As coastal communities face increasing climate-related threats, a new innovative and collaborative ecosystem has launched that aims to become a global hub for testing and scaling up nature-based鈥, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, . 鈥淭he Stone Living Lab is an important step forward in this work, and we are grateful to UMass Boston School for the Environment, Boston Harbor Now, the National Parks of Boston, and the James M.鈥, Chancellor Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, . 鈥淲e have become a geologic force. We are warming the planet, leaving behind the climate in which civilization first emerged. With unchecked climate change, we put ourselves 鈥 above all our most鈥, Cathy Stone, , president of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. 鈥淭he Stone Foundation is proud to be working with UMass Boston, Boston Harbor Now, the City of Boston and the National Parks of Boston to鈥, Kathy Abbott, , president and CEO of Boston Harbor Now. 鈥淛ust as many advocates came together decades ago for the Boston Harbor cleanup, we must now create an even broader coalition to support the research,鈥, Katherine S. Newman, , System Chancellor of Academic Programs at UMass. 鈥淚t will serve as a critical vehicle for translating powerful research on the impact of climate change into actionable strategies that will improve鈥, Nikki Tabron, , Chief Education Officer, Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center. 鈥淭he Stone Living Lab offers an ideal scale for determining the most cost-effective nature-based solutions for coastal鈥, Julie Wormser, , deputy director of the Mystic River Watershed Association. 鈥淚t is encouraging and inspiring to see the Stone Living Lab merge the issues of climate science and policy in such a tangible and鈥, Nick Iselin, , General Manager of Development at Lendlease. 鈥淭he need to incorporate youth鈥檚 voices will be paramount in our fight to transition to a more sustainable and equitable future,鈥 said , Wiener Douyon, , student at Colby College. 鈥淕iven that progress is grounded in novelty, our perspectives will ensure that this plan will continue to resonate and spark passion in our community throughout time and鈥, Rob Davies, , Vice President of Global Manufacturing at Cabot Corporation. 鈥淥ur involvement is closely aligned with the three themes of our Sustainability Agenda: Caring for our People and Communities, Acting鈥
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AMHERST, Mass.鈥 The German and Scandinavian Studies program in the department of languages, literatures, and cultures at the 橙子影院 Amherst has been designated a German Center of鈥
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The ADVANCE program has announced that three research teams are recipients of ADVANCE Collaborative Research Seed Grants for 2020-21. These competitive grants aim to foster the development of鈥, Aurora Liu Genin, , assistant professor, department of management, Wenting Ma, , assistant professor, department of finance This project explores how human diversity of director boards affect disruptive technological innovation. Corporate leadership diversity has increasingly鈥, Narges Mahyar, , assistant professor, college of information and computer sciences, Pari Riahi, , assistant professor, department of architecture, Ali Sarvghad, , extension associate professor, college of information and computer sciences This project investigates the impacts of the current pandemic on Amherst residents' civic lives, focusing on mobility,鈥, Michelle Farkas,, assistant professor, department of chemistry, Shelly Peyton, , associate professor, department of chemical engineering Macrophages are unique cells that can both activate and suppress the immune system, by rapidly switching between states often referred to as鈥
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Banu Subramaniam, professor in the department of women, gender, sexuality studies, won the 2020 Society for Literature, Science & the Arts (SLSA) Michelle Kendrick Memorial Book Prize for the鈥
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AMHERST, MASS. 鈥 A 橙子影院 Amherst environmental health scientist has used an unprecedented objective approach to identify which molecular mechanisms in mammals are the most鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 For apple growers in 橙子影院 and across the country, thinning the crop each year is a labor-intensive practice that must be done to ensure that trees bear fruit each year, that鈥
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Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at , www.umass.edu/poll, AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on minds heading into the election, new 橙子影院 Amherst / WCVB Poll results released today find 79% of 橙子影院鈥, Leadership During the Pandemic, The poll found that while voters have a dismal view of the federal government鈥檚 response to the pandemic, they are overwhelmingly pleased by the leadership shown at the state and local levels. Sixty-鈥, Schooling During the Pandemic, With the new school year now underway, the poll found that only 10% of 橙子影院 parents鈥 children are attending school in-person full time, while more than half (53%) report their children are鈥, Eviction & Foreclosure Protections, In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of 橙子影院 passed an emergency law to stop evictions and foreclosures. The temporary ban expired Oct. 18, although some federal鈥, Racial Justice & Black Lives Matter, 鈥淢onths after the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and even in the midst of the steady decline in the number of Black Lives Matter protests across the state, the Black Lives Matter鈥, Possible Special Senate Election, Asked about their preference in a potential Democratic primary for a special Senate election, should a possible President Biden appoint U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren to a cabinet position, U.S. Rep.鈥, Methodology, This 橙子影院 Amherst / WCVB Poll of 713 registered voters in 橙子影院 was conducted Oct. 14-21 by YouGov. YouGov interviewed 725 registered voter respondents who were鈥, Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at , www.umass.edu/poll
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 A team of researchers led by microbiologists Klaus N眉sslein and Marie Kroeger at the 橙子影院 Amherst in a new report say they have pinpointed the source 鈥 methane鈥
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Seven UMass Boston students have been selected as the inaugural cohort of the Civic Action Fellows Program . The fellows will build their civic agency and skills for collective action through bi-鈥
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Backed by a $100,000 grant from the 橙子影院 Department of Energy Resources, UMass Lowell is conducting a campus-wide renewable energy study to take stock of its current infrastructure and map鈥
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