BOSTON – With early voting set to start tomorrow across Massachusetts, student leaders from all five UMass campuses gathered virtually at a voter engagement summit hosted by UMass President Marty…, UMass President Marty Meehan, commended the students for their leadership and dedication to this initiative. “One thing we know for sure is that young people are energized as never before and are providing vital leadership on…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst has again been recognized as one of the top 40 campuses in the country for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) students by…
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A new, $2 million grant from the NCI Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19 (SeroNet) is aimed at enhancing representation of Black and Hispanic people in SARS-CoV-2 immunology research through…
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Brian Lewis, PhD, professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, assistant vice provost of outreach and recruitment, and associate dean for diversity and prematriculation programs in the Graduate…
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Scientists know that individuals who accumulate fat around their belly are much more at risk of developing diabetes than those who have it in the lower body. A new four-year, $2 million grant will…
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An influential scientific journal’s list of top translational biotech researchers for 2019 includes Guangping Gao , PhD, the Penelope Booth Rockwell Professor in Biomedical Research , professor of…
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Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd., a company developing innovative gene therapies for neurological diseases, has announced it received rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA for AXO-AAV-GM1, an…
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A UMass Medical School researcher was recently awarded a $460,000, two-year grant from the National Institute on Aging to explore at the molecular level the connections between aging, health, and the…
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a team of researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering a three-year grant…, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Boilers and furnaces are used everywhere, from thermal power plants to residential heating systems. “They consume the most significant amount of energy,” Lu notes. “Therefore, optimizing the…
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As America’s streets filled with protests and its social conscience reignited following the killings of George Floyd and a long line of others earlier this year, organizers of the university’s …
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