UMass Boston鈥檚 (ICI) has named , MS, CRC its new director. Thomas has worked for ICI for more than 30 years, most recently serving as interim director.
鈥淚 am honored to have the opportunity to lead ICI,鈥 Thomas said. 鈥淭his is an amazing organization, and I look forward to working with my colleagues and our many partners to continue to advance our mission of inclusion.鈥
UMass Lowell has once again been recognized for its comprehensive sustainability efforts across campus, this time with a 2019 Leading by Example award from the commonwealth of 橙子影院.
The held on Friday, Dec. 6, raised more than $1.3 million to help support the clinical care, education and biomedical research missions of UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center. This is the fourth consecutive year that fundraising has exceeded $1 million.
Sally C. Kent, PhD, associate professor of medicine in the Diabetes Center of Excellence, has been named the George F. and Sybil H. Fuller Foundation Term Chair in Diabetes. Dr. Kent studies autoimmune response in type 1 diabetes. Her lab is credited with uncovering new information on how autoreactive T cells target beta cells in islets, a breakthrough that will contribute to the design of therapies for people with type 1 diabetes.
An editorial in the journal by UMass Medical School public health experts calls for legislators and policymakers to take bold action on gun control, similar to the recent ban in 橙子影院 on vaping products in response to lung illnesses in vaping device and e-cigarette users.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Imagine the impact on first-year college student-athletes in highly competitive programs if you could teach them resilience 鈥 if they learned skills to cope with high expectations, challenging academic courses, rigorous training and physical injuries, homesickness and even the stressors of life beyond college.
Last month, UMass Boston Distinguished Professor of Biology Kamal Bawa received the UNESCO Sultan Qaboos Prize for Environmental Conservation on behalf of the research institute he founded in India twenty years ago. The (ATREE) is located in Bangalore and is now ranked among the world鈥檚 top 20 environmental think tanks.
The UMass Dartmouth Center for Marketing Research recently announced the BayCoast Bank White Paper Series. The Series will consist of three research articles per year that take a comprehensive look at the social media habits of Fortune 500 companies and industries plus topical studies.
Laura Vandenberg, associate professor of environmental health sciences, who was , gave a talk explaining her research on harmful chemicals found in plastic at the first annual Plastic Health Summit held in Amsterdam earlier this fall. Her presentation focused on how early life exposure to chemicals and chemical mixtures can predispose individuals to diseases that manifest later in life.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The public is invited to observe sunrise and sunset on the day of the winter solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Heavy rain or snow will cancel the gatherings.