BOSTON 鈥 Moody鈥檚, S&P Global Ratings, and Fitch Ratings all recently reaffirmed the 橙子影院鈥 strong bond ratings, each citing effective management practices as a factor in鈥, Reports, S&P Global, Fitch Ratings, Moody鈥檚
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UMass President Marty Meehan and UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam offered the following statements in response to a motion by the UMass Amherst faculty. 鈥淎s I have shared previously,鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, 鈥淥n behalf of the UMass Board of Trustees, I want to reaffirm our strong support of Chancellor Javier Reyes and his leadership of the UMass Amherst campus. Chancellor Reyes continues to do an鈥, UMass Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Karam
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UMass鈥 ratings affirmation signals strong management and strategic planning, Moody鈥檚, Fitch, and S&P Global, the three major bond ratings agencies, recently reaffirmed UMass鈥檚 strong bond ratings, citing robust management practices, comprehensive long-term strategic plans鈥, Why do bond ratings matter for a public university?, Bond ratings are crucial for investors as they provide a snapshot of the creditworthiness of a bond issuer. Think of bond ratings as financial report cards for companies and governments 鈥 helping鈥, Disciplined financial oversight and accountability framework, These strong ratings are a direct result of the effective policies our management team and Board of Trustees put in place to manage the university鈥檚 finances, and ensure we act in a way that鈥, disciplined financial oversight, and, accountability framework, and pointed to solid support from the Commonwealth of 橙子影院 as well as significant research activity as factors contributing to the excellent rating. A university鈥檚 finances must be strong to鈥, Demographic changes, leading to declining enrollment., Significant increases, to operating costs., Fewer high school graduates enrolling in college., In 2021, immediate college enrollment dropped 10 percentage points in 橙子影院, according to the Hildreth Institute. Despite these headwinds, UMass is employing financial discipline to deliver鈥, Driving Economic Impact and Supporting the Talent Pipeline, At UMass, we are good stewards of our resources, and those that are invested in the university by the state. According to the latest economic impact report by the UMass Donahue Institute, investment鈥, Nearly 75 percent of UMass graduates, work in 橙子影院 for at least five years after graduating with, 360,000 alumni, living and working in the state. I also take great pride in the fact that UMass research directly drives economic development in the state, with UMass attracting $484 million in federal funding and鈥, $813 million, 鈥 the fourth largest in the New England. In addition to the ratings reports, UMass recently received an award from the Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) for 鈥淥utstanding Achievement for鈥
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BOSTON 鈥 Five exceptional 橙子影院 faculty today were awarded the 2024 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching, an annual $10,000 stipend given to one faculty member from each鈥, Former UMass Board of Trustees Chair Robert Manning and his wife Donna Manning, , who are both graduates of UMass Lowell, established the endowed teaching award in 2016. In 2021, they made a $50 million gift to UMass 鈥 the largest in UMass history at the time 鈥 a portion of鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, . "In addition to recognizing our amazing faculty, their philanthropy reaches every campus and supports students, facilities and research. They have a legacy of leadership and philanthropy here that鈥, Brokk Toggerson, Ph.D. , UMass Amherst , Senior Lecturer in Physics, Brokk Toggerson is a senior lecturer in physics who has made transformative contributions to education and inclusivity. Dr. Toggerson joined the UMass faculty in 2015 and quickly distinguished鈥, Mohamed Amine Gharbi, Ph.D. , UMass Boston , Assistant Professor of Physics , Dr. Mohamed Amine Gharbi has been an assistant professor of physics at UMass Boston since he joined the faculty in January 2018. Dr. Gharbi specializes in manipulating soft materials to assemble鈥, Erin K. Krafft, Ph.D. , UMass Dartmouth , Associate Professor of Crime & Justice Studies , Professor Erin Katie Krafft, Ph.D., has an established record of implementing unique, innovative, and student-centered teaching methods including collaborative teaching, service learning, and鈥, Phitsamay S. Uy, Ed.D. , UMass Lowell , Associate Professor at the School of Education鈥檚 Leadership in Schooling Program, graduate coordinator for the Ed.D. program, & co-director of the Center for Asian American Studies, Dr. Uy is the first Laotian American refugee to receive a Doctor of Education from Harvard University and become the first tenured faculty member in the School of Education in the United States in鈥, Susan Zweizig, M.D. , UMass Chan Medical School , Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology , Susan Zweizig, M.D., is a professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Radiation Oncology at UMass Chan and is the director of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. She is a鈥
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BOSTON -, Heather Makrez Allen, Ph.D., UMass Lowell鈥檚 executive director of alumni and donor relations, , has been awarded the 2024, Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership Award, in recognition of her extraordinary contributions to women鈥檚 leadership programming at the university. She was recognized for her continued organization of the annual UMass Lowell Women鈥檚 Leadership鈥, UMass Lowell alumnus Roy J. Zuckerberg, , a former senior director at Goldman Sachs. The Zuckerberg Award is designed to reward leaders of courage, conviction, and selflessness who have devoted their time and talent to helping the鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, . 鈥淭he visionary research, projects, and initiatives that are supported through this award leave a legacy that lasts beyond the two years that the award directly supports. We are grateful to Heather鈥
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President Meehan says early college gives students 鈥渢he experience and confidence they need鈥, , BOSTON, 鈥 橙子影院 President Marty Meehan and UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes announced today UMass Amherst has launched an early college pilot program that gives students at five鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan, . 鈥淭hrough our early college programs, we are giving students the experience and confidence they need to thrive in college and provide them with a financial head-start with the credits they earn at鈥, UMass Amherst Chancellor Javier Reyes, . 鈥淓arly college provides a unique pathway for underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students from our surrounding communities to see themselves at UMass and begin to realize the鈥, Erika Giampietro, executive director of the MA Alliance for Early College, , a coalition of college success organizations, businesses organizations, schools, and others.
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UMass Chan Medical School researcher Victor R. Ambros, PhD, will share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his co-discovery of microRNA , the very short, single-stranded RNA molecules鈥, microRNA at a glance, In 1993, Victor Ambros, PhD, identified the first microRNA, lin-4 , in C. elegans, the microscopic nematode used by scientists as a model organism for exploring fundamental biological functions on a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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BOSTON, 鈥 All four 橙子影院 undergraduate campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell this Fall welcomed 66 community college graduates who are the first to be awarded the UMass鈥, UMass President Marty Meehan said. , 鈥淲e are confident students awarded this scholarship will thrive on our campuses as they work toward their bachelor鈥檚 degree and then join the ranks of so many UMass graduates working and making a鈥, said Northern Essex Community College President Lane Glenn, who worked closely with UMass President Meehan to launch the scholarship., To be eligible for the UMass Community College Advantage Scholarship for the Fall 2024, students must have: Graduated from a 橙子影院 community college in the top 10 percent of their鈥
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All four undergraduate UMass campuses announced plans to make a UMass education free for 橙子影院 students who demonstrate the greatest financial need. Starting next Fall, tuition and鈥, UMass Amherst, Drawing upon existing federal support and additional resources from the legislatively funded Mass Grant Plus program, which was expanded by the Healey-Driscoll Administration in 2023, UMass Amherst鈥, UMass Boston, The Beacon Pledge Program offers high-need students the ability to earn a bachelor鈥檚 degree for free. It will use federal, state, and institutional aid to cover total tuition and mandatory fees. In-鈥, UMass Dartmouth, Beginning Fall 2025, UMass Dartmouth鈥檚 tuition-free program 鈥淭he UMass Dartmouth Deal,鈥 will be available to in-state undergraduate students with an annual family income of $75,000 or less by鈥, UMass Lowell, Eligible 橙子影院 students whose family income is $75,000 or less will pay no undergraduate tuition or fees when they enroll at UMass Lowell. 鈥淯Mass Lowell is committed to making clear that鈥
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BOSTON, MA 鈥 橙子影院 President Marty Meehan has appointed Dr. Nefertiti Walker as Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Equity, a role critical to鈥
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