BOSTON - March 5, 2008:The UMass Board of Trustees finance panel today approved a 3.1 percent tuition-and-fees increase, which places the University on course to keep its mandatory student-charge…
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The Commonwealth recently awarded the third-party administration and recordkeeping services contract for the SMART Plan to Great-West Retirement Services ("Great-West"). Visit Mass Smart or call 877-…
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DARTMOUTH - March 19, 2008: The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees today approved a 3.1 percent increase in student charges, marking the fifth consecutive year in which tuition-and-fee…, Financial Aid, It was also noted at today's meeting that UMass continues to increase the amount of financial aid available to students. Financial aid for UMass students grew to record levels in 2007-2008. The…
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BOSTON- March 25, 2008:Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Jack M. Wilson today delivered the graduate commencement address at Kyushu University in Japan, discussing globalization and technological…
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BOSTON - March 26, 2008:Pointing to a desire to "build on this program's track record of success," UMass President Jack M. Wilson today announced the awarding of $240,000 in grants to University…, Jie Song, Ph.D., Orthopedics Department, UMass Medical School, "Resorbable Shape Memory Biopolymer for Spine Fusion Applications" The grant will fund testing of a nanocomposite shape memory polymer (SMP) used as bone substitute. This polymer possesses properties…, Celia Schiffer, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, UMass Medical School, "Testing Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors for Viability Against Resistant Viruses from the Clinic" Funds will pay for testing for a series of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors specifically designed to…, George W. Huber, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering Department, UMass Amherst, "Green Gasoline from Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Biomass" Funding will be used to develop a prototype reactor to demonstrate green gasoline production on a larger scale. This would…, Stephen McCarthy, Ph.D., Department of Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell, "Novel Biodegradable Bone Plates and Adhesive Bonding" A novel heat-activated adhesive system will eliminate the need for drilling or the use of screws for fixation in craniomaxillofacial surgery.…, Melisenda McDonald, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, UMass Lowell, "Novel Hydrogel-based System for Maintenance of Mammalian Cells in Culture" This technology improves greatly at a minimum cost the ease of maintaining cells used in research. Funding will extend…, Kevin Fu, Ph.D., Computer Science Department, UMass Amherst, "Zero-Power Telemetry for Implantable Medical Devices" Implantable medical devices increasingly use wireless communication for monitoring patients in hospitals and homes. Using zero-power telemetry…, Babs Soller, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology, UMass Medical School, "Noninvasive Sensor for Optimizing Athletic Performance: Proof of Concept for Novel, Portable Technology" Funding will enable a redesign of a sensor which assesses a person's metabolic rate and…, D.V.G.L.N. Rao, Ph.D., Physics Department, UMass Boston, "Fourier Phase Contrast Microscope" The project focuses on developing a lab model microscope that is based on a novel Fourier phase contrast microscopy (FPCM) technique. This represents a major…
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BOSTON, MA - March 31, 2008:The Â鶹ÊÓƵ today announced the signing of an agreement that places it on course to become the first foreign university approved to offer online…
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Annual enrollment for health insurance will take place April 14 - May 16, 2008 for changes effective July 1, 2008. For more information, go to the Group Insurance Commission website.
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BOSTON- April 11, 2008:The Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to support judicial education in China…
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AMHERST - April 7, 2008: A search committee today designated four finalists for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst chancellorship, completing a major step in the process of selecting a new…, Martin Hall, is deputy vice chancellor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and a professor in its Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Graduate School of Business. He is a visiting professor at…, Robert C. Holub, is the provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures. Before joining the University of…, Harris Pastides, is the vice president for Research and Health Sciences at the University of South Carolina and executive director of the University of South Carolina Research Foundation. He also has served as dean…, Satish K. Tripathi, is provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he is also a professor of Computer Science and Engineering. Prior to joining SUNY-…
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WORCESTER - April 14, 2008:The 23-person Â鶹ÊÓƵ Medical School Search Committee today met for the first time, accepting its official charge from President Jack M. Wilson and…
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