BOSTON –, Â鶹ÊÓƵ, 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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For years, the state of the university address has been an opportunity to celebrate our progress with students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends all tightly gathered in a large room. That, of…
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Last spring, after COVID-19 shut down the campus, Education landing page education Ph.D. student Djurabaeva-Sharifa Sharifa Djurabaeva was feeling isolated. She had finished all of her classes…
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What do successful rock 'n’ roll bands have in common with hard-charging entrepreneurs who reach the top echelons of business? A willingness to fail, to regroup and to try again, said Greg Harris,…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ research continues to grow in Fiscal Year 2020 as the university positions for post-pandemic recovery, Faculty expertise and strategic planning position the university for continued research growth , BOSTON – Despite the onset of the coronavirus, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ conducted a record-breaking $687 million of research in Fiscal Year 2020, according to a report released at today’s…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said in a video message distributed on social media with the report. “As a public research university, UMass has a special responsibility to make the world better. That is our mission and tradition.…, Katherine Newman, the UMass system chancellor for academic programs and senior vice president for economic development, . “We wanted to think through ‘What’s next?’ and how we are prepared to lead in the laboratories and field sites to collaborate with industry, to develop new start-up companies, and to train the next…
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An international team of astronomers, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst professors Gopal Narayanan and Peter Schloerb , has just revealed a new view of the massive black hole at the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst today announced that Kerri Thompson Tillett has been named associate vice chancellor for equal opportunity. Tillett will assume her duties on…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team of polymer science and engineering researchers at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst has demonstrated for the first time that the positions of tiny, flat, solid objects…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst juniors in the Commonwealth Honors College have been awarded a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship from the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and…, Nicholas Sbalbi, of West Springfield, Mass.; , Meredith Stone , of Wakefield, R.I.; and , Renos Zabounidis, of Sharon, Mass., will receive scholarships to cover tuition, mandatory fees, books and room and board. The three UMass students were among 1,256 students from across the nation to receive Goldwater…
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Aisha Murdaugh, consumer manager for disability services has been selected as the winner of the Susan M. Daniels Award for Disability Mentorship by the National Disability Mentoring Coalition and…
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