Researchers at UMass Medical School have added a detailed layer of evidence to the theory that the microbiome and Alzheimer’s disease are closely associated. Published in mBio , the open access…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst will award more than 7,400 degrees at the Undergraduate, Graduate and Stockbridge School of Agriculture commencements on Friday, May 10 and…, Ramsez Amon, of Brooklyn, N.Y., with a bachelor’s degree in individual concentration., Aiste Balciunaite, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., a double major in chemical engineering and biochemistry and molecular biology., Patrycja Bugajska, of Enfield, Conn, a kinesiology major., Bryan Chua, of Singapore, with dual degrees in chemical engineering and environmental science., Jackson Cote, of Framingham, a journalism major., Kelsey DeWolfe, of Shrewsbury, a political science major., Mahdiar Edraki, of Iran, a mechanical engineering major., Jiya Nair, of Shrewsbury, a double major in operations and information management and political science., Jaclyn Nicholson, of Gardner, a double major in communication and marketing., Jessica Ulloa, of Lynn, with a degree in psychology. Two graduating seniors will be recognized during the commencement ceremony for their leadership and executive ability as Jack Welch Scholars. They are:, Andrew Metz, of Longmeadow, an industrial engineering major who plans a career in the wind energy industry., Rachel Sanderson, of Framingham, an accounting major who has accepted employment with PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services. To ensure that Undergraduate Commencement is a memorable and enjoyable experience for…
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UMass Dartmouth and the 102nd Intelligence Wing of the Air National Guard today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop education and workforce training in cybersecurity for personnel…
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Want to know what makes a pop tune rise to the top 100 on Spotify? Which baseball team stats are most important in predicting a win? Or what factors reported in a 911 call are most likely to mean…
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The population of Greater Boston is shifting in unprecedented ways, with impacts on communities across the region, according to a new reports series co-authored and published today by Boston…, Asian Americans in Greater Boston: Building Communities Old and New, Quincy and Fields Corner, Dorchester Paul Watanabe and Shauna Lo, the Institute for Asian American Studies, African Americans in Greater Boston: Challenges, Identities, Legacies , and, Movements, Brockton and Roxbury Barbara Lewis, the William Monroe Trotter Institute and Rita Kiki Edozie, McCormack Graduate School at UMass Boston, Native Americans in ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº: New Homecomings and Ongoing Displacements, Aquinnah and Boston citywide J. Cedric Woods, the Institute for New England Native American Studies, Latinos in Greater Boston: Migration, New Communities and the Challenge of Displacement, Waltham and East Boston Lorna Rivera, the Mauricio Gaston Institute A final section, Newly Diverse Communities in Greater Boston, by Trevor Mattos of Boston Indicators, explores the impact of major…, A transformation – with an economic impact, The report finds that the percentage of nonwhite residents has increased in all 147 cities and towns in Greater Boston since 1990– during that time, the non-white population outside of Boston…, A changing pattern of immigration, The percentage of foreign-born residents in Greater Boston in 2017 is the highest it has been since before the Great Depression (although still lagging behind the levels reached from 1850 to 1930),…
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The Minutemen hockey team advanced to the first Frozen Four in program history with a 4-0 shutout over No. 3 seed Notre Dame in the Northeast Regional Championship on March 30 at SNHU Arena in…
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AMHERST, Mass. - Gov. Charlie Baker today celebrated the opening of the new Physical Sciences Building (PSB) at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst, a facility funded by the state that fosters…
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UMass Medical School-Baystate faculty leader Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, has been named recipient of the 2020 Elnora Rhodes Service Award by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM). The award…
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The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Cultural Council has awarded ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Boston instructors Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Krysten Hill with $15,000 Artist Fellowships for excellence, ingenuity, and…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst biostatistician who directs the UMass-based Flu Forecasting Center of Excellence was invited by the White House Coronavirus Task Force to…
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