Selected from more than 400 applications, UMass Boston is one of the 19 organizations to receive a Community Change Grant from America Walks , a national nonprofit dedicated to providing communities…
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Given the chances of a snowstorm in New England in mid-January, it was risky for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to hold its 100th annual meeting in Boston. Turns out the thousands of…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A ºÚÁÏapp Amherst cancer epidemiologist has received a $462,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand her research into the effects of endocrine-…
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The National Science Foundation recently awarded $500,000 to professor Eliot Moss of the College of Information and Computer Sciences to build a platform that provides lasting data storage in devices…
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UMass Amherst civil engineering Ph.D. student Alyssa Ryan has been named a 2020 Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the 38th annual Lifesavers National Conference…, , , March 14 through 17 in Tampa, Florida. She is one of an elite group of 50 U.S. and international students selected through a competitive application process to attend Lifesavers, the nation’s largest…
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AMHERST, Mass. – For more than 50 years, social scientists and practitioners have suggested that having members of different groups interact with each other can be an effective tool for reducing…
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Out of the commission for the past year and a half for a dramatic renovation, restoration and expansion, the university's original academic building, Coburn Hall, is reopening its doors to students…, CLASS Move, Located for more than three decades at Southwick Hall, the Centers for Learning and Academic Support Services has moved to the lower level of Cumnock Hall. “Students are going to be so thrilled with…, The Hot Corner, The intersection of Pawtucket and Merrimack streets, in front of University Crossing, was busier than normal over winter break. Renovation work continued at the former nursing home at 839 Merrimack…
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Physical Plant Landscape and Construction Services staff have been working with Michael Smith, program director with the UMass Transportation Center, on introducing the use of salt brine as a…
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Scott Jackson, extension associate professor in the department of environmental conservation and Charlie Schweik, professor at the School of Public Policy and the department of environmental…
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Shawn Shimpach, associate professor of communication and director of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival, has edited a new collection of television studies scholarship, "The Routledge…
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