The Baker-Polito Administration announced grant funding for feasibility studies that will help three 橙子影院 state universities achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The three鈥, Governor Charlie Baker, . 鈥淪tate universities continue to take meaningful steps toward greater sustainability to help the Commonwealth maintain its national leadership in energy efficiency and renewable energy.鈥 鈥淪tate鈥, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, . 鈥淭he success of the Leading by Example program has been instrumental in continuing the progress being made by state agencies, institutions of public higher education, and cities and towns to鈥, Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Kathleen Theoharides, . 鈥淭hese studies, and the policies that are drawn from them, will lead to substantive actions that result in large reductions in emissions and energy costs.鈥 鈥淔easibility studies play an important鈥, Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Patrick Woodcock, . 鈥淏y taking advantage of the resources provided through our Leading by Example program, these institutions will ultimately reduce energy costs and usage, helping to move the Commonwealth closer鈥, Carlos E. Santiago, 橙子影院 Commissioner of Higher Education, . 鈥淚 am delighted to see our public universities work toward clean energy goals that will positively impact individual campuses as well as taxpayers and residents in the cities and towns where they鈥, Chancellor Robert E. Johnson, . 鈥淭he entire UMass Dartmouth community has mobilized to fight climate change and create a more sustainable future not just for our students, but for the health of our planet.鈥 The program is funded鈥
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UMass Boston men's hockey freshmen Jake Adkins (Centennial, Colo.) and Andy Walker (Mason, Mich.) have been making the most of their time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pair, who have dubbed鈥
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Maria M. Garcia, MD, MPH, has been appointed to the new role of assistant vice provost for diversity and student success at UMass Medical School, according to an announcement by Terence R. Flotte,鈥
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The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has elected Job Dekker , PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, the Joseph J. Byrne Chair in Biomedical Research , professor of鈥
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Prinkle Sharma and Vidhyashree Nagaraju, 2020 Computer Engineering PhD graduates, have accepted tenure track faculty positions at nationally ranked universities. Dr. Sharma will join the University鈥, Misbehavior Detection in Vehicular Networks with Machine Learning, Sharma鈥檚 research utilizes context-adaptive machine learning techniques to secure V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communication. Her dissertation research resulted in the development of several new tools鈥, Software Reliability and Security Assessment: Modeling and Algorithms, Nagaraju鈥檚 research involves the development of mathematical models and statistical algorithms to quantitatively assess the software testing process. Contributions of the research she performed as鈥
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Even if they are never directly touched by COVID-19, Chancellor Moloney-Jacqueline-Chancellor Jacquie Moloney is concerned about the pandemic鈥檚 toll on UMass Lowell students. 鈥淭his is the most鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the U.S. and many other countries, was found to significantly alter gut microbiota in mice, causing inflammation in鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 橙子影院 Amherst today announced its Fall 2020 Reopening Plan , noting that while almost all of the university鈥檚 courses will be taught remotely this fall,鈥, Health and Safety, The university will establish a Public Health Promotion Center to be the central coordinating and operational center for COVID-19 on campus. It will focus on the following: asymptomatic testing (鈥, Teaching and Learning, The university previously announced an altered academic calendar for fall 2020, with a start date of Aug. 24 for classes. Classes will end Nov. 20, at Thanksgiving Break, when students will move out鈥, Residential Life, While all courses that do not require physical presence on campus will be offered remotely this fall, all undergraduate students who have reserved on-campus housing for the upcoming semester, and for鈥, Campus Life, As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the university is offering its immersive residential experience, which is conducive to students鈥 learning and academic progress, in a manner that is intended to鈥
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UMass Medical School biomedical research scientist Celia Schiffer, PhD, has been selected as a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program at Drexel鈥, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, 2019 Investiture Ceremony honors four named professors and their benefactors Celia Schiffer honored with William C. Rose Award from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Celia 鈥
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In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of scientific breakthroughs in treating diseases that cause blindness. Researchers at U.S鈥, The eye as a testing ground for CRISPR, Gene therapy involves inserting the correct copy of a gene into cells that have a mistake in the genetic sequence of that gene, recovering the normal function of the protein in the cell. The eye is鈥, A new technology to erase the mutation, Lately, scientists have been developing a powerful new tool that is shifting biology and genetic engineering into the next phase. This breakthrough gene editing technology, which is called CRISPR鈥, A new CEP290 gene therapy strategy, An ongoing project in my laboratory focuses on designing a gene therapy approach for the same gene CEP290. Contrary to the CRISPR approach, which can target only a specific mutation at one time, my鈥, More ways to tackle blindness, In another study just reported in the journal Science, German and Swiss scientists have developed a revolutionary technology , which enables mice and human retinas to detect infrared radiation. This鈥
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