Biologics to modulate the migration and activation of specific innate immune cells, called neutrophils, discovered in the lab of Beth McCormick, PhD, at UMass Medical School, have been licensed by…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, UMass Medical School researchers explain why cannabis may relieve intestinal inflammation UMMS researchers make ‘startling’ discovery that a Salmonella protein reduces drug resistance in tumors Beth …
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Gang Han, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, received seed funding from the UMass Technology Development Fund to exploring a new, safer, biogenic class of MRI contrast…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, Gang Han optogenetic research named a top paper of 2019 by Cell UMMS scientists develop technology to give night vision to mammals Gang Han, colleagues develop tumor-targeting MRI contrast based on…
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Rising second-year School of Medicine student Emily Chin has produced nearly 200 plastic face shields for health care workers, a labor of love inspired by her late grandmother, Yuk Yip Wu, who died…
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A COVID-19 risk prediction tool developed at UMass Medical School and deployed at the DCU Field Hospital helped UMass Memorial Health Care hospitals manage the COVID-19 surge in Worcester. The…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, NIH invests in rapid innovation and development for COVID-19 testing Startup incubator aims to spur life-saving innovations LISTEN: How digital devices play a role in screening patients for disease…
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The secret to making an authentic Spanish tortilla – a sort of omelet stuffed with fried potatoes and onions – is in the flip. Honors landing page Honors College Visiting Prof. Zabalbeascoa-Julian…
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How does a person become a scholar of change in the Middle East? Judging by the career path of Asst. Prof. Williams-Elizabeth Elizabeth Williams , the History landing page History Department ’s…
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Armed with a prestigious Burkhardt Fellowship, Assoc. Prof. of art-history-intro Art History Swenson-Kirsten Kirsten Swenson will spend the 2021-2022 school year researching and writing about a…, “, Public Works: Land Art and Urban Redevelopment.” Swenson will explore urban land use and parks designed by artists as “public earthworks,” such as Danehy Park in Cambridge, Mass., a 55-acre former…
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In a recent essay, David Moloney ’15 recalls being pepper-sprayed in the face on his last day of training for a job as a correctional officer at the largest county jail in New Hampshire. It was part…, Q: How did your jobs, first at Tewksbury Hospital working with the mentally ill and then at the Hillsborough County jail, affect you, and why did you quit to return to school?, A:, I quit at the mental hospital because I was starting to go a little crazy myself. I sat on the couch for three or four months feeling sorry for myself until my (future) wife said, “Get a job, or…, Q: What did you learn from Andre Dubus that has influenced your writing and teaching?, A:, Andre made me really focus on characters. He always said, “You can have an idea for a story, but if a character tells you, ‘No, that’s not my story – this is my story,’ you have to listen to the…, Q: How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your book launch and teaching?, A:, It’s been probably the worst time in recent history, other than right after 9/11, to release a book. I had 15 readings at bookstores, literary festivals, UMass Lowell and Brown University scheduled…, Q: How did you get involved with Changing Lives Through Literature?, A:, Jean Trounstine was one of my first professors at Middlesex, and we became very close because of our experience in corrections. She had worked for years inside the state women’s prison in Framingham…, Q: What are you writing now?, A:, I just finished the draft of a new book of short stories that all take place along the Merrimack River. None of the characters in the stories overlap. The stories are linked through setting: They…
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced that UMass Dartmouth doctoral student Akira Harper was awarded a 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. A STEM Education student, Harper’s…
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A data brief from the Public Policy Center at UMass Dartmouth (PPC) shows that the SouthCoast region is more reliant on essential frontline workers as compared to the rest of Massachusetts. These…, Michael McCarthy, ,, Senior Research Associate, at the PPC, says, “Much of our past work at the Public Policy Center has demonstrated the inequity and high levels of poverty in our region relative to the state, and this is no exception. As we…, David Borges, PPC Director of Research, . “Compiling and analyzing the data is just one part of this effort; increasing awareness on the part of all residents and developing plans of action to address these disparities is the ultimate goal…
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