Fourth-year School of Medicine student Michelle Shabo has recovered from a serious bout with the novel coronavirus and is sharing her story to help others understand that people of all ages can…
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In an email to the campus community on Friday, May 29, Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy denounced the deeply troubling acts of racial violence, institutional racism, and expressed the urgent need to …
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Kathryne Young, assistant professor of sociology, has been named one of ten Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders for 2020 at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. One of 10 recipients from…
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Sheldon Goldman, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, has announced his retirement after 55 years of teaching at UMass Amherst. Goldman arrived on campus in 1965 after receiving his Ph.D. at…
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Ajla Aksamija, associate professor of architecture, was recently interviewed on the NPR's radio show, “The Pulse”, which focuses on the intersection of health, science and innovation. " The Science…
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Women in Sports Tech, Inc . (WiST) recently announced that they have awarded 15 summer fellowships to female students from colleges and universities all over the U.S., including two UMass Amherst…
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Interim Chancellor Katherine Newman and UMass Boston Police Chief Donald Baynard sent messages to the campus community on Thursday about the presence of state police on campus. . . . To all faculty,…
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It’s obvious from speaking with her that Maryum Zaidi, who earned her PhD in nursing from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences in May, has a natural curiosity about her. “Beliefs about…
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Two professors at UMass Boston’s College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS) and graduate students from CNHS and the McCormack Graduate School are making the case for why tobacco-related health…
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Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty, As the leader of a majority-minority campus, an institution devoted to social justice and the cardinal principles of equality, it is incumbent on me to speak out…, Enough, . We cannot stand by and permit this to become a twisted kind of new normal in which the unrestrained use of force can be unleashed on joggers (Ahmaud Arbery), street vendors (Eric Garner), passers-…, Again, enough, . What will put an end to it? A serious, searching, and aggressive effort to stamp out police attacks on innocent citizens, through the mechanisms of the law and the enforcement of professional…, Accountability is a responsibility we all share, . The civil protests that have spread throughout the country, including in our own city, are an expression of first amendment rights to call for justice. Destructive, violent riots are another matter…
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