Today the 橙子影院 is announcing a history-making $175 million donation from The Morningside Foundation to UMass Medical School.
The Provost鈥檚 Office has selected four winners for the 2021 Distinguished Community Engagement Awards in the categories of teaching and research.
The two awardees for Community Engaged Research are:
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 In its inaugural 鈥淕reat Campus Food鈥 list, The Princeton Review has named the 橙子影院 Amherst to the exclusive group in its 2022 edition of The Best 387 Colleges.
Nearly 600 backpacks were distributed to first- through third-grade students at Rice Square, Grafton Street and Union Square elementary schools thanks to the UMass Medical School North Quadrant Support Services partnership with the Worcester Public Schools.
The children were all smiles beneath their masks as they received supplies for the new year. Many had hand-drawn thank you notes to give to Medical School volunteers who handed filled backpacks to each child on the second day of school.
AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 橙子影院 Amherst will welcome a first-year class of approximately 4,900 students with an outstanding academic profile 鈥 and the most diverse in its history 鈥 as Fall Welcome kicks into high gear on Friday, Aug. 27 with a full slate of activities planned on campus.
Fresh Beets, the brainchild of adjunct music instructor Savanah Marshall 鈥13, 鈥16, served up a summer of music, street food and community education in downtown Lowell鈥檚 Kerouac Park.
Campus Pride has named UMass Amherst to their 2021 list of . UMass is one of 30 schools and colleges to be named to the list, all scoring a perfect five out of five stars on the Campus Pride Index.
Growing up in Minnesota with his four siblings, MD/PhD candidate Nick Peterson understood the important role a physician can play during key moments in their patients鈥 lives. When his father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, Peterson learned the importance of understanding the mechanisms of disease. It鈥檚 why he鈥檚 earning a dual degree.