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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A new study led by Robert Wellman, PhD, finds that if teenagers learn to recognize when they’re feeling down and how to manage those emotions, they ‘re less likely to self-medicate through alcohol.…
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Today, UMass Dartmouth signed the “Commitment Towards a goal of Zero Carbon Emissions”. This aspirational commitment sets a goal of achieving zero carbon emissions by 2030, or alternatively 2050 (the…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, . “Everyone who has the ability to make a difference owes it to the students in this room, across this campus, and around the globe, including our children and grandchildren, to do their best in…, Chapter President Nathaniel Roberts, . “I know I am proud to be a student at UMass Dartmouth, now more than ever. For the larger movement, this is a piece in the puzzle. Much like the climatic shifts happening in our natural world, this…
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UMass Boston celebrated the opening of the Catherine Frisone Scott Center for Italian Cultural Studies with a panel discussion and reception on Wednesday in a packed Alumni Lounge. The Italian…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The public is invited to observe sunrise and sunset on the day of the winter solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 7:00 a.m. and…
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Laura Vandenberg, associate professor of environmental health sciences, who was recently recognized as among the world’s most highly cited scientists , gave a talk explaining her research on harmful…
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The UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research recently announced the BayCoast Bank White Paper Series. The Series will consist of three research articles per year that take a comprehensive look…, Shannen Pavao, , MBA, UMass Dartmouth Alumnus and Associate Director of the Center for Marketing Research . The study was co-authored by Nadia Khalil MSF from the London School of Economics. The new report is the…
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Last month, UMass Boston Distinguished Professor of Biology Kamal Bawa received the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation on behalf of the research institute he founded in India…
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