Erin Baker, professor of industrial engineering, and Nate Whitaker, professor of mathematics, recently visited colleagues from University of Ghana and University of Cape Town as part of a World…
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Alicia Timme-Laragy, associate professor of environmental health sciences, a developmental toxicologist with expertise in how early life exposures to pollutants affect health, recently hosted a…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A new report published by the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence examines the four models of “fake news” factories employed in the political battlegrounds of the…
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The UMass Police Department is joining forces with the Amherst and Hadley Police Departments to host a “Stuff-A-Cruiser” event this holiday season to gather donations of toys, clothing, toiletries,…
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Stephanie Fetta, associate professor of Spanish, has earned the annual MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies from the Modern Language…
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Before he even arrived on campus from New Zealand earlier this year, visiting associate professor Mark Wilson, mathematics and statistics, attended a five-day, intense “scientific matchmaking”…
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The U.S. Department of Education recently funded a four-year, $1.18 million efficacy study of MathSpring, a research-based, game-like intelligent math tutor developed by research professor Beverly…
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On any given day, about one in 31 hospital patients in the U.S. picks up at least one health-care-associated infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). People get…, Dirty Laundry, Extensive studies have shown that in general practice, “clean” hospital textiles like curtains, blankets, bed sheets and pillowcases are rapidly and heavily contaminated/recontaminated with harmful…, From Dentures to Textile Dyes, Throughout his career, Sun has used his background in polymer chemistry and biomedical engineering to battle preventable infections as well as protect the environment. Sun has been developing …
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Chair and Professor of Engineering Greg Sun is a new fellow of The Optical Society (OSA). Sun is being honored for his technical innovation and seminal work in optoelectronics, Si photonics, and…
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Chancellor Michael F. Collins and the UMass Medical School community acknowledge with sadness the passing of Pete Frates, who raised millions of dollars for ALS research and whose indefatigable…
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