AMHERST, Mass. – Ela Gezen, associate professor of German and director of German and Scandinavian Studies, has been named a 2022-23 Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin. UMass…
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President Marty Meehan delivers keynote speech at EduVentures Summit BOSTON –, UMass President Marty Meehan, delivered a keynote address today at EduVentures Summit 2022, joining 500 senior leaders from 400 colleges and universities across the country to discuss higher education’s challenges and…, Brandon Fleming,, the Assistant Debate Coach at Harvard University and the Founder/CEO of the Harvard Diversity Project, and, Allan Golston, , President of the U.S. Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, were among the luminaries who gave keynote speeches as part of the three-day conference. Today’s program wrapped up with an…, Jon Meacham, and, Doris Kearns Goodwin, , moderated by, Richard Garrett,, Eduventures Chief Research Officer, Encoura. ###
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Chemistry PhD student Genevieve Asselin has received a research award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR). The SCGSR award is given to outstanding…
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Education associate professor Jack Schneider Education landing page Education Assoc. Prof. Jack Schneider faculty page Jack Schneider says test scores are a poor measure of school quality and…
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Playgoers who attend the rock musical “Next to Normal” by Studio Theatre Worcester this month will receive accurate, understandable information and resources for those whose real lives, like those of…
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In a five-year update to research on likely climate changes in the Boston area, researchers from the University of Massachusetts Boston today released findings from the Greater Boston Research…, Michelle Wu, . “The GBRAG report analyzes Boston's climate risk projections so we can make the most informed decisions on how to protect our communities from unavoidable impacts while mitigating emissions that…, Paul Kirshen, , a professor at School for the Environment at UMass Boston, director of the Stone Living Lab, and co-lead for the report. , Ellen Douglas, , also a professor at the School for the Environment and the other co-lead added, “With this new information, the City of Boston and MAPC cities and towns across Massachusetts are armed with the most…, Martin Pillsbury, , director of environmental planning at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC). “This new and expanded research provides cities and towns with a more precise view of the challenges they may…, Temperature:, Average annual temperatures could be approximately 3 to 10 ℉ greater by 2100 compared to the start of the century, depending upon location and whether greenhouse gas emissions are moderate or high.…, Groundwater:, Groundwater levels have increased over the last 50 years. Over the next 50 years, groundwater recharge is projected to increase in the late fall and early winter with increased precipitation but to…, Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Flooding, This report projects the median sea-level rise for Boston Harbor to be 3.4 feet by 2100 under a high emissions scenario, though greater than 10 ft of sea-level rise is still possible. Uncertainty in…, River and Stormwater Flooding:, The 2022 update increases confidence in 2016 projections of a 20–50 percent increase in small (e.g., two year) river floods and a 15–70 percent increase in 100-year river floods by 2100, and states…, Storms and Precipitation:, This report offers more certainty on the effect of climate change on storms. The strength of extratropical storms may decrease but the proportion of stronger tropical storms is expected to increase.…
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A pile of colorful buttons made by members of UMass Chan community The Diversity and Inclusion Office led the UMass Chan Medical School community in a virtual celebration of Black joy through art and…
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Rajani S. Sadasivam, PhD How can smokers who aren’t yet ready to quit be motivated to do so? According to a study co-authored by UMass Chan Medical School researchers, smokers in a randomized…
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Joan Vitello-Cicciu, PhD, is congratulated by Chancellor Michael F. Collins UMass Chan Medical School celebrated in a special investiture ceremony on June 22 the $5 million gift of UMass Lowell…, Joan M. Vitello-Cicciu, , PhD, professor of nursing and dean of the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Nursing . “As the nursing profession rapidly…, Mary Ellen Lane, PhD, , professor of neurobiology and dean of the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, who was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Biomedical Sciences . Upon…, Michael P. Stauff, MD, , associate professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and vice chair for clinical practice in the Department of Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation, as he was invested as the…, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, , chair and professor of obstetrics & gynecology and professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and population & quantitative health sciences, was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J.…, Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, , professor of neurology and director of the Neurotherapeutics Institute, was lauded by Collins as a “beacon of hope to ALS patients and families around the world,” as he was invested as the…
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Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology, has been awarded two fellowships totaling $375,000 to…
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