Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Michelle Wu, , the first woman and person of color elected to lead the city of Boston as mayor, will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 54th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, 2022. The Class…, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, . “It is also fitting in that Mayor Wu shares with so many of our students the immigrant experience, the value of diversity, and the commitment to effect positive change in our society. We look…
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In the spring of 1950, a small doughnut shop in Quincy rebranded from Open Kettle to become Dunkin’ Donuts. Over the next seven decades, Dunkin’ has grown into a multibillion-dollar brand, with more…, Bonnie Miller, helped tell the story of how founder Bill Rosenberg turned Dunkin’ Donuts into one of the world's largest coffee and baked goods chains on a recent episode of The History Channel’s hit documentary…
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The University of Massachusetts has received a $330,000 grant from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation to support development of a pilot “early college” program that would provide high…, , However, more than 80 percent of Massachusetts high school students do not have access to an approved early college program, and few of those students live within reasonable travel distance to a…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said. “With the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy, we want to build on existing partnerships and build new ones to lower the barriers that are preventing too many young people from achieving their…, Katherine S. Newman, UMass System Chancellor for Academic Programs & Senior Vice President for Economic Development, said: “The creation of the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy is consistent with the University’s mission of providing broad access to the life-changing benefits provided by a college degree. We are…, Erika Giampietro, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Alliance for Early College, , said. “The Commonwealth Collegiate Academy can help make meaningful progress towards our goal of serving 45,000 students with high-quality Early College and ultimately closing a quarter of the…, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education Executive Director Ed Lambert, said. “The delivery of high-quality content in accelerated career themed pathways is something that the state's business leaders strongly support. Early College works and scaling up this evidence-…, , Support, tutoring, and advising will be provided by partner high school staff members working in close collaboration with UMass staff members. The program would be, rolled out over a four-year period, beginning as soon as fall 2022. The first phase of the pilot will include UMass Dartmouth and UMass Lowell, with UMass Amherst and UMass Boston joining the pilot…
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Among primates, including humans, hair is an important feature of diversity and evolution, serving functions tied to thermoregulation, protection, camouflage and signaling. However, the evolution of…
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New research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst into the life and times of a New England salt marsh fundamentally changes our understanding of how salt marshes acquire the sediment that…
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A yearlong collaboration between student activists and University of Massachusetts Amherst administration has led to the launch of easily accessible equity-minded and graphics-rich data dashboards…
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College of Engineering researchers Jinglei Ping , mechanical and industrial engineering, and Jun Yao , electrical and computer engineering, have received National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
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A research study by Professor Priyank Arora has won the 2022 People’s Choice Award at the recently concluded Early-career Sustainable Operations Workshop. At this workshop (organized by the Wharton…
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UMass Amherst students walk outside Marston Hall The University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering (COE) has received a $10 million gift from Jerome ’60 and Linda Paros aimed at…
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Gas prices listed on a Shell station sign With gas prices hitting record highs, drivers everywhere are reaching deeper into their pockets at the pump. The typical American household will spend $2,000…, Carpooling Carpooling :, Want to save money, help the environment AND get a premium parking space? UML’s On-Campus Carpool Program does all three. When two or more people share a car ride to campus, they’re not only…, Public Transit Public transit :, Did you know that you can ride any Lowell Regional Transit Authority ( LRTA homepage LRTA ) bus for free with your UCard? There are LRTA stops across campus, and buses run throughout greater Lowell…, Bicycling Bicycling :, Instead of hopping in your car to get across campus, why not use pedal power? Students, faculty and staff can check out a bicycle for free through the link this for Free Wheelers Location &…, Electric vehicles:, If your car runs on electricity instead of gas, you’re in luck: There are now Lowell Chargehub page 40 EV charging stations on campus, including 10 that came online in January at the reconfigured…
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