WORCESTER - The UMass Board of Trustees today endorsed a decision to divest direct investments in fossil fuels from the University's endowment. The Board of Directors of the UMass Foundation, a…
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WORCESTER - UMass President Marty Meehan today said that central office spending was reduced by about 4 percent during the current fiscal year as a result of personnel actions and adjustments to…, Efficiency & Effectiveness, Additionally, UMass has saved or will save $293 million as a result of ongoing projects meant to improve the way the university does business, in areas ranging from purchasing energy and office…
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BOSTON - A UMass trustee committee today decided to defer action on setting tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year until after the new state budget has been finalized, saying this approach will…
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BOSTON - The University of Massachusetts was responsible for $6.2 billion in economic activity in Massachusetts last year - a record high - and helped to support more than 43,000 jobs statewide,…, Marty Meehan, announced today. "UMass educates more students than any college or university in the Commonwealth and is one of the state's three largest research universities, but it also has a profound impact on…, Victor Woolridge,, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, said the report illustrates that "UMass truly is here for a reason, and that reason is to serve the entire Commonwealth. The importance of generating an…, Employment, Regular Faculty and Staff, External Jobs, Total, UMass Amherst, 5,393 8,743, 14,136, UMass Boston, 2,287 5,560, 7,847, UMass Dartmouth, 1,329 2,255, 3,584, UMass Lowell, 1,509 4,618, 6,127, UMass Medical School, 5,855 4,943, 10,798, UMass Central Administration, 404 750, 1,154, UMass System Total, 16,777, 26,870, 43,647, , Business community reaction, Business community leaders described UMass as a key economic asset for the state and its regions. "As the state's leading association of Massachusetts employers, we are impressed by the substantial…, Rick Lord,, President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Massachusetts. "The Mass. High Technology Council, Inc. enthusiastically supports the continued growth, development and influence of…, Christopher R. Anderson, . "This study demonstrates just how critical UMass Medical is to Central Massachusetts and its economy," said, Kevin O'Sullivan,, President and CEO of Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives, a private economic development corporation based in Worcester. "In just a matter of decades, UMass Medical has become the engine that…, Richard Sullivan,, President and CEO of the Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts. The economic-impact report and projection produced by the UMass Donahue Institute rely on the Impact Analysis for…, About the UMass Donahue Institute, The UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) is the public service outreach and economic development unit of the University of Massachusetts President's Office. Established in 1971, the UMDI coordinates multi-…
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BOSTON - Robert J. and Donna Manning, alumni and major supporters of the University of Massachusetts, have created the Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching to reward five outstanding UMass…
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BOSTON -- Citing the University's strong management team and operating performance, its conservative budgeting practices and other key factors, S&P Global has maintained UMass's AA- bond rating,…
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BOSTON - The University of Massachusetts today became the first major public university to divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels. The decision was made by a unanimous vote of the…, About the UMass Foundation, The UMass Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 1950 to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the University of Massachusetts, recently ranked as the No…
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We agree wholeheartedly with the Pioneer Institute's view that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has built a public research university that has taken its place alongside "some of the most…, Marty Meehan, President, University of Massachusetts,
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BOSTON - UMass President Marty Meehan said the Fiscal Year 2017 budget unveiled by the state Senate today would "keep pushing UMass forward, while at the same time aiding us in our quest to maintain…
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BOSTON - President Marty Meehan today announced $215,000 in funding for a program that over the past 13 years has seen UMass invest $2,355,000 in faculty R&D projects, leading to $15 million in…, Matthew Bell, Ph.D., Engineering Department, UMass Boston, "Practical Quantum Limited Amplifiers for Secure Communications and Quantum Information Processing" This team will prototype and commercialize a new type of low-noise amplifier to be used in a…, Sivappa Rasapalli, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UMass Dartmouth, "Developing Novel Antibiotics: Biomimetic Optimization of Marine Natural Product Inspired Leads for Dual Efflux pump-Biofilm Inhibition (DEBI)" This team at UMass Dartmouth has developed anti-…, Alfred Crosby, Ph.D., Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, UMass Amherst, "CR Diagnostics: Measuring In Vivo, Soft Tissue Mechanics" This technology, which involves the measurement of pressure in synthetic materials or biological tissue, in vivo, addresses a critical need…, Beth A. McCormick, Ph.D.; Regino Mercado-Lubo, MD, Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Medical School, "Development of SipA Adjuvant Chemotherapy Targeted to Multidrug Resistant Tumors" The technology will develop and utilize a bacterial pathogen to assist in cancer therapeutics, with the aim of…, Akshay Kokil, Ph.D.; Daniel Schmidt, Ph.D., Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, "Vinyl hydroxyl Ether Resins (VHER): A New Family of Resins" Vinyl hydroxyl ether resins are designed to display superior chemical and thermal resistance. Potential commercial applications include…, Joey Mead, Ph.D., Carol Barry D. Eng., Artee Panwar, Ph.D., Tehila Nahum, Ph.D. student, Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, (with Hanna Dodiuk and Samuel Kenig from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel) "Commercialization of Corrosion Resistant Coatings with Improved Durability" The team will develop…, Jie Song, Ph.D., Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, UMass Medical School, "Injectable temporary surgical adhesion barriers" This technology features injectable hydrogels with precisely controlled degradation over a broad timeframe to prevent scarring and internal tissue…, Gang Han, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, "The Development of Near-infrared Persistent Luminescence Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications" Han's lab has developed new bioluminescence-like nanoparticles. The successful development of these…, Alexey Tonyushkin, Ph.D., Physics Department, UMass Boston, "Novel Design of FFL-based Magnetic Particle Imaging Devices," $5,000 award Magnetic Particle Imaging or MPI is an emerging biomedical imaging that is more advanced than Magnetic Resonance Imaging (…, Kenneth Carter Ph.D. and Yinyong Li, Ph.D. student, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, UMass Amherst, "FogKicker," $10,000 award The FogKicker is a new, patent-pending anti-fog solution made from natural materials. The major raw material, nanocellulose, can be easily made from recycled materials such…
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