Lawrence Stern, PhD, (center) and members of his lab, Aniuska Becerra-Artiles (right) and J. Mauricio Calvo-Calle, PhD, (left) A new paper from the laboratory of Lawrence Stern, PhD, indicates that…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) recently announced that a team led by UMass Extension professor Dwayne Breger at the University…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has received a $2.44 million, five-year grant renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue…
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President Marty Meehan delivers keynote speech at EduVentures Summit BOSTON –, UMass President Marty Meehan, delivered a keynote address today at EduVentures Summit 2022, joining 500 senior leaders from 400 colleges and universities across the country to discuss higher education’s challenges and…, Brandon Fleming,, the Assistant Debate Coach at Harvard University and the Founder/CEO of the Harvard Diversity Project, and, Allan Golston, , President of the U.S. Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, were among the luminaries who gave keynote speeches as part of the three-day conference. Today’s program wrapped up with an…, Jon Meacham, and, Doris Kearns Goodwin, , moderated by, Richard Garrett,, Eduventures Chief Research Officer, Encoura. ###
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Education associate professor Jack Schneider Education landing page Education Assoc. Prof. Jack Schneider faculty page Jack Schneider says test scores are a poor measure of school quality and…
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A pile of colorful buttons made by members of UMass Chan community The Diversity and Inclusion Office led the UMass Chan Medical School community in a virtual celebration of Black joy through art and…
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Rajani S. Sadasivam, PhD How can smokers who aren’t yet ready to quit be motivated to do so? According to a study co-authored by UMass Chan Medical School researchers, smokers in a randomized…
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Joan Vitello-Cicciu, PhD, is congratulated by Chancellor Michael F. Collins UMass Chan Medical School celebrated in a special investiture ceremony on June 22 the $5 million gift of UMass Lowell…, Joan M. Vitello-Cicciu, , PhD, professor of nursing and dean of the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing, was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Nursing . “As the nursing profession rapidly…, Mary Ellen Lane, PhD, , professor of neurobiology and dean of the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, who was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Biomedical Sciences . Upon…, Michael P. Stauff, MD, , associate professor of orthopedics & physical rehabilitation and vice chair for clinical practice in the Department of Orthopedics & Physical Rehabilitation, as he was invested as the…, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, MD, MPH, , chair and professor of obstetrics & gynecology and professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and population & quantitative health sciences, was invested as the inaugural Donna M. and Robert J.…, Robert H. Brown Jr., DPhil, MD, , professor of neurology and director of the Neurotherapeutics Institute, was lauded by Collins as a “beacon of hope to ALS patients and families around the world,” as he was invested as the…
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Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD Violeta Durán Laforet, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology, has been awarded two fellowships totaling $375,000 to…
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Hands hold up LGBTQIA+ rainbow flags UMass Chan Medical School will recognize Pride Month with events on June 28 and 29 that focus on the experiences of LGBTQ families as they navigate the health…
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