Left to right: Dean Jean VanderGheyst, UMassD College of Engineering & WID—GBC scholarship recipients Raena Gaston, Kelley Chanaphay, Lois Konadu, Tabitha Aguiar, and Erika Caushi; Diane Phillips…, The 2021 College of Engineering & WID-GBC scholarship awardees are:, Tabitha Aguiar ‘22, an electrical engineering major. Erika Caushi ‘23, an electrical engineering major, a member of the Society of Women Engineers, and secretary of the UMass Dartmouth Robotics Club…, About Women In Defense , Women In Defense (WID), a National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Affiliate, engages, cultivates, and advances women in all aspects of national security. Incorporated in 1985, Women In Defense…
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Dr. Gaurav Khanna, Adjunct Professor, and longtime Physics researcher at UMass Dartmouth smiles at the camera while leaning against his office desk Dr. Gaurav Khanna, Adjunct Professor, and longtime…
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It's one thing to say "Black Lives Matter". But when people came together for Black Lives Matter Day at UMass Boston, it was for a different purpose: understanding what it means. Chancellor Marcelo…
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Nine researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been recognized for being among the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2021. The analysis by Philadelphia-based Clarivate…
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AMHERST, Mass. – As the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, new research by an international team including University of Massachusetts Amherst economist Gregor Semieniuk has…
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University of Massachusetts Amherst Dining Services has been awarded $319,000 by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation for its “Strategies to Onboard Kelp into College Dining Programs” project. Between…
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University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor Xian Du , mechanical and industrial engineering, has received an $810,000 grant from a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company to…
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The largest terrestrial carbon sink on earth is the planet’s soil. One of the fears that many scientists have is that a warming planet will liberate significant portions of the soil’s carbon, turning…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) has announced that six campus research teams have been named recipients of the 3rd annual …, 3Daughters, : Carlos Gradil, veterinary & animal sciences. A women’s healthcare startup developing a new ergonomic, pain-free, magnetic intrauterine device (IUD). , E2-PATH, : Karen Dunphy/Joe Jerry, veterinary & animal sciences. A diagnostic personalized medicine screening platform for selecting optimized breast cancer treatments. , OPG Wastewater Treatment, : Chul Park, civil & environmental engineering. Developing technology that enables aeration-free and energy efficient wastewater treatment. , Optical Waters, : Mariana Lopes, civil & environmental engineering. Germicidal optical fibers to prevent disease causing biofilms in medical devices. , RNA4Therapeutics, : Craig Martin, chemistry. A novel manufacturing technology for the synthesis of high purity, low-cost, and large scale RNA manufacturing for therapeutic use. , Volvox Sciences, : Ashish Kulkarni, chemical engineering. Developing a novel supramolecular nano-therapeutic (CSF-SNT) that can efficiently remove cancer tumor cells. The award process brought together on-campus and…
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Assistant Professor Olga Goulko Imagine that a grasshopper is sitting on a lawn. It jumps. What is the probability that it lands back on the lawn? The question is known as “ the grasshopper problem…
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