Six graduate students in the Department of Kinesiology have been awarded Leadership and Diversity Training Program (LDTP) fellowship awards by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Founded…, Level 2 Awardees (Doctoral Level Students), Marcos Amalbert-Birriel, , a doctoral student working in the Physical Activity and Health Lab under the supervision of Associate Professor John Sirard, Melanna Cox, , a doctoral student working in the Physical Activity and Health Lab under the supervision of Associate Professor John Sirard, Joseph Gordon III, , a doctoral student working in the Muscle Physiology Lab under the supervision of Professor Jane Kent, Skylar Holmes, , a doctoral student working in the Musculoskeletal Orthopedic Biomechanics Lab under the supervision of Associate Professor Katherine Boyer, Level 1 Awardees (Master’s Level Students), Timothy Joseph, , a master’s student working in the Pediatric Physical Activity Lab under the supervision of Professor Sofiya Alhassan, Nehemiah Wilson, , a master’s student working in the Pediatric Physical Activity Lab under the supervision of Professor Sofiya Alhassan
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AMHERST, Mass. – Amid an unprecedented democratic decline in the U.S., a new report by Beyond Conflict , co-authored by ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst social psychologist Linda Tropp ,…, Factionalism and partisan sorting., Americans’ political affiliations have become tightly aligned with other salient group identities. Remedies include highlighting identities that cut across partisan differences; creating space to…, Residential segregation and declining social trust, . Segregation means that people from different groups are less likely to have first-hand experience with each other, which limits our capacity to counter the influences of divisive messaging.…, Information echo chambers., The more we live in distinct and divisive information ecosystems that exaggerate a sense of being disliked and dehumanized by the other side, the more inclined we are to support using anti-…, Divergent racial attitudes and beliefs about racial equity., Factionalism, bolstered by information echo chambers and residential segregation, drives widely divergent views on racial inequality in America. Remedies include disrupting common narratives and…
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Neuroscientist Karine Fénelon , assistant professor of biology, has been chosen to receive the Armstrong Fund for Science at UMass Amherst’s 2022 award. The two-year, $39,121 grant will support…
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Glenn Howe '16, '20, Asst. Research Prof. Christopher Mendillo, Kuravi Hewawasam '20 and Prof. Supriya Chakrabarti pose in front of PICTURE-C. Asst. Research Prof. Mendillo-Christopher Christopher…, Search for New Planets, NASA named Mendillo a Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellow one month after he secured a $7 million, five-year grant from the agency for a project that will advance exoplanetary dust science and key…
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A red fox seen in the woods near UMass Amherst campus One of the classic sounds of spring is the roar of a lawnmower. But, if the students in Britt Crow-Miller ’s environmental education course, NRC…
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UMass Amherst associate professor Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar AMHERST, Mass. – After years of working with Bhutanese community members in Western ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, a team led by a University of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – New research, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and led by the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst, finds that the ecological effect of…
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The Provost’s Office has selected two faculty winners for the 2022 Distinguished Community Engagement Awards., Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, , associate professor in the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, and , Erika Zekos, , senior lecturer and undergraduate program director in the Department of Agriculture, were honored in the research and teaching categories, respectively. The award comes with a $1,000 monetary prize…
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The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) honored a group of over 50 undergraduate and graduate students during its annual Awards Celebration held on April 30 in Old Chapel. Award…, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Robert Clinton Memorial Scholarship, Delvin Attafah, Kinesiology William A. Darity Sr. Graduate Scholarship Thupten Phuntsog, Health Promotion and Policy, Global Health Impact Endowment, Abosede Sarah Alli, Environmental Health Sciences, Kozma-Littleton Family Fund Scholarship, Kate Salvo, Communication Disorders Elizabeth Woolrich Scholarship Gabriella Farinha, Communication Disorders, The Yablonski Fellowship Fund, Stevaughn Smith, Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, David Hosmer Outstanding First-Year Student Award, Anne Nelson Kiel McGowan Kevin Sassaman, David Hosmer Outstanding Second-year Student Award, Kate Wallace, Diane J. Mundt Memorial Scholarship, Gabriela Vieyra, Department of Communication Disorders, Henry B. Peirce Service Award, Julia Toto Miriam P. Romo Award Lucia Garcia Hannah Sweeney, Harry and Charlena Seymour Scholarship for Diversity, Gabriella Farinha Brianna Chevalier Sumayah Mohamed, Kimberly Ann Soucy Scholarship, Kimberlee Moïse, Gilbert C. Tolhurst Senior Scientist Award, Lisa Ramanauskas, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Elaine Briggs Internship Fund, Marjorie Pereira Marin, Corinne A. Johnson Memorial Scholarship, Joshua Mogus, The Stewart Fellowship, Olatunbosun Arowolo, Department of Kinesiology, American Kinesiology Association Graduate Masters Scholar Award, Zoe Smith, American Kinesiology Association Undergraduate Scholar Award, Allison Ladd, Priscilla M. Clarkson Graduate Scholarship in Kinesiology, Robert Marcotte Mike Woodward, Patty Freedson Undergraduate Health and Wellness Scholarship, Kaitlin Kean Meghan Maratea, Timothy Moynahan Award, Tyler DiPalma, Frank Rife Undergraduate Scholarship in Kinesiology, Natalie Habib, The Rouzier Family Pre-Health Professional Scholarship, Delvin Attafah Justin Sanchez, John R. Schroeder Scholarship Fund, Shih-Ting Kao, Eric Sinacori Memorial Scholarship, Ifeoma Onyenwe, Esther Wallace Scholarship, Nibitanga Evelyne Maria Fabiano Department of Nutrition Virginia A. Beal Undergraduate Scholarship Adonis Ponciano, Virginia A. Beal Graduate Scholarship, Abigail Boatemaa Ivy Johnson-Kanda Vi Vien Khoo Grace Mooshian Ying Tang, Department of Nutrition Scholarship, Shanazi Jackson, Helen S. Mitchell Undergraduate Scholarship, Sharon Bonsu Kaylyn Carlucci Angela Hinck, Helen S. Mitchell Graduate Scholarship, Celine Delaronde Corinne Epstein, Peter L. Pellett Scholarship, Rong Fan, Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter Inductees, Kathleen L. Szegda (Alumni) Heather A. Wemhoener (Alumni) Monika A. Roy (Alumni) Lorraine Cordeiro (Faculty) Justin Cuomo Ayala (Graduate student) Benjamin Eovaldi (Graduate student) Tiarra Fisher (…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Driven by technological, societal and political change, renewable energy technologies are progressively replacing fossil fuels. Under an expectation that governments will fulfill…
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