Lauren Bowen Assistant Professor of English Lauren Bowen has been named UMass Boston’s recipient of the 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching. The Manning Prize, established by UMass Lowell…
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Peregrine falcon chick AMHERST, Mass. – Under the hot, midday sun, state wildlife experts recently ascended to the top of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library to band four peregrine falcon chicks, marking the…
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Students smile during 2021 UMass Dartmouth commencement ceremony UMass Dartmouth held four Commencement ceremonies to honor the accomplishments of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 during Commencement…, Interim Chancellor Mark A. Fuller, . “You’ll always be the classes whose educational journey took an unexpected detour because of the global pandemic, but you made it to graduation anyway. This was uncharted territory for all of us,…, Kristine C. Goodwin, (J.D. ’20) of Boston, Massachusetts told her fellow law graduates “This commencement ceremony represents our voluntary commitment to knowingly apply the lessons we learned in law school—to use them…, Kevin Joseph Burchill, (J.D. ’21) of West Tisbury, Massachusetts said “We have endured alone and at six feet. We have pursued our dreams amidst insurmountable odds. And despite it all, we find ourselves here today.” The…, Mary Ellen Loomis, of Little Compton, Rhode Island who earned a triple Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems, Operation Management, and Accounting from UMass Dartmouth. Loomis told her peers that “…, Maria Valentina Roa, who was born and raised in Colombia before coming to UMass Dartmouth to earn both her Bachelor’s in Business Management and Leadership, and a Master of Business Administration in Business Analytics…, LaToya Rene Robertson, of North Carolina who earned a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies told her classmates “You are a dream realized. Protect and honor yourself. Respect yourself. Create and manage…, UMass President Marty Meehan, and , UMass Trustee Stephen Karam, as well as representatives of the Alumni Association welcoming the Classes of 2020 and 2021. The University expects to confer nearly 1,800 undergraduate and graduate students to the Class of 2020…
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Juneteenth Celebration graphic This year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the UMass system will officially celebrate Juneteenth for the first time. Join members of the UMass Dartmouth and…
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Nikolaus Grigorieff, PhD, and Bronwyn Lucas, PhD, have received a $1.3 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to develop new computational and data collection tools for locating…
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The principal investigator of an ongoing clinical trial of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 mRNA vaccine said UMass Medical School intends to start enrolling by the end of June approximately 100…
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David Julian McClements Distinguished Professor of food science David Julian McClements served on the National Academy of Sciences Planning Committee for a workshop on building a more sustainable…
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The University of Massachusetts Office of the President and UMass Amherst Institute of Diversity Sciences , in partnership with the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center and the Massachusetts Business…, UMass President Marty Meehan, . “We are proud to sponsor these summits, which will bring together leaders from education, civic, and corporate sectors to learn from each other and advance diversity, equity and inclusion.” More…, UMass System Chancellor of Academic Programs/Senior Vice President of Economic Development Katherine Newman, began the NEXT Summits at the height of the pandemic to “get our world back on track” and accelerate the post-pandemic economic recovery in Massachusetts. The six previous NEXT events informed a…, ., UMass recently announced that its research expenditures had reached an all-time high of $687 million in FY20 , again making it the third-largest research university in Massachusetts and the fourth…
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Worcester Commons, the newest dining hall on campus, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Exterior of…
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Sabahat Rahman, SOM ’23, didn’t know the word for inequity when she was growing up, splitting time with her mom in California and her dad in Bangladesh, but she knew what it looked like. “It just did…
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