AMHERST, Mass. – The Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management graduate program - which includes an MS and an MBA/MS in sport management - has been ranked the number one postgraduate program…, About the Isenberg School of Management, The Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has New England’s top-ranked public business school undergraduate program, according to U.S. News & World Report.…, About the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management, The McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the few sport management programs housed within a business school (the nationally ranked Isenberg…
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Award Will Support Michael Scanlon’s Dissertation on Labor Relations and Conflict in the Kenyan Health System, Michael Scanlon, a PhD candidate in the McCormack Graduate School , has become the latest UMass Boston student to receive the prestigious Fulbright award . Scanlon is one of only a handful…, About UMass Boston, The University of Massachusetts Boston is deeply rooted in the city’s history, yet poised to address the challenges of the future. Recognized for innovative research, metropolitan Boston’s public…
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The Boston Globe recently asked, “What if you could play a video game that helps find a cure for cancer?” For , Assistant Professor Firas Khatib, (Computer & Information Science), the answer is hopeful. The Globe piece follows the recent publication of a paper co-authored by Khatib in Nature that details how their game Foldit has…
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Paul Hogan wrapped up his bachelor’s degree in link this for civil-environmental landing page civil engineering almost a month ago. But the Burlington, Mass., native still had one final remaining.…, Every Minute Counts, Hogan discovered his love for running back in grade school, when he would routinely win races in gym class. He also comes from an athletic family; his mom Marsha has run more than a dozen marathons.…, Bloodied but Unbowed, While many people think of running as an individual sport, Hogan savors the team aspect. One of his favorite moments was at last October’s America East Cross Country Championships, held on a rainy…
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LOWELL, Mass. - The risk of heart disease and death increases with the number of eggs an individual consumes, according to a UMass Lowell nutrition expert who has studied the issue. Research that…
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The UMass Medical School chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 24 School of Medicine students as members on May 30. The students were nominated by their classmates and mentors as…, Student inductees, Emily Berner Arnav Chandra Timothy Chang Lauren Colwell Hannah Duehren Andrew El-Hayek Jesse Feierabend-Peters Ato Howard Avina Joshi Kelly King Anna Klouda Kendra Lastowka Abraham Lin Patrick Lowe…, Resident inductees, Christopher Driscoll, MD Sharmila Jai Kumar, MD Christina Kunycky, MD Adriana Negrini, MD Sara-Grace Reynolds, MD Ashley Russo, MD , Faculty inductees, Diane Blake, MD Cezar Cimpeanu, MD Carolyn Keiper, MD Beverly Nazarian, MD
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The largest class in University of Massachusetts history graduated this commencement season. Some 18,000 turned their tassels. Nearly 12,000 will make their careers in this state. The majority earned…
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Seeing an opportunity to improve quality of care during her clinical residency at Worcester's Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, where many seeking care speak little or no English, newly…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vanderbilt University and Clark University have shed new light on the genomic foundation of the polar bear’s ecological…
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Chair and Professor of Engineering Greg Sun is a member of a multi-university research group selected by the U.S. Department of Defense to receive $7.5 million in funding to develop high quality…, “, Understanding and Breaking the Material Barriers of SiGeSn Alloys for Infrared Devices,” which includes researchers from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Arizona State University,…
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