NOAA recently announced its 2021-22 Sea Scallop Research Set-Aside Projects Selected. Recipients of the grants collaborate with the fishing industry to conduct research. According to the NOAA…, Project:, Continued Testing Into How Cutting Bar Modifications Can Reduce Bycatch and Increase Catch Efficiency in the Atlantic Sea Scallop Dredge Fishery, Institution:, National Fisheries Institute, Inc., Principal Investigators:, Geoffrey Cowles; Jason Morson and Eleanor Bochenek of Rutgers University; & Douglas Zemeckis of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Set-Aside Year/Award:, 2021/57,587 lb ($719,842) Dr. Kevin Stokesbury's projects:, Project:, Video Trawl Survey of Closed Area II, Institution:, UMass Dartmouth, Set-Aside Year/Award:, 2021/98,642 lb ($1,233,019), Project:, Broadscale Drop camera Survey of the Georges Bank Sea Scallop Resource, Institution:, UMass Dartmouth, Set-Aside Year/Award:, 2021/86,813 lb ($1,085,164); 2022/47,907 lb ($598,839)
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Assoc. Prof. Uy-Phitsamay Phitsamay Uy was the first refugee from Laos to receive tenure as a professor of education in the United States. And for years, she was the only one. Education Assoc. Prof…
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Public health major Jordan Lippincott and Health Sciences Assoc. Dean Nicole Champagne The day that Public Health page public health major Jordan Lippincott got an email asking for volunteers to…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and The Suder Foundation, has selected the University…, , “First-gen Forward is an exciting opportunity for the University of Massachusetts Amherst to join a dedicated community of professionals prepared to share evidence-based practices and resources,…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The award-winning UMass Dining has done it again – not only did it meet, but it exceeded, the 2020 Real Food Challenge (RFC) with a 29% commitment to budgeting dining on “Real Food…
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The entire University of Massachusetts community mourns the loss of Joseph D. Duffey, the distinguished former UMass Amherst chancellor and UMass president who fought for excellence in public higher…
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"On behalf of the 75,000 students, 18,000 faculty and staff, half million-plus alumni of the University of Massachusetts, we extend our gratitude to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation for its…
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BOSTON –, University of Massachusetts, President Marty Meehan, announced today that he would recommend that the university’s Board of Trustees freeze tuition for in-state undergraduates for the academic year beginning in September. If approved by the UMass Board…, UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Robert J. Manning, said, “President Meehan’s recommendation reflects his recognition that our students and their families have been dealing with significant financial hardship throughout this pandemic. The Board shares…
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry Niya Sa has been awarded the Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER award, from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to understand the interfacial challenges of…
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The Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston has awarded two research grants to project teams that will focus on groups that are often overlooked when evaluating the impacts of climate change.…, Rebecca Herst, , director of the Sustainable Solutions Lab. “We are thrilled to announce the grantees and eagerly anticipate seeing their projects come to fruition.” A grant for $40,000 was awarded to an…, Camille Curtis Martinez, , lecturer in communication, College of Liberal Arts; , José Martínez-Reyes, , associate professor of anthropology, College of Liberal Arts and School for the Environment; , C. Eduardo Siqueira, , associate professor of urban planning and community development, School for the Environment; and, Cedric Woods, , director of the Institute for New England Native American Studies, and director of the Critical Ethnic and Community Studies Program, College of Liberal Arts. “Indigenous peoples are both at the…, Ellen Douglas, , associate dean and professor of hydrology, School for the Environment; , Johnna Flahive, , graduate student, School for the Environment; and , Evan Stewart,, assistant professor of sociology, College of Liberal Arts. “To our knowledge, little research has been done to identify historical barriers to and future opportunities for involving transient…, About Sustainable Solutions Lab, The Sustainable Solutions Lab at UMass Boston is an applied research and action center working at the intersection of climate and equity. SSL’s mission is to understand the disproportionate impacts…
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