Dr. , Joseph Cooper, delivered a powerful message for students, faculty, and staff on UMass Boston鈥檚 inaugural Black Lives Matter Day: 鈥淚t was and is within our human capacity to create and reproduce racism, and it is鈥, Pilar Nelson, , felt that it was more important than ever to come together as a community to learn, reflect, and grow. 鈥淔ounding BLM Day at UMass Boston is both a privilege and responsibility to me,鈥 Nelson said鈥, Tony Van Der Meer, and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs , Steven Neville, led a seminar addressing issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, looking at things historically and gaining a better understanding of how we鈥檙e here today. , Mariette Ayala, , director of U-ACCESS, and , Madeline Pena, , of the Student Housing Office, led a seminar on 鈥淗ealing and Transformation: Advancing after Protesting.鈥 , Aminah Pilgrim, , a senior lecturer in Women鈥檚, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, led a discussion on music and arts and its impact on the movement. 鈥淭his is a very important symbolic event for the entire campus, to鈥, Lonnie Amado, , maintenance supervisor for the Office of Housing and Residential Life and a long-time artist. The mural, located in the East Residence Hall, will be added to every year for BLM Day. Amado said he鈥, Adam Wise, said. 鈥淭he scholarship lifts together, and I think in some respects that鈥檚 a part of today鈥檚 conversation. It鈥檚 about coming together. It鈥檚 working together. It鈥檚 a conversation and understanding鈥
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As coastal communities face increasing climate-related threats, a new innovative and collaborative ecosystem has launched that aims to become a global hub for testing and scaling up nature-based鈥, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, . 鈥淭he Stone Living Lab is an important step forward in this work, and we are grateful to UMass Boston School for the Environment, Boston Harbor Now, the National Parks of Boston, and the James M.鈥, Chancellor Marcelo Su谩rez-Orozco, . 鈥淲e have become a geologic force. We are warming the planet, leaving behind the climate in which civilization first emerged. With unchecked climate change, we put ourselves 鈥 above all our most鈥, Cathy Stone, , president of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. 鈥淭he Stone Foundation is proud to be working with UMass Boston, Boston Harbor Now, the City of Boston and the National Parks of Boston to鈥, Kathy Abbott, , president and CEO of Boston Harbor Now. 鈥淛ust as many advocates came together decades ago for the Boston Harbor cleanup, we must now create an even broader coalition to support the research,鈥, Katherine S. Newman, , System Chancellor of Academic Programs at UMass. 鈥淚t will serve as a critical vehicle for translating powerful research on the impact of climate change into actionable strategies that will improve鈥, Nikki Tabron, , Chief Education Officer, Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center. 鈥淭he Stone Living Lab offers an ideal scale for determining the most cost-effective nature-based solutions for coastal鈥, Julie Wormser, , deputy director of the Mystic River Watershed Association. 鈥淚t is encouraging and inspiring to see the Stone Living Lab merge the issues of climate science and policy in such a tangible and鈥, Nick Iselin, , General Manager of Development at Lendlease. 鈥淭he need to incorporate youth鈥檚 voices will be paramount in our fight to transition to a more sustainable and equitable future,鈥 said , Wiener Douyon, , student at Colby College. 鈥淕iven that progress is grounded in novelty, our perspectives will ensure that this plan will continue to resonate and spark passion in our community throughout time and鈥, Rob Davies, , Vice President of Global Manufacturing at Cabot Corporation. 鈥淥ur involvement is closely aligned with the three themes of our Sustainability Agenda: Caring for our People and Communities, Acting鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 The 橙子影院 Amherst has announced that it will offer a Master of Science degree in Data Analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) as part of an鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 In a new paper with results that senior author Eric Strieter at the 橙子影院 Amherst calls 鈥渋ncredibly surprising,鈥 he and his chemistry lab group report that they鈥
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AMHERST, Mass.鈥 The German and Scandinavian Studies program in the department of languages, literatures, and cultures at the 橙子影院 Amherst has been designated a German Center of鈥
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The ADVANCE program has announced that three research teams are recipients of ADVANCE Collaborative Research Seed Grants for 2020-21. These competitive grants aim to foster the development of鈥, Aurora Liu Genin, , assistant professor, department of management, Wenting Ma, , assistant professor, department of finance This project explores how human diversity of director boards affect disruptive technological innovation. Corporate leadership diversity has increasingly鈥, Narges Mahyar, , assistant professor, college of information and computer sciences, Pari Riahi, , assistant professor, department of architecture, Ali Sarvghad, , extension associate professor, college of information and computer sciences This project investigates the impacts of the current pandemic on Amherst residents' civic lives, focusing on mobility,鈥, Michelle Farkas,, assistant professor, department of chemistry, Shelly Peyton, , associate professor, department of chemical engineering Macrophages are unique cells that can both activate and suppress the immune system, by rapidly switching between states often referred to as鈥
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Banu Subramaniam, professor in the department of women, gender, sexuality studies, won the 2020 Society for Literature, Science & the Arts (SLSA) Michelle Kendrick Memorial Book Prize for the鈥
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AMHERST, MASS. 鈥 A 橙子影院 Amherst environmental health scientist has used an unprecedented objective approach to identify which molecular mechanisms in mammals are the most鈥
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Environmental health sciences (EHS) doctoral student Abosede Sarah Alli was named one of the winners of the 2020 New Researcher Abstract Award by the International Society for Environmental鈥
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AMHERST, Mass. 鈥 橙子影院 Amherst alumnus Larry Bohn, Class of 1974, has established an endowed fund with a $1 million gift, plus $500,000 in incentives from the state, which will鈥
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