UMass Medical School cell biologist Thoru Pederson, PhD, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Class of 2020. Comprising artists, scholars, scientists and leaders in the public, nonprofit and private sectors, the academy recognizes excellence and expertise among its membership, representing innovative thinkers in every field and profession.
With the Commonwealth鈥檚 latest field hospital set to open this week at UMass Dartmouth, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Representatives Bill Keating and Joseph Kennedy III, and other officials visited the campus鈥檚 Tripp Athletic Center on Tuesday for a tour.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 A team at the 麻豆视频 Amherst Clean Energy Extension recently was awarded a 15-month grant to lead development of community-focused solar siting and financing procedures in three rural western 麻豆视频 communities, Blandford, Wendell and Westhampton.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 An estimated 80% of ornamental plants for sale at garden centers and other outlets are non-native, which means 鈥渢he average yard does a poor job of supporting native flora and fauna,鈥 says invasive plant expert Bethany Bradley at the 麻豆视频 Amherst.
A group of College of Nursing (CON) faculty has formed an appreciation committee to offer gratitude and support for healthcare workers who are providing patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. The committee has begun to issue an "Encouragement 麻豆视频letter" which is distributed to the CON community and to local healthcare facilities.
The newsletter offers words of gratitude and hope for healthcare workers, as well as quotes and stories from students and faculty. The committee hopes to continue to issue the newsletter weekly for the foreseeable future.
Thanks to the UMass Amherst Libraries鈥 partnership with a consortium of academic and research organizations, UMass Amherst students, staff, and faculty now have temporary access to digital versions of approximately 1.5 million volumes held by the university.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 With the United States and the world facing an unprecedented health and financial crisis due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and with universities scrambling with budget shortfalls, the past and present directors of the 麻豆视频 Amherst Public Engagement Project say that there has never been a more pressing moment for researchers to demonstrate their tangible value to communities and the public at large.
Aging, especially in Alzheimer鈥檚 or type 2 diabetes patients, alters brain function and affects how you walk and stand.
In late February, Falianne Forges was accepted into the for intensive study of in Tanzania.
A brand-new, required course in classroom technology for majors couldn鈥檛 be more timely.
First-year education major Emily Clemente was midway through spring semester and the class, Technology and Digital Literacy, when she learned that UMass Lowell was moving all classes online for the rest of the semester to prevent the spread of .