Dr. Lance Fiondella with graduate students. (Photographer: Kindra Clineff) Dr. Lance Fiondella, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the 2021 recipient of the College of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – By ensuring ethnic diversity in a largescale genetic study, an international team of researchers, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has…
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The College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) has announced its 2021 College Outstanding Teaching Award recipients, Milan Dragicevich and Pari Riahi. Dragicevich, professor in the department of…, Milan Dragicevich, Dragicevich, an actor and director, has been instructing and inspiring UMass Amherst students in numerous aspects of stage performance since 2004. His success comes from years of experience, a…, Pari Riahi, Riahi’s teaching inspiration began with one of her own academic mentors who she says expressed “sincere empathy for each and every student.” Using that approach in her architectural design studio and…
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UMass Dartmouth, along with partners Massasoit Community College and UMass School of Law, were awarded a $150,000 Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) grant from the Office of the Governor to…, Professor Viviane Saleh-Hanna, , , Principal Investigator on the grant, , and, Chairperson of Crime and Justice Studies Department at UMass Dartmouth, . “We are amid the largest social movement in the history of the United States. Needs and demands for true justice are not going away. The Transformative Justice Practitioner’s Certificate would…, Yolanda Dennis, chief diversity officer at Massasoit, . “This initiative aligns with the Massachusetts Equity Agenda and our commitment to social justice. It will create a new academic pathway and opportunities for our students while strengthening our…, Eric Mitnick, Dean at UMass Law, . “As the only public Law school in Massachusetts, our students and faculty seek opportunities to better their communities through the power of their legal education.” The Grant’s Program…
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AMHERST, Mass. – New developments in recreational fishing technology—from the use of aerial drones and social media scouting reports to advances in hook design—are creating challenges for fisheries…
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Carly McCann AMHERST, Mass. – Following an analysis of all 26,656 pregnancy discrimination charges filed with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state Fair Employment…
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Preliminary data published this month from a surveillance project conducted at UMass Medical School, evaluating the effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, played a critical role…
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Construction of the new education and research building on the UMass Medical School main campus in Worcester goes underground this week, as crews begin excavation for the foundation of the structure…
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A new study co-authored by UMass Medical School preventive cardiology expert Lara Kovell, MD, finds that diets with lots of fruits and vegetables and not too much salt positively impact three markers…
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Photo of the world’s first atomic explosion on July 16, 1945, south of Alamogordo, New Mexico. A recent discovery by a research team that includes Kennedy College of Sciences Kennedy College of…, Code Name: Trinity, On July 16, 1945, the United States military detonated history’s first atomic bomb, a plutonium device dubbed “Gadget,” at a remote site in southern New Mexico. The mission, which was part of the top…, Blood-red Trinitite, The majority of trinitite is pale green in color, but the material that the team investigated has a rare, blood-red color due to copper that melted with the desert sand. The copper came from miles of…, The Expanding Field of Nuclear Forensics, “At UMass Lowell, my student researchers and I have been studying the Prof. Nelson Eby's research on trinitite glasses complex chemistry of the trinitite glasses and the distribution of radioactive…
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