The entire ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº community mourns the loss of Joseph D. Duffey, the distinguished former UMass Amherst chancellor and UMass president who fought for excellence in public higher…
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"On behalf of the 75,000 students, 18,000 faculty and staff, half million-plus alumni of the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, we extend our gratitude to the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Congressional delegation for its…
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³È×ÓÓ°Ôº campuses are deploying the energy, expertise, and ingenuity of students, faculty and staff in support of the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccination effort. After 10 months…, Vaccination clinics, The UMass Amherst vaccination clinic, launched January 11, is run by the university’s Public Health Promotion Center (PHPC) and has vaccinated thousands of people. The Mount Ida Campus of UMass…, , has partnered with the Holtzman Medical Group to launch a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at its Newton site. The clinic, which is currently scheduled to be open on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through…, Research, Using RNA as the basis for current therapies (including the first two COVID-19 vaccines, from Pfizer and Moderna) dates back to 1998 with research by Craig Mello at UMass Medical School and his…, Community outreach, UMass Medical School faculty who are expert in community-engaged research are organizing and hosting a dozen virtual community forums to meet with select, multilingual, vulnerable populations in…
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BOSTON –, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, President Marty Meehan, announced today that he would recommend that the university’s Board of Trustees freeze tuition for in-state undergraduates for the academic year beginning in September. If approved by the UMass Board…, UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Robert J. Manning, said, “President Meehan’s recommendation reflects his recognition that our students and their families have been dealing with significant financial hardship throughout this pandemic. The Board shares…
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For years, the state of the university address has been an opportunity to celebrate our progress with students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends all tightly gathered in a large room. That, of…
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Last spring, after COVID-19 shut down the campus, Education landing page education Ph.D. student Djurabaeva-Sharifa Sharifa Djurabaeva was feeling isolated. She had finished all of her classes…
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What do successful rock 'n’ roll bands have in common with hard-charging entrepreneurs who reach the top echelons of business? A willingness to fail, to regroup and to try again, said Greg Harris,…
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³È×ÓÓ°Ôº research continues to grow in Fiscal Year 2020 as the university positions for post-pandemic recovery, Faculty expertise and strategic planning position the university for continued research growth , BOSTON – Despite the onset of the coronavirus, the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº conducted a record-breaking $687 million of research in Fiscal Year 2020, according to a report released at today’s…, UMass President Marty Meehan, said in a video message distributed on social media with the report. “As a public research university, UMass has a special responsibility to make the world better. That is our mission and tradition.…, Katherine Newman, the UMass system chancellor for academic programs and senior vice president for economic development, . “We wanted to think through ‘What’s next?’ and how we are prepared to lead in the laboratories and field sites to collaborate with industry, to develop new start-up companies, and to train the next…
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An international team of astronomers, including ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst professors Gopal Narayanan and Peter Schloerb , has just revealed a new view of the massive black hole at the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst today announced that Kerri Thompson Tillett has been named associate vice chancellor for equal opportunity. Tillett will assume her duties on…
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