AMHERST, Mass. – Not long after earning her Ph.D. in sociology and losing her brief first job with a software startup that shut down overnight, Rachel Volberg took a chance – on gambling studies, a…
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Food science Ph.D. candidate Cassandra Suther has received a prestigious predoctoral fellowship of $180,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-…
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Govind Srimathveeravalli , an assistant professor in the mechanical and industrial engineering (MIE) department and an adjunct professor in the biomedical engineering (BME) department at UMass…
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NEWTON, Mass. – As the Greater Boston business community prepares for a post-COVID-19 environment, the Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst is opening co-working space for startup or small companies…
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Researchers from UMass Medical School’s Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences are working to develop and test mobile technology involving peer messaging and coaching to help…
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The new executive vice chancellor for MassBiologics, Mireli Fino, MBA, said she was drawn to the organization because of its unique mission to both educate the future biotech workforce and have an…
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UTeach and biology graduate Alexander Eden '18 won the Exemplary New Teacher Award from the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Association of Science Teachers a year after he began teaching. Whenever the chair of the…
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Section of a piling attacked by shipworms in Belfast, Maine. Credit: Barry Goodell. AMHERST, Mass. – Humans have known for over two thousand years that shipworms, a worm-like mollusk, are responsible…
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has published Childhood Trauma & Resilience: A Practical Guide , written by UMass Medical School child trauma and treatment experts Heather Forkey, MD, and…
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An evidence-based wraparound service model that reduces barriers to care was shown to enhance drug treatment courts’ effectiveness in improving criminal justice and behavioral health outcomes among…
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