Two UMass Boston PhD candidates are among the 69 students who will have fellowships in Washington, D.C., in 2020 through the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program . Sean McNally and…
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Eighth grader Nate wants to talk about planets. But his teacher, a freshman in UMass Boston’s Honors College , is trying to get through a class activity about social awareness. She tells him that…
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Julie Bowditch, advancement officer for community fundraising at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center, has been named one of the Worcester Business Journal ’s 40 Under Forty Class…
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UMass Amherst ranks No. 65 nationally and 159th worldwide according to the 2019-20 evaluation of higher education institutions by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). The rankings place…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A recent study by economists at the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst has – for the first time – found a link between exposure to air pollution during early childhood with the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Foods fried in vegetable oil are popular worldwide, but research about the health effects of this cooking technique has been largely inconclusive and focused on healthy people. For…
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AMHERST, Mass. – An analysis of policy research on nearly 50 years of school vaccine mandates has found that while vaccine requirements are commonly considered to have made a major, if not essential…
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As a managing director at BlackRock, a global investment management firm and the world’s largest asset manager, Ludwig Marek ’98 appreciates the value of data. It’s something the Swiss native learned…
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Midway through her junior season with the UMass Lowell softball team, shortstop Courtney Cashman got a phone call from a River Hawk alumna. “You realize you’re leading the nation in hitting, don’t…
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A group of UMass Medical School students have dedicated themselves to guiding and advising teen mothers. The Mentors for Young Mothers student group facilitates health education workshops and…
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