University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson today, March 10,said the new Times of London survey that ranks the University of Massachusetts as the 19th best university in the world based on…
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JERUSALEM - Thursday, March 10, 2011 - As part of the Massachusetts Innovation Economy Partnership Mission 2011, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki today announced support for a…
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BOSTON -- December 10, 2009: The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees today approved a proposal to establish a legal education program at UMass Dartmouth, moving Massachusetts one step…
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BOSTON -- Jan. 27, 2010:University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson today said that Gov. Deval Patrick's proposed Fiscal Year 2011 state budget constitutes "a strong expression of support…
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BOSTON - January 29, 2010:Despite a challenging environment, the University of Massachusetts turned in endowment performance in Fiscal Year 2009 (FY09) that ranked in the top quartile of American…
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BRIDGEWATER - Feb. 2, 2010:University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson and UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack today expressed gratitude and appreciation after the state Board of…
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BOSTON - President Jack M. Wilson today announced that the University of Massachusetts is meeting 93 percent of the demonstrated financial need of its in-state, undergraduate students, up slightly…
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BOSTON - University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson announced today, March 1, that he will conclude his presidency when his current term ends on June 30, 2011. "It has been an honor and…, Governor Deval Patrick cites a tenure of success:, Governor Deval Patrick said that UMass has made great progress under President Wilson's leadership. "By any measure -- enrollment, endowment, test scores or capital improvements -- Jack Wilson's…, Chairman Robert J. Manning on Jack Wilson's presidency:, Manning, chairman of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees, called the Wilson presidency "a period of growth and achievement." "President Wilson has put his heart and soul into leading…, Jack Wilson's career at UMass:, A physicist and career educator, President Wilson joined the University in 2001, after having been selected through a national search to become the founding CEO of UMassOnline, the University's…, About Jack Wilson:, Prior to arriving at UMass, President Wilson was the J. Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished Professor of Physics, Engineering Science, Information Technology and Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic…, Jack M. Wilson Presidency:, Student Enrollment:, Fall 2003: 57,853 Fall 2009: 65,923 (+14.5 percent), Degrees Conferred:, Academic Year 2002-2003: 10,701 Academic Year 2008-2009: 12,630 (+18 percent), SAT/GPA (UMass Amherst):, Fall 2003: 1,137; 3.28 Fall 2009: 1,169; 3.60 (GPA +9.8 percent, SAT +2.8 percent), UMass Spending On Financial Aid:, FY 2003: $36 million FY 2010: $138 million (+283 percent), Research Funding:, FY 2003: $320 million FY 2008: $435.2 million (+36 percent), Intellectual Property Income:, FY 2003: $20 million FY 2009: $73 million (+265 percent), Total University Budget:, FY 2003: $1.5 billion FY 2010: $2.7 billion (+80 percent), UMassOnline, : Fiscal Year 2001: 5,009 course enrollments, $3 million in revenue FY 2009: 40,020 course enrollments, $47 million in revenue (Course enrollments +699 percent and revenue +1466 percent), Endowment, : June 30, 2003: $146 million December 31, 2009: $454 million (+211 percent), Major Capital Projects Completed FY 2004-FY2010:, Amherst: Integrated Sciences Building, Student Recreation Center, Central Heating Plant, North Apartments (864-bed, apartment-style student housing) Boston: Campus Center, Venture Development Center…, UMass System: UMass Club, Major Capital Projects Launched:, Amherst: Integrated Science Center, Phase II Boston: Integrated Science Center, Bayside Expo Center Dartmouth: Library renovation Lowell: Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (first new…, Capital Spending:, Fiscal Year 2004-Fiscal Year 2009: $1.23 billion Fiscal Year 2010-Fiscal Year 2014 (projected): $2.63 billion Contact: Robert P. Connolly, 617-548-0238
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BOSTON -- March 11, 2010:Research expenditures at the University of Massachusetts reached a record $489.1 million in Fiscal Year 2009, President Jack M. Wilson announced today. Research spending…, Amherst, : Leading large research centers in key technology areas, such as lower-atmosphere weather radar, materials for solar energy and nanomanufacturing, Boston, : Life sciences research and health care collaborations with major Boston institutions, including Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Dartmouth, : New initiative in marine renewable energy, including a regional university-industry research consortium and proposed technology demonstration site in Muskegat Channel, Lowell, : Partnering with other local universities and industry on a nanomanufacturing research center; expansion of biomanufacturing research and industry services program, Worcester, : Major initiative for translating research to improved clinical outcomes, with an emphasis on gene therapy, stem cell therapy and RNAi therapeutics Research expenditures at UMass have increased by…, Amherst, , $160.7 million, Boston, , $47 million, Dartmouth, , $20.7 million, Lowell, , $56.7 million, Worcester, , $204 million Calling research "rocket fuel for the state's innovation economy," President Wilson early in his tenure created the, President's Science and Technology Fund, , which seeds promising research projects on all five campuses. The President's Science and Technology Fund has provided about $1 million in project funding since it was created in 2004. The 43…
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BOSTON -- March 15, 2010: University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson today announced $200,000 in grants to UMass researchers. The awards will advance the commercial development of important…, Chul Park, PhD, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst "A New Sludge and Nutrient Reduction Method for Wastewater Treatment", Park's new wastewater treatment technology allows for both sludge reduction and nutrient removal, which are major challenges in wastewater treatment systems. The invention also permits a significant…, Surita Bhatia, PhD, Susan Roberts, PhD, Department of Chemical Engineering, UMass Amherst "Alginate Wound Dressings with Enhanced Oxygen Supply", Researchers in the Bhatia and Roberts groups have developed techniques to create stable hydrogels with oxygen-carrying domains. These gels can be cast onto gauzes, creating wound dressings with…, Uri Galili, PhD, Department of Surgery, UMass Worcester "Accelerated Wound Healing With Liposome Nanoparticles", The overall objective of this project is to study the technology developed at UMass Medical School on accelerated wound healing by topical application of a-gal liposomes. When applied on injuries,…, Weibo Gong, PhD, Sheng Xiao, MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, UMass Amherst "Wireless Secret Key Management Using Communication Randomness", Communication randomness, such as transmission errors and user movements are considered negative factors in wireless communications. This UMass technology converts the randomness into security…, Michael Green, PhD, MD, Program in Gene Function and Expression, UMass Worcester "Methods for Efficient Production of Bioactive Recombinant IGFBP7, a Promising New Therapeutic Agent for the Treatment…, Green's group has identified IGFBP7, which encodes a secreted protein, as a melanoma tumor suppressor gene whose expression is lost during melanoma development. Restoration of IGFBP7 function by…, Alonzo Ross, PhD, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Worcester "A Method for Enhancing Chemotherapy of Glioblastomas", Glioblastoma brain tumors are a tremendously difficult clinical problem and are invariably fatal. Current therapies reduce tumor burden but do not provide a real cure. This novel approach combines a…, Daniel Schmidt, PhD, Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell "Practical, High-Performance Bisphenol A (BPA) Free Epoxy Resins", This technology attempts to address growing concern surrounding the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in epoxy can liners used in the vast majority of metal food and beverage cans. In particular, new…, Ramaswamy Nagarajan, PhD, Jayant Kumar, PhD, Department of Plastics Engineering, Department of Physics and Applied Physics and Center for Advanced Materials, UMass Lowell "A New Class of Halogen-free…, Brominated and halogenated flame retardants are used extensively world-wide in textiles, plastics and consumer electronic items to reduce their flammability but unfortunately show adverse effects on…, ABOUT CVIP, Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) is responsible for the commercialization of discoveries made on the five campuses of the University of Massachusetts. The Executive Director,…
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