The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) and the Associate Provost for Equity and Inclusion are working with partners across campus to coordinate the “Supporting Faculty Resilience Series” (SFRS), a…
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Isenberg hospitality and tourism management associate professor Melissa Baker was named a “Favorite Business Professor of the Class of 2020” by the business school ranking and analysis website Poets…
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The majority of US states do not have laws that provide adequate healthcare price transparency, according to a new study co-authored by Caterina DiBiase, a 2020 graduate of the School of Public…
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Viviana Chiu-Sik Wu, of the School of Public Policy faculty, has received a research grant from the Generosity Commission to study the “philanthropic gap” across the US, with a particular focus on…
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The UMass Chamber Choir, directed by Tony Thornton, has been selected as a National Finalist for this year’s American Prize in Choral Performance in the College and University Division. Thornton also…
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Robert S. Cox, head of Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) at the UMass Amherst Libraries for the past 16 years, died May 11 after an extended illness. He was 61 years old. After being…
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On Wednesday, May 27, from 2:30-4 p.m., the Graduate School will host a webinar on “imposter syndrome” featuring Valerie Young, internationally-known expert, author and UMass alumna. Impostor…
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Pointing to the financial hardships that many Massachusetts families are facing and in consultation with campus chancellors, , UMass President Marty Meehan, today said he will recommend a tuition freeze for the university’s nearly 50,000 in-state undergraduate students during the upcoming academic year. “During this time of stress and uncertainty for…, Robert J. Manning, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees., UMass can also be expected to continue its practice of directing significant amounts of its own funds to direct grant aid for students in the upcoming academic year. During the 2019-2020 academic…
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Jennifer A. Benanti, PhD, associate professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, was recently awarded a federal Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award, or MIRA grant, to advance her lab’s…
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Six faculty members were recognized for excellence across the career spectrum during the 2020 Women’s Faculty Awards. Colleen Harrington, MD, assistant professor of medicine; Seema Adhami, MD,…, Early Career Achievement in Science & Health Award, Colleen Harrington, MD, assistant professor of medicine, Excellence in Clinical Service Award, Seema Adhami, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and neurology, Outstanding Mentoring to Women Faculty Award, Carolynn DeBenedectis, MD, associate professor of radiology, Women in Science & Health Achievements Award, Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, professor of RNA therapeutics, Sarah Stone Excellence in Education Award, Suzanne Cashman, ScD, professor of family medicine & community health, Outstanding Community Service Award, Jennifer Bradford, MD, MPH, assistant professor of family medicine & community health
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