This article originally appeared in the New England Board of Higher Education Journal. “It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have, in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our…
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UMass Medical School clinician-scientist Jason Shohet, MD, PhD, accepted a $300,000 grant on Monday, Sept. 23, from the Hyundai Motor America Hope on Wheels campaign to continue his work toward…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Internationally recognized climate scientist and Distinguished Professor Raymond S. Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been elected an International Fellow in the…
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Joseph N. Cooper has been named the inaugural J. Keith Motley Endowed Chair for Sport Leadership and Administration at UMass Boston. Cooper taught for six years at the University of Connecticut’s…
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By facilitating direct transactions and interactions between parties, companies like Airbnb, Uber and Facebook are some of the best known – and most profitable – multisided platforms (MSPs) around.…, Q. Why do you think this paper was named a “must read”?, A., There are a lot of scholars these days writing about platform-based businesses like Uber, Facebook, Amazon and Airbnb. They are a very hot topic because they are becoming increasingly important not…, Q. Should every business think about transitioning to a platform-based model?, A., It doesn’t make sense for all companies to transition, but all companies should think about it and know about it, because even if they choose not to do so, they need to think about their competitors…, Q. How is the article being received in the academic and business communities?, A., It seems to be resonating well with managers and executives, and also with educators and scholars. Colleagues around the world are assigning it in business school classes, so that’s fun to know that…, Q. How did you become involved in this research?, A., When I was a doctoral student at Harvard Business School, I started discussing the topic with Andrei, who was one of my advisors, around 2011. He had worked at Intuit for a short time, and we were…, Q. The article features an illustration of a Transformer with the Harvard Business Review logo on its chest. Was that your idea?, A., It wasn’t. The editors liked that the article was about transformation, and they found a freelance artist (Artur Hilger) who used to work for Hasbro creating Transformers. So, he created that custom…
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Thirty graduate students marked an educational and professional milestone at their Graduate Entry Pathway (GEP) Pinning Ceremony at UMass Medical School on Monday, Sept. 9. The members of the GEP…, Graduate Entry Pathway Class of 2022:, Lin Wei Evan Astill Melody Banasiak Hannah Boorstein Daniela Carrasco Jeffrey P. Chhim, MPH Alexandra E. Cole Nathan Comeau Cathleen Theresa Cuddihy Emily Davenport Ezequiel De Leon Estefany Pamela…
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Students will get a chance to embark on a visual tour of our solar system and beyond when a new astronomical observatory opens on South Campus this fall. The facility, which is scheduled to be…, A Generous Gift, The facility will be named Schueller Observatory, in memory of Richard L. Schueller obituary Richard L. Schueller ’86 , an avid amateur astronomer who used to observe with the Celestron telescope…
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U.S. News & World Report 2020 College Rankings released this week recognize UMass Dartmouth for the upward social mobility of its students and again rank the university as a National University.…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The international team of astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) mission – including eight from the University of Massachusetts Amherst – who earlier this year unveiled the…
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The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2023 at UMass Medical School were cloaked in the symbol of the medical profession at the White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13, under a tent on…
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