AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 麻豆视频 Amherst Center for Employment Equity (CEE) has launched a new series of case studies designed to explore the business rationale and goals of鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 As campuses nationwide responded to the global coronavirus crisis by canceling events and transitioning to remote learning, an important opportunity for students studying race and鈥
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The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will hold its 23rd annual Research Day on Tuesday, April 14 in a virtual format that allows for remote participation. The annual event serves鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Answering an urgent call for assistance from regional health care systems, a volunteer team of scientists at the 麻豆视频 Amherst is preparing, testing and鈥
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A doctoral candidate in UMass Boston鈥檚 Clinical Psychology PhD Program who is currently engaged in developing outreach material related to stress associated with the COVID-19 crisis has received鈥
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Michelle Jurkovich , an assistant professor of political science and affiliated faculty at the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies , has recently been named one of twelve Kluge鈥
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The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) recently announced that Alice Cheung, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, will receive the 2020 Lawrence Bogorad Award for Excellence in鈥
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The Office of Faculty Development has awarded Mutual Mentoring Grants to ten teams and four individual faculty for 2020-21. 2020-21 Mutual Mentoring Team Grant Recipients: Bio Learn Mentoring Group鈥, Kari Loomis, , lecturer, biology A group of biology faculty members expanding their existing learning community by creating focused mentoring groups and offering professional development in STEM education. 鈥, Lisa Chasan-Taber, , professor and chair, biostatistics and epidemiology A mentoring network to support, advance, and retain early-career faculty in biostatistics and epidemiology through a roundtable discussion鈥, Maryclare Griffin, , assistant professor, mathematics and statistics A support network addressing the unique career challenges junior tenure track women face in mathematics and statistics, including multiple seminars鈥, Deborah McCutchen, , senior lecturer, associate director for Junior Year Writing (JYW) Program, Haivan Hoang, , associate professor, English, associate director of the Junior Year Writing Program A professional development team aiming to improve members鈥 respective multimodal junior-year writing courses by鈥, Mari Casta帽eda, , incoming dean of Commonwealth Honors College and professor, communication , Jennifer Lundquist, , associate dean of research and faculty development and professor, sociology A group of women full professors from ten disciplinary areas and four colleges meeting monthly for support and advice as鈥, Jamie Rowen, , associate professor, legal studies and political science Monthly mentoring meetings devoted to topics such as understanding promotion/tenure, developing a support network, excelling at research,鈥, Caryn Brause, , associate professor, architecture , Carey Clouse, , associate professor, architecture and landscape architecture and regional planning (LARP) The LEAP group will meet to support, strategize, and steer shifting career trajectories, helping individual鈥, Rachel Green, , assistant professor, comparative literature and Israel/Palestine studies A support group for academic mothers addressing the competing demands of scholarly productivity and home life through a鈥, Shuang Zhou, , assistant professor, physics A writing group composed of faculty in 鈥渟oft matter鈥 field with a focus on improving the quality and quantity of grant proposals of all members through open planning,鈥, Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, , assistant professor, music and dance, saxophone Building professional and musical relationships among faculty in the woodwind area through musical collaboration, round-table discussions, and鈥, Karen Kurczynski, , associate professor, modern and contemporary art College of Humanities and Fine Arts, history of art and architecture Organizing a faculty seminar with contemporary art historians at Brandeis鈥, Stephen Paparo, , associate professor, music education, choral conductor College of Humanities and Fine Arts, music and dance Working with professional coach Katie Linder to develop a five-year strategic plan for鈥, Jonathan Wynn, , associate professor, undergraduate program director, incoming chair College of Social and Behavior Sciences, Sociology Hosting mentoring and scholarship conversations and retreats for current and鈥, Caroline Yang, , assistant professor, English College of Humanities and Fine Arts, English Establishing a mutual mentorship with Esther Kim Lee of Duke University with the goal of co-editing an anthology on the鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Sarah Perry, a chemical engineer at the 麻豆视频 Amherst, is studying a new approach to protein stabilization based on how cells work at body temperature. The鈥
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The UMass ADVANCE team has announced the selection of four new teams for mutual mentoring grants, funded up to $6000 a year, over the 2020-21 year. 鈥淲e were delighted to receive so many superb鈥, Manasa Kandula, , physics and , Caitlyn Butler, , civil and environmental engineering; team members include , Anne Gershonen, , biochemistry and molecular biology, , Sarah Perry, , chemical engineering, , Maria Santore, , polymer sciences and engineering, and , Jessica Schiffman, , chemical engineering. The Center for Evolutionary Materials3 Group allows early career scholars, particularly women and underrepresented minorities in STEM disciplines, to build strong networks鈥, Reika Katsumata, , polymer sciences and engineering, and includes , Laura Bradley, , polymer sciences and engineering; , Alfred Crosby, , polymer sciences and engineering; , Jennifer Green, , polymer sciences and engineering; , Duncan Irschick, , biology; and , David Waldman, , polymer sciences and engineering. A group of College of Natural Science lecturers plans to gather information and develop best practices to ensure that lecturers are engaged in departmental鈥, Amy Springer, , biochemistry and molecular biology and includes , Laura Francis, , biology, , Alex Shreyer, , ecological conservation, and , Heath Hatch, , physics. The Publish, Not Perish: Mutual Mentoring for Productive Authors in Plant Biology Group focuses on promoting a culture of publishing research findings efficiently and effectively, by鈥, Dong Wang, , biochemistry and molecular biology, and includes , Ana Caicedo, , biology, , Alice Cheung, , biochemistry and molecular biology, , Michelle Facette, , biology, , Jeeyon Jeong, , biology (Amherst College), and , Mafu Sibongile, , biochemistry and molecular biology.
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