AMHERST, Mass. – Traversing landscapes ranging from the UMass Amherst campus to the woods of the Norwottuck Range, children entering sixth, seventh, and eighth grade have the chance to form…
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Kristen Whitmore AMHERST, Mass. – In an attempt to answer questions about how well local food systems were serving communities amidst pandemic conditions – and how they could do so with locally grown…
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Former UMass graduate student Aaron Grade weighing a nestling. Credit: Lucy Zhang AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently…
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UMass Medical School will implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all UMMS faculty and staff. The requirement for faculty and staff is consistent with the vaccination requirement for…
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The Albert Sherman Center Auditorium was filled with new students on Monday, Aug. 9, as the 162-member School of Medicine Class of 2025 gathered to hear a welcome address from Chancellor Michael F.…
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Convenient, rapid and affordable COVID-19 testing technology is getting a widespread community try-out through the COVID-19 Test Us program, part of the National Institutes of Health Rapid…
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Biology Assoc. Prof. Rick Hochberg in his Invertebrate Biodiversity Lab at Olsen Hall on North Campus. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a team of researchers from UMass Lowell, the…, A Complex Life Cycle, The name “rotifer,” which means “wheel-bearer” in Latin, refers to the crown of cilia – short, hairlike structures – around the mouth of the organism that rotates like a wheel. According to Hochberg…
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Professor Emeritus Michael E. Jones holds the official Olympic triathlon poster he painted for this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo. Since he first dipped a toe in the water of Olympic competition in…, Q: You had your own brush with Olympic competition, trying out for the 1972 U.S. swim team alongside Mark Spitz. You have remained actively involved with the Olympics ever since. What do the Olympic…, , A:, Asking about the meaning of the Olympics reminds me of a recent headline in The New York Times. It read something to the effect that in the midst of a pandemic, human rights challenges, an…, Q: How did you end up doing work for the Olympic teams?, , A: , In the 1980s, I served as regional counsel for USA Swimming. At the Olympic trials in 1988, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) decided to officially test athletes for…, Q: We hear you are currently working for the Olympics as an appeals judge. What’s involved in that? , , A:, Earlier this year, I was named to the eight-person World Triathlon Tribunal. It is a select group of lawyers and judges from around the world whose task is to adjudicate legal and ethical multisport…, Q: What are your favorite Olympic moments, and why? , , A:, In Tokyo, freestyle swimmer Caeleb Dressel finally won Olympic gold in an individual event. Caeleb’s sprint coach at the University of Florida (Steve Jungbluth) is a guy I coached as a young swimmer…, Q: Mental health is a huge subject in sports right now. Simone Biles exited an Olympic event citing a mental health issue, Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to address her mental health and…, , A:, A complex societal issue has jumped to the top of the Olympic conversation because of Simone Biles’ decision to listen to her head and body and publicly say, “It’s OK not to feel OK.” And there’s…
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Associate Professor Dr. Hua Fang (Computer & Information Science) was recently awarded $2,735,127 as part of a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant (R01). Dr.…, Dr. Fang, . Dr. Fang’s research project has twin goals. First, Dr. Fang and her team aim to understand human food intake behavior and related health risks better which is critical for important societal goals…, Ramprasad Balasubramanian, PhD, Vice Provost for Research & Academic Affairs, . “Dr. Fang and her team’s research of how diets influence other processes within the body is remarkable, and I have no doubt their results will further our understanding of this important issue.”…
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Emily Dillan (2L student) Second-year UMass Law student was recently chosen as the Law Student Division Liaison to the national American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual…, Dillan, . As a Law Student Division Liaison, Dillan will become a voting member of the Law Student Division Assembly, which helps craft policy for the Division. Through her work with the Commission, Dillan…
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