UMass researchers led by Sanjay Arwade , civil engineering, are collaborating on the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium’s project to quantify and assess the risk to offshore…
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Next time you order a pizza or whip up a creamy risotto, go ahead and load on the mushrooms. Adding more of the edible fungi into your diet may be one way to counteract the health risks associated…
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In the weeks leading up to spring break, UMass Amherst political scientist Charli Carpenter had been closely following the war in Ukraine. Carpenter, who teaches a course on the rules of war and…
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Graduate programs in several disciplines at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the new 2023 edition of U.S. ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº & World Report’s Best…, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, is ranked 31st. The , Isenberg School of Management, ’s full-time MBA program was named number 53, up from 57 last year, and the part-time MBA program was ranked at 32nd. The , College of Engineering, is ranked at 57. Rankings published for specialty areas in the College of Engineering include chemical engineering at 34; civil at 48; computer at 38; electrical/electronic/communications at 53;…, School of Public Policy, is at now No. 56 for graduate studies in public affairs, up from No. 58 last year. The , College of Education, is ranked 71st, up from 76th in 2022. Several programs in the , natural sciences, were ranked for the first time in four years, including: biological sciences at 74th; biostatistics at 31st; chemistry at 62nd; geology/earth sciences: 51st; mathematics: 59th; physics: 53rd; and…, social sciences and humanities, also were awarded national rankings – economics at 79 and psychology at 51., Rankings of other graduate programs were not updated this year, but they were republished in the new guide. They include:, Fine arts, at 89. In the , social sciences and humanities, —English at 41, history at 48, political science at 56, and sociology at 29, with the sex and gender studies program ranked 8th. In , health, —audiology at 26, speech language pathology at 45, and clinical psychology at 50.
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Jamila Lyiscott, , assistant professor of social justice education , was awarded the 2022 Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award by the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES). “…
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UMass Amherst graduate student Aishwarya Sahai The time starts now. Over the next 72 hours, teams participating in the annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good are challenged to…
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Michelle Wu, , the first woman and person of color elected to lead the city of Boston as mayor, will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 54th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, 2022. The Class…, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, . “It is also fitting in that Mayor Wu shares with so many of our students the immigrant experience, the value of diversity, and the commitment to effect positive change in our society. We look…
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Xiaochuan Tong, PhD, ’21 at commencement The College of Management’s recent PhD graduate , Xiaochuan Tong, ’21 was awarded the 2022 KPMG Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) in the Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance (GIWB) section, which is awarded to only one…
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Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies Abiola Farinde-Wu Assistant Professor of Urban Education, Leadership, and Policy Studies , Abiola Farinde-Wu, has received the American Educational Research Association’s Division K Early Career Award for her inspiring, high quality, and impactful research on recruiting and retaining Black teachers.…
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In the spring of 1950, a small doughnut shop in Quincy rebranded from Open Kettle to become Dunkin’ Donuts. Over the next seven decades, Dunkin’ has grown into a multibillion-dollar brand, with more…, Bonnie Miller, helped tell the story of how founder Bill Rosenberg turned Dunkin’ Donuts into one of the world's largest coffee and baked goods chains on a recent episode of The History Channel’s hit documentary…
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