The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2023 at UMass Medical School were cloaked in the symbol of the medical profession at the White Coat Ceremony on Friday, Sept. 13, under a tent on…
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A group of local food and beverage companies huddled on campus recently to learn more about sustainable manufacturing and cleaning processes as well as available resources, including grants and…, Turning Waste Into Products, Reducing Toxics , The companies are increasingly looking for ways to reduce waste. For example, Ocean Spray of Middleboro said its popular Craisins are developed from the cranberry hulls left over from extracting…
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Eight faculty members from UMass Boston's College of Liberal Arts have received grants to develop innovative humanities courses as part of UMass Boston's High Impact Humanities Initiative. Support by…, , Danielle Bromwich, , will explore the philosophy of consent, especially to medical procedures and to sexual relations, while Isabel Gómez will interrogate translation and interpretation as tools of both colonization and…, , Elora Chowdhury’s, , Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema will learn to interpret the narration of human rights through cinematic representations of inequality, empire, nationalism, and minority rights. Rachel Rubin’s, , The History of Hip Hop and Hip Hop as History will introduce students to the Healey Library’s recently-acquired hip hop archive, where they will carry out an analytical project. Imagine taking a…, , Shaman Hatley, , will combine contemplative and creative practices to explore traditional and modern meditation practices derived from Hindu, Buddhist, and Daoist traditions. Rafael Jaen’s, , Enlivening Identities through Dress studies the role of costuming in activities such as historical reenactment, cosplay, dance, and theater. Queer Literary Histories, taught by Aaron Lecklider, will…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst will welcome an outstanding academic entering class, and the largest in university history, when students return to the Commonwealth’s…
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UMass Dartmouth researchers have been awarded a $2,116,315 grant by the National Science Foundation to help elementary school teachers integrate problem-solving skills common for computer programming…
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As the fall semester gets underway, a number of construction and campus improvement projects are progressing. The Student Union renovation and Worcester Commons projects are taking steps toward…, Campus Recreation Turf Fields, 5.3 acres of turf fields are being fitted with multi-purpose synthetic turf and shock pads on the Boyden Athletic Field . The fields will be for general campus use, including intramural and…, Campus Core Utilities, The Campus Core Utilities, Landscaping and Accessibility Project is a comprehensive upgrade to the center of campus from the Worcester Commons to the Student Union. The $32 million project includes…, Worcester Commons, Construction continues on the new Worcester Commons 87,000-square-foot facility, as daily dining operations continue in the existing building. The Worcester Dining Commons will now be one part of a…, Student Union, Work on the two-year Student Union renovation continues this semester, with a completion date set for the fall of 2020. Designed by Boston architects Shepley Bulfinch, , , the $62 million renovation project will revitalize the facility as a modern hub for student activity. In 1957, when the Student Union was built, it was the largest building on campus, servicing 4,800…
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Of the nearly 100 campus improvement projects that link this for facilties landing page Facilities Management worked on over the summer, the one most likely to stop students in their tracks is the…
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After a whirlwind weekend getting settled on campus, the university’s largest-ever incoming class – nearly 3,400 strong – took a collective deep breath at Convocation 2019. The freshmen and new…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst has climbed into the Top 25 of the nation’s premier public universities, coming in at No. 24 among the approximately 130 public institutions…, Essential to the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Economy, UMass Amherst’s rising national profile correlates with its growing role in providing talent essential to the success of the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº innovation economy. The university educates more students…, UMass Amherst: Destination of Choice, The academic year began this month at UMass Amherst with the university welcoming an outstanding academic entering class, and the largest in university history. The size of the entering class,…
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For seven years, the About Cool Science program has shown that children’s artwork is effective in teaching adults in the Lowell area about climate science. Now, thanks to a $3 million National…
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