Mireli Fino, MBA As the nation’s only nonprofit FDA-licensed manufacturer of vaccines and biologics, MassBiologics is a special part of UMass Medical School, one with unique potential to improve the…
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Summer is coming. Roughly one-half of the United States population is vaccinated against COVID-19. Many are itching to venture out from their 14-month global pandemic hibernation to travel and visit…
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Joseph Sheedy Joseph Sheedy was in love with learning. He never passed up an opportunity to figure out another piece of the world. Sometimes, he took folks with him, ready or not. Alison Sheedy…
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Photo of the world’s first atomic explosion on July 16, 1945, south of Alamogordo, New Mexico. A recent discovery by a research team that includes Kennedy College of Sciences Kennedy College of…, Code Name: Trinity, On July 16, 1945, the United States military detonated history’s first atomic bomb, a plutonium device dubbed “Gadget,” at a remote site in southern New Mexico. The mission, which was part of the top…, Blood-red Trinitite, The majority of trinitite is pale green in color, but the material that the team investigated has a rare, blood-red color due to copper that melted with the desert sand. The copper came from miles of…, The Expanding Field of Nuclear Forensics, “At UMass Lowell, my student researchers and I have been studying the Prof. Nelson Eby's research on trinitite glasses complex chemistry of the trinitite glasses and the distribution of radioactive…
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Several of the "Untold Lowell Stories" are about members of the Lew family, who lived in this home at 89 Mt. Hope Street that was built in 1846 by Adrastus and Elizabeth Lew. Born a slave on a…
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GenCyber graphic Eighty high school students from across New England and New York will get a chance to learn about cybersecurity during a free, two-week virtual camp this summer. The GenCyber…, A Virtual Cloud Platform, “This is the first GenCyber camp ever in Massachusetts,” Fu notes. “Only basic computer use is expected from the students. Knowledge of programming and cybersecurity is not required.” He says the…
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Completing a graduate nursing degree is a great challenge and a great achievement – especially during a once-in-a-century pandemic. The Graduate School of Nursing Class of 2021 celebrated its…, Chancellor’s Award, Brittany Carney, GSN Dean’s Award, Hannah Mills, Commencement Speaker Recognition, Heather Lovelace, Carol Bova Scholarship, William Mar, Lillian Goodman Scholarship, Samantha Turner, Annie Vigeant Award, Everlyne Njoroge Jaya Rawla, Paulette Seymour-Route Scholarship, Rachel Niemiec Singer Lauri Toohey, Suzanne T. and John F. Sullivan Scholarship, Amanda Hazeltine, Mary K Alexander Academic Achievement & Leadership Award, Rachelle Archard, Janet Fraser Hale Academic Achievement and Leadership Award, Sarah Lake, Mary Kinnear Raymond Award, Henry Ellis, Lucie D. Russell Briefcase Award, Adult Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Elisha Lico Family Nurse Practitioner: Sophal Sok Adult/Gerontology-Primary Care Nurse Practitioner: Yasinca Monzon Cabrera, Outstanding NP student in Critical Care Award, Rachel Burke, Jane McCue Magner Award, Jeff Robichaud, GSN Interprofessional Community Service Award, Vaccine Corps: Michael Hirsh, MD Christopher Lee Adjei Badu Allison Carlson Karina Michaela DelMundo Chikodiri Ebe Kendra Engfer Emily Everett Madeline Lane Paige Laperle Jacqueline Mbugua Monica…, GSN Community Partnership Award, Baystate Health: Andrew Artenstein, MD Kevin Hinchey, MD Betty LaRue, RN Nancy Ocasio Christine Klucznik, DNP Hadley Byrne Paula Brooks, DNP, Nancy & Walter Kowal Scholarship, Aisling Ryan, Ciborowski Family Scholarship, Grace Schierberl, Faculty Daisy Award, Jill Terrien, PhD, Janet Fraser Hale Humanism in Health Care Scholarship/Award, Timothy Winn (presented at 2021 Educational Recognition Awards)
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The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognized student scientists for academic achievement, mentoring, service and scholarship during a hybrid awards ceremony on Thursday, June 3. A new award…, Chancellor’s Award, Heather Loring Insights into the Role of SARM1 in Pathological Neuron Death Paul Thompson, PhD, and Celia Schiffer, PhD, mentors, Dean’s Awards for Outstanding Thesis Research, Zachary Milstone Histone Deacetylase 1 and 2 are Essential for Early Cardiac Development Chinmay Trivedi, MD, PhD, mentor Erica Mondo Investigating Microglia-vascular Interactions in the Developing…, Class Speaker, Sumeet Nayak Sharon Cantor, PhD, mentor, GSBC Career Development Awards, Peren Coskun Sean Ryder, PhD, mentor Nandhitha Uma Naresh Cole Haynes, PhD, mentor, Riccio Travel Awards, Revati Darp Craig Ceol, PhD, mentor Mehmet Hakan Guney Jeremy Luban, MD, mentor Xue “Shirley” Li Elinor Karlsson, PhD, mentor, Godkin Award, Apurv Soni Jeroan Allison, MD, mentor, 29 Who Shine, Apurv Soni Jeroan Allison, MD, mentor, Alpha Omega Alpha, Asia Matthew-Onabanjo Leslie Shaw, PhD, mentor, Zurier Awards, Aurian Garcia González Marian Walhout, PhD, mentor Barry Kriegsman Kenneth Rock, MD, mentor, Dean’s Award for Outstanding Mid-Thesis Research, Mariana Noto Guillen Amir Mitchell, PhD, mentor Nicholas Peterson Read Pukkila-Worley, MD, mentor I-Hao Wang Paul Greer, PhD, mentor, Outstanding Student Mentor in the Classroom or Research Setting Award, Daniel Hidalgo Merav Socolovsky, MD, PhD, mentor Daniel Mott Samuel Behar, MD, PhD, mentor, Student Community Service Leadership Award, Daniel Hidalgo Merav Socolovsky, MD, PhD, mentor, Student JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) Leadership Award, Diversity Interest Group Brian Lewis, PhD, mentor
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Heather Loring When SARS-CoV-2 required lab activity at UMass Medical School to ramp down and initially send all but essential staff home on March 13, 2020, the experiments Heather Loring, a PhD…
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(Left to Right): LaToya Rene Robertson (’21), Kevin Joseph Burchill (J.D. ’21), Maria Valentina Roa (’21), Kristine C. Goodwin (J.D. ’20), and Mary Ellen Loomis (’20) UMass Dartmouth has announced…, Friday, June 11, 2021, Law 2020 & 2021 Ceremony – 8 a.m. arrival – 9 to 10:30 a.m. ceremony 2020 Ceremony (All undergraduate and graduate students) – 2 p.m. arrival – 3 to 4:30 p.m. ceremony., Saturday, June 12, 2021, 2021 Ceremony I (Charlton College of Business, College of Engineering, School for Marine Science & Technology) – 8 a.m. arrival – 9 to 10:30 a.m. ceremony 2021 Ceremony II (College of Arts &…, Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony, Mary Ellen Loomis, Mary Ellen Loomis (’20) of Little Compton, Rhode Island works as a subcontractor for the Department of Defense; specifically working with the United States Air Force and Space Force as a software…, UMass Law Class of 2020 and 2021 Commencement Ceremony, Kristine C. Goodwin (’20), Kristine C. Goodwin (J.D. ’20) has worked for over twenty years as a senior executive in higher education, most recently as a vice president for student affairs. Having passed the bar exam in October…, Kevin Joseph Burchill (’21), Kevin Joseph Burchill (J.D. ’21) is from West Tisbury, Massachusetts with deep family roots in New Bedford. Kevin went to Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, received a Bachelor of Arts from The…, Class of 2021 Ceremony I, Maria Valentina Roa, Maria Valentina Roa (’21) was born and raised in Colombia. During the past four years, Maria majored in Business Management and Leadership for her undergraduate degree and a Master of Business…, Class of 2021 Ceremony II, LaToya Rene Robertson, LaToya Rene Robertson (’21) is a North Carolina native with a passion for people and progress. During her time at UMass Dartmouth, she co-created the staple campus cultural event Unity Fest, was a…
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