Professor Emeritus Michael E. Jones holds the official Olympic triathlon poster he painted for this year鈥檚 Summer Games in Tokyo. Since he first dipped a toe in the water of Olympic competition in鈥, Q: You had your own brush with Olympic competition, trying out for the 1972 U.S. swim team alongside Mark Spitz. You have remained actively involved with the Olympics ever since. What do the Olympic鈥, , A:, Asking about the meaning of the Olympics reminds me of a recent headline in The New York Times. It read something to the effect that in the midst of a pandemic, human rights challenges, an鈥, Q: How did you end up doing work for the Olympic teams?, , A: , In the 1980s, I served as regional counsel for USA Swimming. At the Olympic trials in 1988, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) decided to officially test athletes for鈥, Q: We hear you are currently working for the Olympics as an appeals judge. What鈥檚 involved in that? , , A:, Earlier this year, I was named to the eight-person World Triathlon Tribunal. It is a select group of lawyers and judges from around the world whose task is to adjudicate legal and ethical multisport鈥, Q: What are your favorite Olympic moments, and why? , , A:, In Tokyo, freestyle swimmer Caeleb Dressel finally won Olympic gold in an individual event. Caeleb鈥檚 sprint coach at the University of Florida (Steve Jungbluth) is a guy I coached as a young swimmer鈥, Q: Mental health is a huge subject in sports right now. Simone Biles exited an Olympic event citing a mental health issue, Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open to address her mental health and鈥, , A:, A complex societal issue has jumped to the top of the Olympic conversation because of Simone Biles鈥 decision to listen to her head and body and publicly say, 鈥淚t鈥檚 OK not to feel OK.鈥 And there鈥檚鈥
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Associate Professor Dr. Hua Fang (Computer & Information Science) was recently awarded $2,735,127 as part of a prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grant (R01). Dr.鈥, Dr. Fang, . Dr. Fang鈥檚 research project has twin goals. First, Dr. Fang and her team aim to understand human food intake behavior and related health risks better which is critical for important societal goals鈥, Ramprasad Balasubramanian, PhD, Vice Provost for Research & Academic Affairs, . 鈥淒r. Fang and her team鈥檚 research of how diets influence other processes within the body is remarkable, and I have no doubt their results will further our understanding of this important issue.鈥濃
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Emily Dillan (2L student) Second-year UMass Law student was recently chosen as the Law Student Division Liaison to the national American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Domestic & Sexual鈥, Dillan, . As a Law Student Division Liaison, Dillan will become a voting member of the Law Student Division Assembly, which helps craft policy for the Division. Through her work with the Commission, Dillan鈥
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Interior Architecture + Design student work by Michael Moriconi The UMass Dartmouth Interior Architecture + Design program recently received re-accreditation from the Council for Interior Design鈥, Michael Goodman, Acting Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, . 鈥淜udos to Dr. Rose Mary-Botti-Salitsky and her colleagues in the Interior Architecture + Design program whose hard work and commitment to professional excellence made this accomplishment possible鈥, Associate Professor Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, , Program Coordinator for Interior Architecture + Design. 鈥淭he CIDA recognized the aspects of our program that set us apart. We provide a strong academic experience for our students who are sought鈥
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The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Neutron stars, the collapsed cores of dying massive stars, are one of the universe鈥檚 mysteries. With the鈥
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AMHERST Mass. 鈥 One of the recent revolutions in computing has been the advent of cloud-based platforms, which handle everything from music and video streaming to crunching enormous amounts of data鈥
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Associate Professor of Law Margaret Drew With the most recent grant of tenure, women now make up 54% of the tenured faculty at UMass Law. Overall, 55% of UMass Law students are female, including 59%鈥
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New exhibition celebrates artist Nancy Holt鈥檚 regional connections, features Holt鈥檚 room-sized installation Electrical System, and showcases gifts of artworks by Holt/Smithson Foundation Today, UMass鈥, said Dr. A. Lawrence Jenkens, Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), . 鈥淚 applaud Dr. Rebecca Uchill鈥檚 scholarship and vision for this ambitious initiative and commend the considerable efforts of Gallery Director Viera Levitt and other CVPA contributors in support of鈥, said Dr. Rebecca K. Uchill, the exhibition curator., 鈥淚t was not known what was placed underneath the sculpture, or whether the artifacts were meant to be recovered like a time capsule. My recent research does not support the time capsule theory 鈥 but鈥, said Lisa Le Feuvre, Executive Director of the Holt/Smithson Foundation, . 鈥淭his exhibition and conference will make a significant contribution to the understanding of Nancy Holt鈥檚 rich contributions to the world of art and ideas. Holt recalibrated the limits of art,鈥, said Shedricke Mulbah, an Electrical Engineering senior, from Worcester, MA. The future of Nancy Holt: 橙子影院 will include a symposium convening scholars from across the country to discuss themes of labor, systems, and artifacts in Nancy Holt鈥檚鈥, FOR MORE INFORMATION:, Contact Viera Levitt, Gallery Director, gallery@umassd.edu 鈥/ 508-999-8555 / www.umassd.edu/cvpa
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Missed the live broadcast?, All seven ceremonies are available for viewing, as well as the roll call of student slides. Visit Facebook to see photos from all three days. UMass Lowell commencement videos WATCH NOW. Ph.D. and鈥
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UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing and Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor Kiley Medeiros is the recipient of the 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Medeiros was chosen for her鈥, Robert Manning, chairman of the UMass Board of Trustees, . 鈥淒onna and I are so grateful for the experiences we had at the university thanks to the incredible faculty. We are excited to shine a spotlight on these five exemplary individuals whose work in and鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, . 鈥淲e are deeply grateful to them for their generosity to UMass and for highlighting our outstanding faculty members.鈥 Before joining UMass Dartmouth in 2011, Medeiros was an inpatient nurse and鈥, Clinical Assistant Professor Kiley Medeiros, . 鈥淓very time I enter a classroom to teach, I reminisce about sitting in the same seats as a student many years ago; to come full circle and have an opportunity to educate the next generation of鈥, College of Nursing & Health Sciences Dean Kimberly Christopher., "Clinical Professor Kiley Medeiros is an outstanding teacher with extensive expertise as an online nurse educator. She is deeply committed to mentoring her faculty colleagues in the educator role鈥
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