When you exhale through your surgical mask, your breath barely travels a few inches before it is pushed down to the floor by overhead fans and sucked into return vents. The room’s air is exchanged…
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A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will prepare students for the nation’s high-quality STEM workforce was awarded to Associate Professor of Mathematics Yanlai Chen and colleagues from the…, Grant based on success of previous NSF programs, The program is motivated by the success of a previous NSF-funded CSUMS (Computational Science Training for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences) program led by Chancellor Professor of…, Computation will be taught in core STEM courses, One main theme of the program is to integrate contextualized computing and data analysis across the STEM disciplines. No new courses are proposed. Instead, computing modules will be added to existing…, Collaborative program with College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Engineering, The ACCOMPLISH grant represents a collaborative effort between the CAS and the COE. Co-Principal Investigators include CAS Dean Pauline Entin and Professors Sigal Gottlieb, Shakhnoza Kayumova, and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst has announced a new collaboration with IntelliVen , a leading executive team development organization, to provide interactive, remote…
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For the fourth time in the past five years, the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management has been judged by its academic peers as the number one sport management program in the world,…
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Associate professor Alejandro Heuck’s biochemistry lab, in collaboration with Worcester-based Microbiotix, Inc., has been awarded a two-year, $600,000 NIH Small Business Technology Transfer award to…
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The first column of structural steel at the medical building under construction on the UMass Medical School campus was placed last week and continuing progress is expected to be rapid. Scheduled to…
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UMass Medical School researchers Gopal Vijayaraghavan, MD, MPH, and Mary Rusckowski, PhD, are among the investigators for 11 projects that have received a total of $8.3 million in capital funding…, Related stories on UMassMed ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº:, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Life Sciences Center capital funding to support three programs at Medical School Gov. Baker signs Life Science Bond Bill, continuing state’s investment in biomedical research
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Two faculty researchers in the Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Environmental, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences will study the cause of heat waves and Prof.…, Extreme Weathers, Historically, heat waves have not been that frequent for the Northeast and so people are not very well-equipped to handle them, Barlow notes. “Many houses don't have central air-conditioning and…
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There’s no shortage of research on how businesses respond during a time of crisis, be it a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina or a financial meltdown like the Great Recession. But how businesses…
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Weekly visits to University Crossing for a quick nasal swab. Teletherapy counseling appointments on Skype. Socially distanced spin classes outside the Campus Recreation Center. Meditation practice on…, COVID-19 Testing, , For students living on campus, there was an added step to move-in this year: a visit to University Crossing’s Moloney Hall for their first COVID-19 test of the semester. The early results were…, Wellness, Wherever You Are, , According to a national survey conducted last spring by the nonprofit organization Active Minds homepage Active Minds , COVID-19 has negatively affected the mental health of 80 percent of college…, Around Campus, , Anyone who comes to campus should have a face covering, which must be worn indoors at all times and also outdoors if 6 feet of personal distance can’t be maintained. While UML’s housekeeping team…
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