It began modestly enough, with Assoc. Teaching Prof. taking nine students to India over winter break for an intensive course in entrepreneurship.
The University, along with FirstLight, AMS, and Eversource, recently launched the largest public battery storage system in 橙子影院. The 520 kW system, in combination with other measures, will reduce the electrical load of the University from the grid during peak usage times.
Within months after receiving a grant from the National Institutes of Health鈥檚 to look at the , Assistant Professor of Biology received another NICHD grant to ident
AMHERST, Mass -鈥 橙子影院 Amherst researchers are seeking saltwater anglers over the age of 18 to share their experiences with sharks while fishing. The survey welcomes submissions from all areas of North America, regardless of target species and involving any species of shark.
BOSTON 鈥 Citing a need to uphold quality while remaining affordable for students, the 橙子影院 Board of Trustees voted today to hold tuition increases to the rate of inflation for the second consecutive year, increasing tuition by 2.5 percent, or an average of $359 per student, for in-state undergraduate students for the 2019-20 academic year.
Across the four undergraduate campuses, tuition will average $14,722 for in-state undergraduate students.
BOSTON 鈥 A 鈥渄istinguished and diverse鈥 committee that mirrors UMass Boston鈥檚 鈥渃ommitment to quality and success鈥 was launched today and charged with conducting the search for a permanent chancellor for the 橙子影院 Boston.
鈥淭his committee is distinguished and diverse, and is determined to provide strong candidates to lead UMass Boston,鈥 said Rob Manning, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees.
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Researchers at the 橙子影院 Amherst today published the latest editions of its lists of the top corporate air and water polluters and top greenhouse gas emitters in the United States, based on the most recent data available from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Internationally recognized Huntington's disease researcher Neil Aronin, MD, led an afternoon of presentations detailing advances made by scientists at UMass Medical School in the quest to find a treatment for the deadly neurological disorder. Dr. Aronin, the Higgins Family Professor of Neuroscience and professor of medicine, welcomed visitors from the CHDI Foundation, which supports Huntington's disease research.
Celia A. Schiffer, PhD, has been named the 2020 recipient of the prestigious William C. Rose Award from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
Dr. Schiffer, professor of biochemistry & molecular pharmacology and director of the Institute for Drug Resistance, will be recognized for her outstanding contributions to biochemical and molecular biological research and for her demonstrated commitment to the training of young scientists at the society鈥檚 annual meeting in April 2020.