From left to right: Professors Pratima Prasad, Mark Warren and Laurel Wainwright UMass Boston Chancellor , Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, has announced this year’s winners of the Chancellor's Awards for Distinguished Scholarship, Teaching, and Service. Each year the university celebrates the excellence of its faculty by recognizing…, Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Professor , Mark Warren, , Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs, , , has made a significant impact on crucial issues for disadvantaged communities across the nation. In addition to his teaching, Professor Warren has dedicated his career to community engagement, racial…, Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching, With 36 years at UMass Boston, Professor of Psychology , Laurel Wainwright, has been a stellar example of providing accessible, engaging, and compassionate education with a student-centered teaching perspective. As a psychology professor, she has taught more than 14 courses…, Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Service, In addition to her responsibilities as an associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and an associate professor of French, , Pratima Prasad , has developed a plethora of student success initiatives to capture the best of UMass Boston’s community over the years. Her vigorous work to strengthen her field of scholarship by increasing the…
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MG Xiong sits on top of UMass Boston sign, MG Xiong, , originally from Anchorage, Alaska, came to Boston because of its higher education offerings, has been named the Class of 2022 John F. Kennedy Award winner, the highest honor bestowed on a…, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, congratulated Xiong for their “extraordinary achievements at UMass Boston.” Xiong will graduate from UMass Boston on May 27, 2022 with a B.A. in Philosophy and Public Policy and minors in Spanish…
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Students from Mill City Consulting, a venture created in their Internship in Entrepreneurship course, share their ideas to attract more students with Cobblestones owner Scott Plath, left, during a…
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The Provost’s Office has selected two faculty winners for the 2022 Distinguished Community Engagement Awards., Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, , associate professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, and , Erika Zekos, , senior lecturer and undergraduate program director in the Department of Agriculture, were honored in the research and teaching categories, respectively. The award comes with a $1,000 monetary prize…
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The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) honored a group of over 50 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration held on April 30 in Old Chapel. Award…, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship, Delvin Attafah, Kinesiology William A. Darity Sr. Graduate Scholarship Thupten Phuntsog, Health Promotion and Policy, Global Health Impact Endowment, Abosede Sarah Alli, Environmental Health Sciences, Kozma-Littleton Family Fund Scholarship, Kate Salvo, Communication Disorders Elizabeth Woolrich Scholarship Gabriella Farinha, Communication Disorders, The Yablonski Fellowship Fund, Stevaughn Smith, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, David Hosmer Outstanding First-Year Student Award, Anne Nelson Kiel McGowan Kevin Sassaman, David Hosmer Outstanding Second-year Student Award, Kate Wallace, Diane J. Mundt Memorial Scholarship, Gabriela Vieyra, Department of Communication Disorders, Henry B. Peirce Service Award, Julia Toto Miriam P. Romo Award Lucia Garcia Hannah Sweeney, Harry and Charlena Seymour Scholarship for Diversity, Gabriella Farinha Brianna Chevalier Sumayah Mohamed, Kimberly Ann Soucy Scholarship, Kimberlee Moïse, Gilbert C. Tolhurst Senior Scientist Award, Lisa Ramanauskas, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Elaine Briggs Internship Fund, Marjorie Pereira Marin, Corinne A. Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Joshua Mogus, The Stewart Fellowship, Olatunbosun Arowolo, Department of Kinesiology, American Kinesiology Association Graduate Masters Scholar Award, Zoe Smith, American Kinesiology Association Undergraduate Scholar Award, Allison Ladd, Priscilla M. Clarkson Graduate Scholarship in Kinesiology, Robert Marcotte Mike Woodward, Patty Freedson Undergraduate Health and Wellness Scholarship, Kaitlin Kean Meghan Maratea, Timothy Moynahan Award, Tyler DiPalma, Frank Rife Undergraduate Scholarship in Kinesiology, Natalie Habib, The Rouzier Family Pre-Health Professional Scholarship, Delvin Attafah Justin Sanchez, John R. Schroeder Scholarship Fund, Shih-Ting Kao, Eric Sinacori Memorial Scholarship, Ifeoma Onyenwe, Esther Wallace Scholarship, Nibitanga Evelyne Maria Fabiano Department of Nutrition Virginia A. Beal Undergraduate Scholarship Adonis Ponciano, Virginia A. Beal Graduate Scholarship, Abigail Boatemaa Ivy Johnson-Kanda Vi Vien Khoo Grace Mooshian Ying Tang, Department of Nutrition Scholarship, Shanazi Jackson, Helen S. Mitchell Undergraduate Scholarship, Sharon Bonsu Kaylyn Carlucci Angela Hinck, Helen S. Mitchell Graduate Scholarship, Celine Delaronde Corinne Epstein, Peter L. Pellett Scholarship, Rong Fan, Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter Inductees, Kathleen L. Szegda (Alumni) Heather A. Wemhoener (Alumni) Monika A. Roy (Alumni) Lorraine Cordeiro (Faculty) Justin Cuomo Ayala (Graduate student) Benjamin Eovaldi (Graduate student) Tiarra Fisher (…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Driven by technological, societal and political change, renewable energy technologies are progressively replacing fossil fuels. Under an expectation that governments will fulfill…
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UMass ADVANCE is pleased to announce the inaugural faculty teams to win the ADVANCE Equitable Practices in Collaboration and Shared Decision-Making (EPiC-SD) Award . Research shows that when all…, Inaugural Winners of the EPiC-SD Award are:, CNS Lecturer's Council , provides a forum for Lecturers in CNS to share ideas and support one another. During the academic year, the Council meets periodically to discuss concerns and strategize about solutions and best…, Catherine Benincasa, , Mathematics and Statistics, Erika Hamilton, , Microbiology, Amy Springer, , Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cassandra Uricchio, , Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Katie Beltaire, , Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Kari Loomis, , Biology, Lena Fletcher, , Environmental Conservation, Lori Astheimer Best, , Psychological and Brain Sciences, Shubha Tewari, , Physics, Sraven Surampudi, , Chemistry, Weiguo Hu, , Polymer Science and Engineering, Peiyi Shen, , Food Science, Holyoke Public Schools Ethnic Studies Program Research-Practice Partnership , is a multiracial and mutilingual research team conducting a community engaged ethnography on implementing Ethnic Studies in K-12 settings. They provide faculty and teacher-led professional…, Dana Altshuler, , Holyoke High School, Keisha L. Green, , Teacher Education and School Improvement , Kysa Nygreen, , Teacher Education and School Improvement, Laura Valdiviezo, , Teacher Education and School Improvement, Library Research Services Department , consists of nine MSP librarians and a department head. They are familiar faces around campus at student presentations, colleagues’ lectures, and public events. Bringing highly interdisciplinary…, Madeleine Charney, , Library, Lisa DiValentino, , Library, Isabel Espinal, , Library, Cai Fischetto, , Library, Kate Freedman, , Library, Jennifer Friedman, , Library, Dave Mac Court, , Library, Steve McGinty, , Library, Alison Messier, , Library, Maria Rios, , Library, MSP Bargaining Team , is responsible for negotiating the collective bargaining agreement representing 1,720 faculty members and librarians at UMass Amherst. They meet with MSP members to set priorities, evaluate data,…, Jacquie Kurland, , Communication Disorders, Marc Liberatore, , Computer Science, Asha Nadkarni, , English, Eve Weinbaum, , Sociology, K Zdepski, , Library Administrative Services
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For its efforts to support faculty during the pandemic, UMass Amherst has been awarded second place in the STEM Faculty category of the National Science Foundation’s Taking Action: COVID-19…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Ela Gezen, associate professor of German and director of German and Scandinavian Studies, has been named a 2022-23 Berlin Prize fellow by the American Academy in Berlin. UMass…
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