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The author of nine novels, including National Book Award winner “The Underground Railroad,” will speak to an estimated 20,000 attendees gathered to witness the conferment of degrees to nearly 6,800 undergraduates.
Governor Maura Healey lauded the new Chancellor’s leadership in her keynote address at the inauguration ceremony held at the Mullins Center, noting that “you are the leader for this moment.”
Research shows direct-to-consumer subsidies can be at least four times more effective than network expansion at closing the ‘digital divide.’
UMass Amherst engineer Dmitry Kireev has been awarded an American Heart Association grant to design both wearable and implantable temporary tattoo-like heart monitors.
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