BOSTON--President Marty Meehan today announced $1,090,500 in grants for UMass science and technology research projects and arts and humanities/social sciences projects all aimed at improving the…, President's Science & Technology Initiatives Fund, will provide $834,000 in grants to nine projects across the UMass System that advance basic and applied research in areas of strategic importance to the Commonwealth. The grants will fund work in…, Creative Economy Initiatives Fund, will provide $256,500 to 11 projects across the UMass system, including a collaboration between UMass Boston and Plimoth Plantation to develop a virtual exhibit relating to the Plantation's…, THE PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE GRANTS, UMass Amherst, Bio-mechanics for Disease Diagnosis and Cell Principal Investigators: Jae-Hwang Lee. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, and Alfred Crosby, Polymer Science and Engineering Department…, UMass Boston, Quantum Photonics Principal Investigator: Greg Sun, Physics Department This project seeks to foster fundamental research in the emerging fields of chip-scale photonic circuits, optical detectors,…, UMass Dartmouth, Energy Absorbing-Materials for Mitigating Head and Other Impact Injuries Principal Investigator: Yong Kim, Department of Bioengineering The focus of this project is to develop a new research center…, UMass Lowell, NERVE Center: Designing Better Robot Systems for People Principal Investigator: Holly Yanco, Department of Computer Science This is an effort to expand the capabilities of the New England Robotics…, UMass Lowell and UMass Medical School, Bio-Manufacturing Innovation Institute Principal Investigators: Seongkyu Yoon, Chemical Engineering Department at UMass Lowell and Mark Klempner, MassBiologics This project is to support the joint…, THE PRESIDENT'S CREATIVE ECONOMY FUND AWARDS, UMass Amherst, Cross Town Contemporary Art: Public Art at the Intersection of the Town of Amherst and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Loretta Yarlow, University Museum of Contemporary Art, and Sandy Litchfield,…, UMass Boston, Exploring Opportunities for Urban Youth Inclusion in Boston's Creative Economy Susan Crandall, McCormack Graduate School, with Juan Leyton, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative This participatory,…, UMass Dartmouth, Establishing a Strategic Partnership between UMass Dartmouth and Provincetown, MA Michael Goodman, Public Policy Center, with David Panagore, Provincetown Town Manager UMD's Public Policy Center and…, UMass Lowell, Community Animation Partnership: Creating a Platform for Dialogue through Animation Pouya Afshar, Art & Design Department The project will support two after-school animation workshops for Lowell…
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WORCESTER - The UMass Board of Trustees today endorsed a decision to divest direct investments in fossil fuels from the University's endowment. The Board of Directors of the UMass Foundation, a…
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WORCESTER - UMass President Marty Meehan today said that central office spending was reduced by about 4 percent during the current fiscal year as a result of personnel actions and adjustments to…, Efficiency & Effectiveness, Additionally, UMass has saved or will save $293 million as a result of ongoing projects meant to improve the way the university does business, in areas ranging from purchasing energy and office…
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BOSTON - A UMass trustee committee today decided to defer action on setting tuition for the 2016-2017 academic year until after the new state budget has been finalized, saying this approach will…
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BOSTON - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ was responsible for $6.2 billion in economic activity in Â鶹ÊÓƵ last year - a record high - and helped to support more than 43,000 jobs statewide,…, Marty Meehan, announced today. "UMass educates more students than any college or university in the Commonwealth and is one of the state's three largest research universities, but it also has a profound impact on…, Victor Woolridge,, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, said the report illustrates that "UMass truly is here for a reason, and that reason is to serve the entire Commonwealth. The importance of generating an…, Employment, Regular Faculty and Staff, External Jobs, Total, UMass Amherst, 5,393 8,743, 14,136, UMass Boston, 2,287 5,560, 7,847, UMass Dartmouth, 1,329 2,255, 3,584, UMass Lowell, 1,509 4,618, 6,127, UMass Medical School, 5,855 4,943, 10,798, UMass Central Administration, 404 750, 1,154, UMass System Total, 16,777, 26,870, 43,647, , Business community reaction, Business community leaders described UMass as a key economic asset for the state and its regions. "As the state's leading association of Â鶹ÊÓƵ employers, we are impressed by the substantial…, Rick Lord,, President and Chief Executive Officer of Associated Industries of Â鶹ÊÓƵ. "The Mass. High Technology Council, Inc. enthusiastically supports the continued growth, development and influence of…, Christopher R. Anderson, . "This study demonstrates just how critical UMass Medical is to Central Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its economy," said, Kevin O'Sullivan,, President and CEO of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Biomedical Initiatives, a private economic development corporation based in Worcester. "In just a matter of decades, UMass Medical has become the engine that…, Richard Sullivan,, President and CEO of the Economic Development Council of Western Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The economic-impact report and projection produced by the UMass Donahue Institute rely on the Impact Analysis for…, About the UMass Donahue Institute, The UMass Donahue Institute (UMDI) is the public service outreach and economic development unit of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ President's Office. Established in 1971, the UMDI coordinates multi-…
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BOSTON - Robert J. and Donna Manning, alumni and major supporters of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, have created the Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching to reward five outstanding UMass…
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BOSTON -- Citing the University's strong management team and operating performance, its conservative budgeting practices and other key factors, S&P Global has maintained UMass's AA- bond rating,…
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BOSTON - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ today became the first major public university to divest its endowment from direct holdings in fossil fuels. The decision was made by a unanimous vote of the…, About the UMass Foundation, The UMass Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation founded in 1950 to foster and promote the growth, progress and general welfare of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, recently ranked as the No…
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We agree wholeheartedly with the Pioneer Institute's view that the Commonwealth of Â鶹ÊÓƵ has built a public research university that has taken its place alongside "some of the most…, Marty Meehan, President, Â鶹ÊÓƵ,
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BOSTON - UMass President Marty Meehan said the Fiscal Year 2017 budget unveiled by the state Senate today would "keep pushing UMass forward, while at the same time aiding us in our quest to maintain…
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