BOSTON - Nov.19, 2009:University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson today announced the five recipients of the 2009 President's Public Service Award. The awards are presented annually to…, Mari Castañeda, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Communication at UMass Amherst, : Professor Castañeda is recognized for her role in the development of university-community partnerships that benefit the growing Latina/o community of Holyoke in areas of education, economic…, David G. Terkla, Ph.D., Professor in the Economics Department and the Department of Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences at UMass Boston, : Professor Terkla is recognized for the enormous impact he has made on greater Boston and the state through his work identifying new industry clusters and their influences on the Massachusetts…, Matthew H. Roy, Ph.D., Assistant Provost and Director of the Center for Civic Engagement at the School of Education, Public Policy and Civic Engagement at UMass Dartmouth, : Professor Roy is recognized for leading a five campus collaboration to increase the breadth and depth of community service learning performed by University of Massachusetts students. He is also the…, Kay Doyle, Ph.D., Professor, Program Director and Department Chair of the Department of Clinical Laboratory and Nutritional Sciences at UMass Lowell, : Dr. Doyle is a passionate advocate who has demonstrated a longstanding dedication to enhancing lives through developing strong partnerships between science and people who are influenced by it. As a…, Linda D. Sagor, M.D, MPH, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Division Director of General Pediatrics at UMass Medical School, : Dr. Linda Sagor, a compassionate pediatrician and ardent advocate for children, is one of central Massachusetts' leading physicians. She is committed to the care and welfare of children on multiple…
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BOSTON - Dec.2, 2009:The proposal to create a public law program at UMass Dartmouth took a major step forward today when the Board of Trustees Committee on Administration and Finance completed a…
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Seven Boston-area liberal arts and specialty colleges and universities will begin offering a pathway to affordable, accelerated master’s degrees in the region’s only public research university, UMass…, Bentley University, ,” said President Alison Davis-Blake. “As the field of higher education continues to evolve, partnerships like this one will be important aspects in ensuring that colleges and universities continue…, Boston Baptist College, President David Melton. “We all want greater value in higher education. Avoiding programmatic redundancy is an innovative essential in that quest. In the BAAC, we ALL win—particularly the students…, Curry College, Provost David Szczerbacki. “It also creates a framework for students to enroll in selected Curry College programs once these are identified within the Consortium. BAAC is a fine example of the…, Lasell University, welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with our colleagues at Boston area colleges and universities to make new, lower-cost degree programs available to students,” said Provost Jim Ostrow. “This…, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Associate Dean Jeremy Van Buskirk. The first cohort of students will apply to participating accelerated master’s programs this spring and begin courses in fall 2020.
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UMass Boston’s online graduate education programs have jumped 19 spots in U.S. News & World Report ’s 2020 Best Online Programs rankings, released today. UMass Boston’s online graduate…
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The start of 2020 marks the launch of a new statewide initiative called Resolution Massachusetts to be announced at a State House briefing for legislators on January 21, and it could not be…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Online bachelor’s degree programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank 23rd nationally, according to a survey released by U.S. News & World Report , which also listed…
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AMHERST, Mass. - Five Colleges, Incorporated has been awarded a $2.5 million, four-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to help its member campuses transform how they approach Native…
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A program developed at UMass Medical School to ensure that women with depression during or after pregnancy get the help they need is being replicated across the country, according to an NPR Morning…
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When Sgt. Michael Soucy joined the link this for University Police landing page UMass Lowell Police Department in 2008, the force consisted of just eight patrol officers headquartered at Ball Hall…
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As UMass Lowell embarks on a new year – and a new decade – our university community can look forward to astronomy- and space-related projects and missions on the horizon. From exploring the solar…, A New Window to the Universe Opens on South Campus, Students interested in astronomy, as well as non-science majors and the public, will get a chance to embark on a visual tour of our solar system and beyond when the new Astro-Observatory-South-…, NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission to Launch This Summer, Kennedy College of Sciences Kennedy College of Sciences Dean Dean Noureddine Melikechi Noureddine Melikechi is a member of the science team for the SuperCam laser remote-sensing instrument aboard…, UML’s First Student-built Satellite to Go into Orbit, If everything goes as planned, a small satellite designed and built by a team of about 100 undergraduate students from the Kennedy College of Sciences and the Francis College of Engineering Francis…, Balloon-borne Telescope to Soar to the Edge of Space, A planet-searching telescope developed by a team of LoCSST researchers led by Chakrabarti is expected to soar to the edge of the atmosphere this fall aboard an unmanned NASA helium balloon hundreds…
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