UMass Medical School neuropsychiatry expert and educator Sheldon Benjamin, MD, is an invited co-author of the new American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Patients…
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Today, UMass Dartmouth announced a partnership with the Climate Mayors Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative and has committed to purchase 2 electric vehicles (EVs) by 2021. In doing so, the…, William Mitchell, Jr., Assistant Director of Campus Services at UMass Dartmouth, . “Our university is committed to our sustainability goals and EVs are an important part of the future. We encourage fellow schools to join us on the path to electrification.” “Universities and…, Ben Prochazka, National Director of the Electrification Coalition, . Launched in September 2018, the Collaborative is a partnership between Climate Mayors, the Electrification Coalition, and Sourcewell. In committing to purchase electric vehicles as a part of the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) contributed to a recent successful joint demonstration in Fort Worth,…
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In a report released today, the Sustainable Solutions Lab (SSL) at UMass Boston shared public opinion data that includes a large sampling of people of color in the Boston area. By capturing a full…, Lorena Estrada-Martínez, , Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies and Professor of Political Science , Paul Watanabe, , and doctoral student , Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, . “As often happens with survey research, climate stakeholders often assume delivered data as being representative of the views of the ‘general public,’ when it in fact largely represents the views…
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Two research projects led by UMass Boston faculty were selected to receive awards totaling $1.1 million during the most recent funding cycle of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). MLSC’s…, Daniel Haehn, . MLSC’s Open Capital program, which provides grants for state-of-the-art equipment and infrastructure that support the life sciences ecosystem in Massachusetts, awarded $388,000 to the project…, Jill Macoska, , Alton J. Brann Endowed Chair and Distinguished University Professor of Science and Mathematics, along with Venture Development Director , William Brah, , Associate Professor of Mathematics , Kourosh Zarringhalam, , and Genomics Core Manager , Susan Patalano-Salsman, . “These cutting-edge projects are examples of the important research contributions our faculty make to the creation of new knowledge,” said UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco. “I…, Professor Haehn (left) looks on as a student holds a GPU., The OMAMA-DB is aimed at developing large amounts of data to help train modern deep learning systems to detect breast cancer early. Generating this data manually is extremely time-consuming, said…
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UMass Law was nationally recognized by preLaw magazine for achieving an employment rate substantially higher than predicted for the Class of 2019. The rankings are listed in the publication’s Back…
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A research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine Sept. 28, co-authored by a UMass Medical School MD/PhD student , reports that older adults were likely to be excluded from more than half of…
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Pranitha Vangala, PhD, GSBS ’20, is lead author of a study published in the journal Molecular Cell , in which she and colleagues present a predictive model of gene expression. “The goal of the…
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This year marks milestone anniversaries for voting rights. It’s been 150 years since the passage of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted Black men the right to vote, and 100 years…
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UMass Lowell is one the “Coolest Schools” in the country, according to Sierra magazine’s annual ranking of North America’s greenest colleges and universities. UML placed 16th on this year’s list, its…
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