 2003. This year-long interdisciplinary seminar for faculty in various stages of…, Alicia Timme-Laragy, Associate professor School of Public Health and Health Sciences Environmental health sciences, Research Topic: , oxidative stress, an imbalance between free radicals and antioxidants within a body and the impacts it has on embryonic development, Bruna Martins-Klein, Assistant professor College of Natural Sciences Psychological and brain sciences, Research Topic: , how emotion and cognition interact in the brain to manage distress, Sarah Goff, Associate professor Public Health and Health Sciences Health policy and management, Research Topic: , maternal-child health care quality, organizational behavior, communication in health care, implementation science, and healthcare equity, Emily Kumpel, Assistant professor College of Engineering Civil and environmental engineering, Research Topic: , intermittent water supply, water quality in distribution systems, water access and equity, water quality monitoring, and use of information and communication technologies in water delivery systems, Stephanie Padilla, Assistant professor College of Natural Sciences Biology, Research Topic: , neural basis of behavior and physiology using a combination of mouse and viral reagents, Tara Mandalaywala, Assistant professor, director cognition across development College of Natural Sciences Psychological and brain sciences, Research Topic: , examine how young individuals make sense of and cope with the complex social world around them across human and nonhuman primates by exploring developmental social cognition
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