Jake and Sparky Kennedy, long known for their generosity as founders of the annual Boston Christmas in the City celebration for thousands of homeless children, are launching a new drive to raise $1…, CBS Boston: Christmas in the City Co-founders Launch $1M Fundraising Campaign for ALS, WBUR Here & Now: Christmas in the City Thrives as Founder Battles ALS, WCVB: Founder of Christmas in the City who is battling ALS starts research fund, Boston Globe: Christmas in the City thrills homeless families, takes on poignancy with founder’s ALS diagnosis, NBC 10: Christmas in the City 2019
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A record number of UMass Boston students have received a scholarship through the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program , meaning they will be able to afford to study abroad this…
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BOSTON, – UMass President , Martin T. Meehan, and the chancellors of the five UMass campuses – UMass Amherst Chancellor , Kumble R. Subbaswamy, , UMass Boston Interim Chancellor , Katherine S. Newman, , UMass Dartmouth Chancellor , Robert E. Johnson, , UMass Lowell Chancellor , Jacqueline F. Moloney, and UMass Medical School Chancellor , Michael F. Collins, , – have issued the following statement regarding the inclusion of funding for the “Endowment Match Program” in the state supplemental budget. The University of Massachusetts is thrilled that the House…
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Marjorie Aelion, associate vice chancellor for research and engagement and former dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS), was part of a delegation from the Association of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A new analysis of the changing character of runoff, river discharge and other hydrological cycle elements across the North Slope of Alaska reveals significant increases in the…
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A study by UMass Medical School integrative medicine expert Paula Gardiner, MD, MPH, finds that patients with chronic pain and depression who participated in medical group visits in which they…
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The Massachusetts Office of Business Development, through the Regional Economic Development Organization (REDO) program has awarded the UMass Dartmouth-based SouthCoast Development Partnership with $…, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, . “With the collective will of government, industry, and academia – UMass Dartmouth will become the global leader for talent, recruitment, and development in marine technology.” The REDO grant…, Nicholas Christ, , President and CEO of BayCoast Bank and co-chair of the SouthCoast Development Partnership. “The region is in a good place right now, with both offshore wind projects moving forward and the…, David Slutz, , co-chair of the SouthCoast Development Partnership.
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Christos Dimitrakopoulos, professor of chemical engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is one of 168 prolific academic innovators from across the world…
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A paper published in the journal “Nature” in October and co-authored by Joseph C. Bardin, electrical and computer engineering, is ranked No. 12 in the annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights of research…
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Four undergraduates have received the Pfizer Award from the Society of Toxicology (SOT), which will support their registration, lodging, ground transportation, food and travel to the society’s…
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