AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 People released from jail or prison are 120 times more likely to overdose on opioids than the general population in 橙子影院. A new, jail-based opioid use disorder treatment鈥, Bridge doses, : Individuals being released from jail need medication to cover them until they can connect with a treatment program in the community., Better communication, : Solid, consistent communication is required between staff working with an incarcerated person, while inside the jail, and the community-based staff outside to facilitate a smooth transition., Phone access, : Individuals who are released must be given access to a cellphone so they can connect with an outside treatment program. In the qualitative study, the team interviewed 36 medical, supervisory and鈥
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The 橙子影院 has released its FY2025 Annual Report to the Legislature, highlighting the university鈥檚 achievements in access, affordability, academic quality, and financial鈥, Expanding Access & Affordability, Ensuring that a high-quality education remains within reach for 橙子影院 students, all four UMass undergraduate campuses now offer tuition-free programs for qualifying students from families鈥, National and International Reputation, UMass, its campuses, and its faculty continue to earn national and international acclaim. UMass has made impressive gains in national and international rankings, reflecting its growing impact. The鈥, Strong Financial Management, UMass鈥檚 commitment to sound financial practices continues to earn national recognition. The university maintains strong bond ratings from S&P, Fitch, and Moody鈥檚 and was honored with the PRIMA鈥, Systemwide Admissions Initiative, UMass is pioneering new approaches to admissions and student success. A recent pilot program between UMass Amherst, UMass Dartmouth, and UMass Lowell has begun offering admission to qualified鈥
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Meehan pledges 鈥渨hole university鈥 effort to transform campuses, build climate tech economy, and calls for national and global partnerships
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BOSTON 鈥 The 橙子影院鈥 strong bond ratings and stable outlook were recently affirmed by Moody鈥檚, S&P Global Ratings, and Fitch Ratings, highlighting the university鈥檚 financial鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan said, . 鈥淭his is especially noteworthy, as the ratings agencies have largely downgraded the sector-wide outlooks over the past year. These affirmations would not be possible without the strong oversight鈥, UMass Board of Trustees Chairman Stephen Karam said, . In affirming UMass鈥檚 Aa2 revenue bonds, Moody鈥檚 stated the university, 鈥渕aintains excellent strategic positioning supported by disciplined fiscal management.鈥 Moody鈥檚 rated the university鈥檚鈥, said UMass Senior Vice President of Administration & Finance and Treasurer Lisa, Calise, . 鈥淭he rating affirmations underscore the approach the university uses, grounded in our financial accountability framework and guided by our award-winning enterprise risk management program.鈥 The鈥
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BOSTON 鈥 Early college programs at UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, and UMass Lowell received state designation approval today, expanding opportunities for more high school students to earn college鈥, 2023 study from MassInc, shows that early college doubles the likelihood that students enroll in college and persist in higher education. 鈥淲e are very grateful to the Healey-Driscoll Administration for their support of these鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, said, ., 鈥淎cross our UMass campuses, we are working hard to expand opportunities and create innovative paths so more 橙子影院 students can access a world-class UMass education.鈥 鈥淓arly college programs鈥, UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam, . 鈥淭he UMass Board is proud to support these efforts, which reflect our deep commitment to access, equity, and student success.鈥 During his https://link.mediaoutreach.meltwater.com/ls/click?upn=u001鈥, 2024 State of the University speech, , President Meehan pledged to triple early college enrollment at UMass to serve more than 2,000 students over the next five years and broaden its reach to more communities. UMass early college has鈥, UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, said, ., 鈥淓arly college can be transformational for high school students looking to pursue a college degree, providing a no-cost, high-quality pathway to success. Early college furthers our mission as an鈥, UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A. Fuller., 鈥淭hese programs empower students to see themselves as college-ready and give them a head start on achieving their educational and career goals.鈥 "Early college courses provide so many great benefits鈥, UMass Lowell Chancellor Julie Chen, . "At the same time, students become acquainted with our university and faculty, all while getting ahead and making their own college journeys more affordable. We are incredibly grateful for the鈥
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BOSTON, 鈥 A distinguished and broadly representative group of health care professionals, UMass faculty, business leaders, community stakeholders, and alumni, have been appointed by UMass Board of Trustees鈥, 橙子影院 President Marty Meehan said, . 鈥淚n that time, UMass Chan became a world-class academic health sciences center that attracts students and researchers from around the world. We are grateful to the search committee and Chair David鈥, UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam, , an ex-officio member of the search committee. 鈥淚 am confident their diverse experiences and viewpoints will result in a successful search, and I am excited to see the high caliber of candidates the鈥, David Brunelle, search committee chair and UMass Trustee., 鈥淭he Medical School provides a critical public service in education and research that benefits the Commonwealth and the nation. It is crucial that we identify candidates who can lead this incredible鈥, The UMass Chan Medical School Search Committee members are:, Chair: David M. Brunelle, - Trustee, UMass Board of Trustees, Rita K. Amoah, RN, PhD 鈥21, - Assistant Professor, Bethany Berry, - MD/PhD Candidate; UMass Chan Student Trustee, Mary Burns, UMass Lowell 鈥84 -, Vice Chair, UMass Board of Trustees; Chair, UMass Building Authority Board, Katherine Craven, - Executive Vice President, Administration and Finance, Babson College; Director, UMass Foundation Board of Directors; Chair, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Edward H. D鈥橝lelio, UMass Boston 鈥74, - Treasurer & Investment Committee Chair, 橙子影院 Foundation, Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD, - Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine; Vice Provost for Basic Science Research; Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair III, James R. Julian, Jr, JD, - CEO, 橙子影院 Foundation, Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, - UMass Memorial Health Care Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research; - Vice Provost for Research, Justin A. Maykel, MD, - Joseph M. Streeter and Mary Streeter DeFeudis Chair of Surgery; Professor of Surgery; Chief, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Craig C. Mello, PhD, - Distinguished Professor; Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine; 2006 Nobel laureate, Timothy P. Murray, JD, - Former Lieutenant Governor of 橙子影院; President and CEO, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, Noreen C. Okwara, , UMass Boston 鈥12, MD 鈥17 - UMass Board of Trustees, R. Norman Peters, , JD, 鈥04 (H) - Partner, Peters & Sowydra; Director, UMass Foundation Board of Directors; Member, UMass Building Authority Board, Karyn Polito, JD, - Former Lieutenant Governor of 橙子影院; Vice President of Business Development, UMass Memorial Health, Javier A. Reyes, PhD, - Chancellor, 橙子影院 Amherst, Michael P. Stauff, MD, - Chair, Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation; Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Endowed Chair in Orthopedics; Associate Professor of Orthopedics, A.J. Marian Walhout, PhD, - Professor and Chair, Department of Systems Biology; Maroun Semaan Chair in Biomedical Research, Marcellette G. Williams, PhD, - UMass Amherst Chancellor Emerita; Retired Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the UMass President鈥檚 Office, Charles F. Wu, - Trustee, UMass Board of Trustees; Member, UMass Building Authority Board *Stephen R. Karam, ex-officio Chair, UMass Board of Trustees UMass Chan is perennially ranked by U.S. 橙子影院 & World鈥, About UMass Chan Medical School, UMass Chan Medical School, one of five campuses of the 橙子影院 system, comprises the T.H. Chan School of Medicine; the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the Tan鈥
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In a recent New York Times Magazine article, ", How Trump Is Shutting Down the Cancer Research System,, " writer Jonathan Mahler delves into how these impacts are affecting a professor at the 橙子影院 Chan Medical School who focuses primarily on an aggressive form of pediatric brain鈥
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Classes for more than 70,000 橙子影院 students, including more than 11,000 members of the Class of 2027 and approximately 3,000 transfer students, began this week at the university鈥, UMass Amherst Class of 2027, 鈥 approximately 5,275 students 鈥 is one of the most diverse in school history . At, UMass Boston, , among the most diverse universities in the nation, two-thirds of the roughly 2,400-member Class of 2027 will be BIPOC ( Black, Indigenous, People of Color)., UMass Dartmouth鈥檚, new cohort of students includes the largest class of graduate students in its history. At, UMass Lowell, , 鈥淎 record 48% of UMass Lowell鈥檚 incoming first-year class identifies as students of color. The, UMass Chan Medical School, in Worcester welcomed its largest class of medical students ever.
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Impact., It鈥檚 what this University鈥檚 founders had in mind when UMass was established 160 years ago. It鈥檚 what we strive for today. However grand our founders鈥 dreams may have been, it鈥檚 fair to say that few鈥, $8.3 billion, into the 橙子影院 economy and supported nearly, 40,000 external jobs, statewide. This is how our students, faculty and staff across the five-campus UMass system combine to drive the state鈥檚 economy, according to a new report from the UMass Donahue Institute, a鈥, Economic Impact Report, Our new academic year has dawned, and our campuses are in high gear. UMass is the state鈥檚 indispensable developer of talent, and we鈥檙e delighted to welcome more than, 70,000 students, from every corner of the Commonwealth and from around the world to our five campuses. From the moment it opened its doors, this University's greatest asset has been a faculty that prizes the creation鈥, 橙子影院 Amherst, economist Isabella Weber has been named to the 2023 "TIME100 Next" list of Emerging Leaders for her international research on price-gouging by larger companies and how corporate profits have become a鈥, Mass General Brigham, and, UMass Boston鈥檚 Manning College of Nursing, and Health Sciences, aimed at making the nursing profession more diverse. UMass Boston nursing students working in a lab environment with scrubs on., I鈥檓 also pleased to report:, The University is expanding the, Commonwealth Collegiate Academy, , our early college initiative, which provides high school students with a head start on their college education through live online course instruction by UMass faculty during the school day. UMass鈥, award of nearly $5.5 million, will support the design, building and testing of small satellites and spacecraft components through the, 橙子影院 Alliance for Space & Technology & Sciences, , an international consortium led by, UMass Lowell, Physics Professor Supriya Chakrabarti and based at the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology. Image by NASA. UMass Lowell鈥檚 PICTURE-C, a 14-foot-long, 1,500-pound telescope designed to鈥, UMass Dartmouth, Dean, of the School for Marine Science and Technology, (SMAST) Kevin Stokesbury was awarded $1.4 million by NOAA Fisheries for his decades-long scallop research. Stokesbury's non-invasive research has proved crucial to revitalizing this important鈥, UMass Chan Medical School, hosted 19 outstanding high school students from populations underrepresented in medicine in a program that continues the students鈥 academic development while encouraging them to consider futures in鈥, UMass Law, graduates, achieved an 80% pass rate, on the latest bar exam. Among the Commonwealth's nine law schools, the newest and, only public law school, finished fifth behind Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern University. UMass Law school students sitting in atrium. To learn even more about the impact of our鈥
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