Due to ongoing concerns about the impact of the coronavirus, the 124th Boston Marathon will not happen as planned in April, but has been rescheduled for September. This last time Marathon Monday was…
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LOWELL, Mass. – In an effort to help offset the financial hardships that many are experiencing right now, UMass Lowell is allocating half a million dollars in education scholarships for new and…
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Third-year medical students at UMass Medical School are getting real-time lessons in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic—a topic not covered in medical textbooks—through an innovative online pandemic…
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For years, Chancellor Michael F. Collins has stressed one fundamental message to all students: “It is privilege to care for our patients.” Now, for members of the School of Medicine Class of 2020,…, The Today Show: , Medical students graduate early to join fight against coronavirus, Boston Globe: , Newly minted doctors march toward frontlines battle virus, Worcester Telegram & Gazette: , UMass Medical School in Worcester conducts first-ever virtual commencement, Yahoo: , Medical students graduate early, NECN: , UMass Medical student graduate early to respond to coronavirus pandemic, WHDH: , UMass Medical School holding virtual graduation ceremony for students joining fight against coronavirus, WGBH:, To Help Counter Pandemic, Boston's Medical Schools Graduate Students Early
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Senior Public Health page public health major Katherine Mayer, an EMT, wanted to help UMass Lowell’s EMM landing page-2 Emergency Management team with “something they didn’t have yet” for her …, Serving the University Community, Mayer’s emergency dispensing site operation plan dovetails with the city’s plan to distribute emergency supplies to Lowell residents at a central location. The idea is to make sure that UML students…, Honors Capstones, The Honors College, which requires every senior to hold a public presentation about their honors capstone project or thesis, faces a unique challenge as up to 160 seniors prepare to take that final…
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Prof. Remold-Susanna Susanna Remold , the new chair of the Biology landing page Department of Biological Sciences , is an expert on the evolution and ecology of disease-causing microbes that can…, Q: What should people be doing right now in response to COVID-19?, A:, Everybody should be staying home. Here in the U.S., we are not responding quickly enough to this crisis. We are not taking strong enough action, and when we do, we are days or weeks too late. The…, Q: Some people still think stay-at-home orders are too drastic – even policymakers who are getting expert advice. Why is that?, A:, I think it’s because we tend to respond based on our experience. But if we do that in this case, we will underreact. The rate of increase in infections and deaths grows exponentially, not steadily,…, Q: Other countries have had success with less drastic measures. Why won’t they work here?, A:, You can intervene early with relatively cheap measures. The later you respond, the more costly it is in terms of lives and the economy. Widespread testing and contact tracking are key to…, Q: What insights into pandemics have you gained from your research into the ecology and evolution of organisms that change hosts?, A:, If you think about the WHO 6 pandemic phases document World Health Organization’s six stages for a pathogen to become a pandemic and about how human interactions with their environments have…, Q: Do you have any other advice on how we can get better at dealing with this pandemic and prepare for future pandemics?, A:, The task force demonstrated the power of people with vastly different backgrounds working together to address a critical threat. It included experts in epidemiology, ecology, entomology, agriculture…
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Graduate programs in several science and social science disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation in fresh rankings featured in the U.S. News &…
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Graduate programs in business, education and engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the U.S. News & World Report 2021 edition of…
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AMHERST, Mass.— Shannon Silva, a biology major and Commonwealth Honors College junior, has been named a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, awarded by the Barry M. Goldwater…
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The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program has appointed Wesley J. Dunham as its new strategic communications and program manager. Dunham, who started his new role on March 23, holds…
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