AMHERST, Mass. – In what the authors believe is one of the first studies to examine climate change impact on the timing of bird migration on a continental scale, researchers report that spring…
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“On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” by Ocean Vuong, an assistant professor in the Masters of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers, has been selected by a range of publications as one of the best…
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Jamila Lyiscott, assistant professor of social justice education, is being recognized as a 2019-20 UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar. Growing up as a first-generation American in a working-class…
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The annual Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage raised over $632,000 this year, with many UMass Amherst faculty, staff and students participating. The department of sociology organized a team of 11…
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AMHERST, Mass. – While scientists have long sought to understand the factors that structure global biodiversity patterns, much of their research has focused on present-day climate, such as patterns…
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BOSTON, – UMass President , Martin T. Meehan, and the chancellors of the five UMass campuses – UMass Amherst Chancellor , Kumble R. Subbaswamy, , UMass Boston Interim Chancellor , Katherine S. Newman, , UMass Dartmouth Chancellor , Robert E. Johnson, , UMass Lowell Chancellor , Jacqueline F. Moloney, and UMass Medical School Chancellor , Michael F. Collins, , – have issued the following statement regarding the inclusion of funding for the “Endowment Match Program” in the state supplemental budget. The University of Massachusetts is thrilled that the House…
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The race to slash carbon emissions by 2050 is well underway – on a course laid out through ambitious commitments at many levels, from the global Paris Agreement, through Massachusetts’ Global Warming…
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Music education major Rachel Janielis says it's stressful when she cannot properly hear a professor speaking or a presenter talking at events. “I remember an event at the beginning of the year when…
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Together with her research partners and students, Chair and Associate Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences Julie Wright is looking to encourage black and African American women cancer…
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Marjorie Aelion, associate vice chancellor for research and engagement and former dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS), was part of a delegation from the Association of…
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