AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of 140 nonprofits to receive grants through the Cummings Foundation $25 million Grant Program. UMass was chosen from among 590…, About UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts. With more than 31,000 students and over 200 distinct academic programs—including highly ranked programs in business, computer…, About Cummings Foundation, Woburn-based Cummings Foundation Inc. was established in 1986 by Joyce and Bill Cummings and has grown to be one of the three largest private foundations in New England. The foundation directly…
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Yinghui (Mark) He, a 2020 graduate from the UMass Amherst department of music and dance, earned second place honors in the 2021 National Student Auditions held last month by the National Association…
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Massachusetts Cadet Nurses received official recognition from Gov. Charlie Baker in a plaque ceremony at the State House in early July. members of Friends of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps WWII UMass…
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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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