Virologist Mandy Muller, microbiology, recently received a five-year, $1.9 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) grant from the NIH’s National Institute for General Medical Sciences…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Government funding and support for clean energy technology gave startup companies an innovation advantage, according to a new paper and a policy brief published by two University of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Artificial intelligence (AI) experts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Baylor College of Medicine report that they have successfully addressed what they call a “…
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Angela de Oliveira , professor of experimental and public economics in the department of resource economics, has received a $205,000 standard grant from the National Science Foundation to study the…
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Anne Carlisle, PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , came to Massachusetts from Nebraska in 2015. After attending three undergraduate colleges in five years, it had come time…
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I am saddened to learn of the passing of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Ralph Gants. Over the course of his 40-year legal career, Chief Justice Gants distinguished himself as a…
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Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious astrophysical objects in the universe. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Professor Gaurav Khanna of the Physics department a $75,393 grant…
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In a year when education rituals were up-ended by the COVID-19 pandemic, 56 Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences doctoral candidates were honored virtually in a qualifying exam recognition ceremony…, The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognized the following students who were admitted to doctoral candidacy in academic year 2019/2020:, Emily Agnello, Brian Kelch Lab Adediwura Arowosegbe, Jennifer Wang Lab Ayca Bagci, Phillip Zamore Lab Alexander S. Baier, Craig Peterson Lab Nathan Bamidele, Erik Sontheimer Lab Kasturi Biswas,…, Four qualifying students who did not participate in the ceremony are:, Gregory Andrews, Zhiping Weng Lab Shaimae Elhajjajy, Zhiping Weng Lab Yuqing Wang, Manuel Garber Lab Zinger Yang, Silvia Corvera Lab
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Given the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic, Assoc. Prof. of Spanish Studies Arroyo-Rodríguez-Daniel Daniel Arroyo-Rodriguez prepared for every possible teaching scenario this fall: in-person…
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When Lowell Community Health Center Lowell Community Health Center got a state grant to offer free COVID-19 tests to city residents this summer, two UMass Lowell alumni were central to the mobile…
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