The Massachusetts History Alliance honored Interim Dean of University Libraries Joanne Riley with the 2019 Bay State Legacy Award at its conference in Worcester on Monday. The award honors…
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Vice Chancellor for Athletics and Recreation, Special Projects and Programs Charlie Titus was inducted into the 2019 Bay State Games Hall of Fame earlier this week during a pre-game ceremony at…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named UMass Dartmouth as the "College/University Partner of the Year" for the 2018 national WasteWise awards. UMass Dartmouth’s Dining Services was…, Andrew Wheeler, said. "Our 2018 winners show that keeping valuable materials out of the trash is a win-win for their bottom lines and the environment." The UMass Dartmouth Dining Services team utilizes EPA's "Food…, Steven O'Riley, , Chartwells Dining, Resident District Manager at UMass Dartmouth. Nationwide, the efforts by UMASS Dartmouth and the other nine national awardees collectively prevented and diverted over 356,000…, Deborah Szaro, . "Sustainability-focused organizations help to increase awareness and knowledge about waste issues, and they provide a great example for other organizations to improve their practices and help…
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Space is a harsh and dangerous place. Aside from temperature extremes, high vacuum and bombardment of cosmic rays, space travelers also have to worry about extremely high-energy particles – dubbed “…, How Good Electrons Go Bad, Since the 1960s, scientists have known that during a severe geomagnetic storm, the solar wind – a continuous high-speed stream of charged particles from the sun – impacts and compresses the daytime…
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BOSTON — New technologies at Massachusetts research institutions could get closer to market thanks to $4,000 in award funding to three winners of the poster competition at the 12th annual…, Nele Van Dessel, Ernest Pharmaceuticals, A bacterial delivery platform for tumor-specific intracellular drug delivery. Technology licensed from UMass Amherst., Award: $2,500, Vera Hoffman, Reveal Pharmaceuticals, Gadolinium-free platform for general purpose and precision imaging (MRI). Technology licensed from Partners/MGH., Award: $1,000, Marcie Black, Advanced Silicon Group, Silicon nanowire biosensors for rapid, low-cost and multiplexed protein concentration measurements., Award: $500, About the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, MTTC accelerates research commercialization at Massachusetts public and private research institutions by connecting superior science and technology to an unmatched pool of business talent and capital…
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Public Health Sciences major Karianne Santiago Ruiz has been selected as a 2019-20 This is Public Health (TIPH) ambassador by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). TIPH…
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The University of Massachusetts School of Law at UMass Dartmouth begins its academic year today with 113 new students, a 21.5 percent increase over last year, bringing total enrollment of the…
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Amherst, Mass. – Kalpen Trivedi, associate provost and director of the International Programs Office at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a Presidential Fellowship by the…
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Two UMass Boston PhD candidates are among the 69 students who will have fellowships in Washington, D.C., in 2020 through the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program . Sean McNally and…
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Eighth grader Nate wants to talk about planets. But his teacher, a freshman in UMass Boston’s Honors College , is trying to get through a class activity about social awareness. She tells him that…
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