Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito welcomed head coach Greg Carvel, members of the National Champion Massachusetts hockey team and UMass administration to the State House on Tuesday,…, See more on the event on Twitter, .
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AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences . He joins a distinguished roster…, Founded by American Revolutionary Leaders, The academy was founded by American Revolutionary era leaders who believed the new republic should honor exceptionally accomplished individuals and engage them in advancing the public good. The…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Distinguished Professor of Economics Léonce Ndikumana, considered by many to be one of the best-known and most widely respected African macroeconomists of his generation, has been…, A Foremost Researcher on Capital Flight from Africa, Ndikumana is one of the world’s foremost researchers on the critical problem of capital flight from African countries. Capital flight, the unrecorded outflow of capital from countries, is not only a…, International Expertise, Ndikumana also has served as chief of macroeconomic analysis at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa and director of the Department of Economic Research at the African…
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AMHERST Mass. – Scientists have long sought to invent materials that can respond to the external world in predictable, self-regulating ways. Now, new research conducted at the University of…
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Bridge designed by UMass Amherst students. A team of six UMass Amherst students advised by Kara Peterman, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, recently placed in the top nine…
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The UMass Amherst Libraries are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Undergraduate Sustainability Award. “Goddess of Earth” by Sruthi Tanikella The 2021 Undergraduate Sustainability Award is…
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Woman smiles and points at band aid on arm where she just received a vaccination If someone gets a headache or feels a bit under the weather after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s become common to…, What does your body do when you get a vaccine?, Your immune system responds to the foreign molecules that make up any vaccine via two different systems. The initial response is due to what’s called the innate immune response . This system is…, What are side effects, anyway?, Side effects are normal responses to the injection of a foreign substance. They include things like fever, muscle pain and discomfort at the injection site, and are mediated by the innate immune…, What component in the shot causes side effects?, The only “active ingredient” in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is the mRNA instructions that tell the recipient’s cells to build a viral protein. But the shots have other components that help…, If I feel sick after my shot, does that signal strong immunity?, Scientists haven’t identified any relationship between the initial inflammatory reaction and the long-term response that leads to protection. There’s no scientific proof that someone with more…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed many things about how health care is delivered. Indeed, it has produced many innovations that show significant promise. David Cave, MD, PhD Gastroenterology…
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An interprofessional team of Graduate School of Nursing and School of Medicine students and faculty have been working remotely this year to address social determinants of health in the Dominican…
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Students line up outside University Suites for panini sandwiches from After Hours, a pop-up stand run by business students in the Internship for Entrepreneurship course. Alec Itzaina and Madhav…
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