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. “We were delighted to receive so many superb…, 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…, 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…, 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…, 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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The UMass Amherst community is invited to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day virtually. Students, faculty, staff and alumni are encouraged to share the ways they embrace the theme of…
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The UMass Amherst Libraries have started a MinuteFund campaign to support the UMass Amherst Student Care and Emergency Response Fund (SCERF). Even though financial aid covers most tuition expenses,…
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UMass Amherst Libraries, members of the All-Campus Makerspace, Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) and multiple faculty and students from Engineering and the Life Sciences began working…
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Michelle Trim, associate director of the informatics program and senior lecturer in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), was selected to receive the college's 2020 College…
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In a time of dire need, as medical professionals are working to care for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and critical supplies of protective gear are running low, students in the Graduate…
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Cole M. Haynes, PhD, professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, has received a Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) award from the National Institute on Aging for his research on repair…, Michael P. Czech, , PhD, the Isadore and Fanny Foxman Chair in Medical Research , chair and professor of molecular medicine, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, , PhD, the Worcester Foundation Chair for Biomedical Research and professor of medicine, Robert J. Goldberg, , PhD, professor of medicine, Douglas T. Golenbock, , MD, professor of medicine and microbiology & physiological systems, Heinrich Gottlinger, , MD, PhD, professor of molecular medicine and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, Allan S. Jacobson, , PhD, the Gerald L. Haidak, MD, and Zelda S. Haidak Professor of Cell Biology and chair and professor of microbiology & physiological systems, Craig L. Peterson, , PhD, professor of molecular medicine and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, Peter A. Rice, , MD, professor of medicine, Joel Richter, , PhD, professor of molecular medicine, Lawrence Stern, , PhD, professor of pathology and biochemistry & molecular pharmacology, Susan Swain, , PhD, professor of pathology, Gyongyi Szabo,, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, Raymond M. Welsh, , PhD, professor of pathology and microbiology & physiological systems, George B. Witman, , PhD, the George F. Booth Chair in the Basic Sciences and professor of radiology, Phillip D. Zamore, , PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Gretchen Stone Cook Chair of Biomedical Sciences and chair and professor of RNA therapeutics
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With the university’s mid-March shift to virtual learning in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a new, remote reality began for students, faculty and staff. One group of students might have felt…
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LOWELL, Mass. – In an effort to help offset the financial hardships that many are experiencing right now, UMass Lowell is allocating half a million dollars in education scholarships for new and…
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In his weekly video address on Monday, April 13, Chancellor Michael F. Collins thanked members of the UMass Medical School community for their commitment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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