UMass Amherst Alumna Elaine Nicpon Marieb AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 橙子影院 Amherst announced today that it has received a gift of $21.5 million from the Elaine Nicpon Marieb鈥, Influential Nursing Educator, Marieb, who was a Northampton, Mass. native, died in 2018 at age 82, and ranks among the nation鈥檚 most influential nursing educators. Marieb earned a master of science degree from UMass Amherst鈥檚鈥, Impact of the Gift, UMass Amherst Elaine Marieb College of Nursing logo One major initiative supported by the gift will be the Center of Nursing and Engineering Innovation, which operates at the nexus of nursing,鈥, About UMass Amherst, As the flagship campus of America鈥檚 education state, the 橙子影院 Amherst makes a profound, transformative contribution to the common good 鈥 in 橙子影院 and beyond. Ranked a鈥
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The Sierra Club鈥檚 national magazine, 鈥淪ierra Magazine,鈥 recently announced that the 橙子影院 Amherst is among the top-20 environmentally friendly institutions of higher learning鈥
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Image of Nigeria Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development Darren Kew has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to peace and conflict resolution鈥
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The UMass Boston community came together in the Campus Center Wednesday for Convocation and a barbeque, officially marking the beginning of a new academic year and a return to campus after a year and鈥, Chancellor Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, shared his vision for the university in his first in-person convocation address . He explained why UMass Boston is more important today than ever before, emphasizing the university鈥檚 mission to鈥, Dr. Tyrone C. Howard, , the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA, who gave the keynote address on Race, Education and Democracy: Racial Realism or Radical Hope. Howard鈥, Provost Joseph Berger, welcomed 20 new tenure-track faculty members recruited to campus this year through national searches. Another 47 faculty members were recognized for being promoted to the rank of associate professor鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 Walking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced middle-aged people鈥檚 risk of premature death from all causes by 50% to 70%, compared to that of other middle-aged people who took fewer鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the 橙子影院 Amherst has received a $129,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator grant for鈥
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Associate professor of environmental health sciences Alicia Timme-Laragy has received a two-year, $421,400 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the鈥
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Paul Collins, professor of legal studies and political science, received the 2021 Richard E. Neustadt Book Award from the Presidents and Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 New research, led by the 橙子影院 Amherst reveals, for the first time, not only that the coastal Northeast鈥攆rom Maine to Delaware鈥攊s heating faster than most鈥
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