This fall’s Graduate School class has an increased number of international students, a slightly higher overall number enrolled than last year, and reflects more selectivity in choosing who will pursue graduate degrees, university officials say.
The incoming class includes 1,586 students, up from 1,540 in the fall of 2011. Overall, the Graduate School has about 6,300 students pursuing advanced degrees, including those enrolled in online programs.
John McCarthy is vice provost for Graduate Education and dean of the Graduate School. He is also a Distinguished University Professor.
Political scientist Jane E. Fountain of the Center for Public Policy and Administration will lead off the 2012-13 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Fountain, who is the founder and director of the National Center for Digital Government, will discuss “Technological Change as a Variable in State Development.”
As orders for the UMass Amherst license plate continue to be collected, the Alumni Association board of directors has announced special designations for UMass Amherst license plate No. 1 and plate No. 1863.
A research team, including Scott Garman, associate professor of Biochemistry, and alumnus Nathaniel Clark, experts in revealing molecular structure by X-ray crystallography, has identified two new small “chaperone” molecules that may be useful in treating the inherited metabolic disorder known as Schindler/Kanzaki disease. This offers hope for developing the first ever drug treatment for this very rare disease. Findings are reported in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.