The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named UMass Dartmouth as the "College/University Partner of the Year" for the 2018 national WasteWise awards. UMass Dartmouth’s Dining Services was…, Andrew Wheeler, said. "Our 2018 winners show that keeping valuable materials out of the trash is a win-win for their bottom lines and the environment." The UMass Dartmouth Dining Services team utilizes EPA's "Food…, Steven O'Riley, , Chartwells Dining, Resident District Manager at UMass Dartmouth. Nationwide, the efforts by UMASS Dartmouth and the other nine national awardees collectively prevented and diverted over 356,000…, Deborah Szaro, . "Sustainability-focused organizations help to increase awareness and knowledge about waste issues, and they provide a great example for other organizations to improve their practices and help…
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Space is a harsh and dangerous place. Aside from temperature extremes, high vacuum and bombardment of cosmic rays, space travelers also have to worry about extremely high-energy particles – dubbed “…, How Good Electrons Go Bad, Since the 1960s, scientists have known that during a severe geomagnetic storm, the solar wind – a continuous high-speed stream of charged particles from the sun – impacts and compresses the daytime…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management graduate program - which includes an MS and an MBA/MS in sport management - has been ranked the number one postgraduate program…, About the Isenberg School of Management, The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has New England’s top-ranked public business school undergraduate program, according to U.S. News & World Report.…, About the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, The McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the few sport management programs housed within a business school (the nationally ranked Isenberg…
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Award Will Support Michael Scanlon’s Dissertation on Labor Relations and Conflict in the Kenyan Health System, Michael Scanlon, a PhD candidate in the McCormack Graduate School , has become the latest UMass Boston student to receive the prestigious Fulbright award . Scanlon is one of only a handful…, About UMass Boston, The University of Massachusetts Boston is deeply rooted in the city’s history, yet poised to address the challenges of the future. Recognized for innovative research, metropolitan Boston’s public…
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The Boston Globe recently asked, “What if you could play a video game that helps find a cure for cancer?” For , Assistant Professor Firas Khatib, (Computer & Information Science), the answer is hopeful. The Globe piece follows the recent publication of a paper co-authored by Khatib in Nature that details how their game Foldit has…
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The largest class in University of Massachusetts history graduated this commencement season. Some 18,000 turned their tassels. Nearly 12,000 will make their careers in this state. The majority earned…
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Seeing an opportunity to improve quality of care during her clinical residency at Worcester's Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, where many seeking care speak little or no English, newly…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vanderbilt University and Clark University have shed new light on the genomic foundation of the polar bear’s ecological…
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Chair and Professor of Engineering Greg Sun is a member of a multi-university research group selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to receive $7.5 million in funding to develop high quality…, “, Understanding and Breaking the Material Barriers of SiGeSn Alloys for Infrared Devices,” which includes researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arizona State University,…
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LOWELL, Mass. – UMass Lowell has been recognized as a national leader in preparing students who are the first in their families to attend college for success on campus and beyond. https://firstgen.…
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