Professor Emeritus Michael E. Jones holds the official Olympic triathlon poster he painted for this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo. Since he first dipped a toe in the water of Olympic competition in…, Q: You had your own brush with Olympic competition, trying out for the 1972 U.S. swim team alongside Mark Spitz. You have remained actively involved with the Olympics ever since. What do the Olympic…, , A:, Asking about the meaning of the Olympics reminds me of a recent headline in The New York Times. It read something to the effect that in the midst of a pandemic, human rights challenges, an…, Q: How did you end up doing work for the Olympic teams?, , A: , In the 1980s, I served as regional counsel for USA Swimming. At the Olympic trials in 1988, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) decided to officially test athletes for…, Q: We hear you are currently working for the Olympics as an appeals judge. What’s involved in that? , , A:, Earlier this year, I was named to the eight-person World Triathlon Tribunal. It is a select group of lawyers and judges from around the world whose task is to adjudicate legal and ethical multisport…, Q: What are your favorite Olympic moments, and why? , , A:, In Tokyo, freestyle swimmer Caeleb Dressel finally won Olympic gold in an individual event. Caeleb’s sprint coach at the University of Florida (Steve Jungbluth) is a guy I coached as a young swimmer…, Q: Mental health is a huge subject in sports right now. Simone Biles exited an Olympic event citing a mental health issue, Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to address her mental health and…, , A:, A complex societal issue has jumped to the top of the Olympic conversation because of Simone Biles’ decision to listen to her head and body and publicly say, “It’s OK not to feel OK.” And there’s…
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Associate Professor Dr. Hua Fang (Computer & Information Science) was recently awarded $2,735,127 as part of a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant (R01). Dr.…, Dr. Fang, . Dr. Fang’s research project has twin goals. First, Dr. Fang and her team aim to understand human food intake behavior and related health risks better which is critical for important societal goals…, Ramprasad Balasubramanian, PhD, Vice Provost for Research & Academic Affairs, . “Dr. Fang and her team’s research of how diets influence other processes within the body is remarkable, and I have no doubt their results will further our understanding of this important issue.”…
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Emily Dillan (2L student) Second-year UMass Law student was recently chosen as the Law Student Division Liaison to the national American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual…, Dillan, . As a Law Student Division Liaison, Dillan will become a voting member of the Law Student Division Assembly, which helps craft policy for the Division. Through her work with the Commission, Dillan…
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Interior Architecture + Design student work by Michael Moriconi The UMass Dartmouth Interior Architecture + Design program recently received re-accreditation from the Council for Interior Design…, Michael Goodman, Acting Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, . “Kudos to Dr. Rose Mary-Botti-Salitsky and her colleagues in the Interior Architecture + Design program whose hard work and commitment to professional excellence made this accomplishment possible…, Associate Professor Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, , Program Coordinator for Interior Architecture + Design. “The CIDA recognized the aspects of our program that set us apart. We provide a strong academic experience for our students who are sought…
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Neuroscience and behavior Ph.D. student Mélise Edwards and her advisor, Professor Agn è s Lacreuse , are among the 50 winners of this year’s Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study for dissertation…
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Cogongrass AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new study by ecologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst show that 1,330 nurseries, garden centers and online retailers are still offering hundreds…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Baker-Polito administration and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center recently announced that a team led by Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University of Massachusetts…
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"Warning Tick Habitat" sign hangs on a tree post Lyme disease has become an insidious epidemic in the United States. Caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, it can lead…, A vaccine’s cautionary tale, In 1998, the FDA approved a Lyme vaccine composed of protein antigens from the surface of the Lyme bacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi . A vaccine works by introducing proteins from the disease-causing…, A different approach, Unlike a vaccine, Lyme PrEP uses a single human antibody, or blood protein, to kill the bacteria in the tick’s gut while the tick drinks its victim’s blood, before the bacteria can get into the human…
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colorized, highly magnified view of a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 particles A team of researchers from UMass Lowell and Northeastern University is creating and testing a low-cost, automated wireless sensor…, Innovative Sensors and AI-Driven Data Analytics, The DiSenDa system relies on two sensing technologies: an acoustic sensor for wastewater detection and an electronic “nose” sensor for air detection. “Both sensors are patented and have shown high…
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Camden Hedrick, left, and Jayla Josey Maddie Emond, an incoming Computer-science landing page computer science major from Dracut, Massachusetts, signed up for the First to Launch Summer Program…, Grants Help RHSA Expand, First to Launch is just one way that the RHSA is expanding its services to first-generation college students, thanks to two $100,000 grants it has received in the past year from the Cummings…, Peer-to-peer Support , Peer leaders are a key part of the RHSA and First to Launch. On Tuesdays, the students in First to Launch meet one-on-one with their peer leaders. On Fridays, the peer leaders come up with an…
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