Secretary of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs Elizabeth Chen ’14 ’16, and Leslie Stevenson ‘16, the first African American member of the Norwood, Ohio City Council, engaged in a…
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The Chemistry Department and Division of Student Affairs have been awarded a $300,000 National Science Foundation grant for developing and investigating an asset-based supplemental course to…, Hannah Sevian, and Dean of Students and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs , John Silveria, , aims “to develop and study a novel asset-based supplemental course that leverages the students’ many strengths to help them succeed in general chemistry,” according to the award abstract. The…, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, . “It is a model of how students who are educated here are able to thrive because they can employ the many strengths they bring to their own and each other's education. I congratulate Professor…
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As part of Gov. Charlie Baker’s plan to begin statewide vaccinations to deter the spread of COVID-19, the University of Massachusetts Amherst will establish a vaccine clinic for Massachusetts first…, Vaccination Schedule, All eligible individuals must register in advance for the two-dose vaccine at www.umass.edu/coronavirus/vaccine ., First Dose Schedule, Monday, Jan. 11, 2-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Second Dose Schedule, Monday, Feb. 8, 2-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. As determined by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, this is the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Plans were recently announced for a film adaptation of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous,” the best-selling debut novel by Ocean Vuong, associate professor at the University of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – In a new study of tidal marsh resilience to sea level rise, geologist and first author Brian Yellen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues observed that Hudson…
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AMHERST, Mass. – For the first time, UMass Amherst has earned recognition in Princeton Review’ s annual selection of Best Graduate Entrepreneurship Programs . In the publication’s 2021 list, the…
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While the COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers across the country to adapt to remote learning environments, the UTeach Boston STEM teacher education program at UMass Boston is preparing future…
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UMass Boston Professors of Psychology Zsuzsa Kaldy and Erik Blaser were awarded a three-year, $457,061 R15 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support their work studying the role…
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Nicole Bajdek ’20 has received the 2020 Student Investigator Masters Award from The New England Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (NEACSM) for her research comparing blood pressure…, “, We found that African American women had higher recovery blood pressure following intense bouts of shorter duration exercise, which is consistent with their greater cardiovascular risk. We also found…
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An artificial intelligence model for computer-aided reading of mammograms may improve the detection of breast cancer, according to a study co-authored by UMass Medical School breast imaging expert…
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