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IMSD PROGRAM
STEM DIVERSITY INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
524 GOODELL BLDG
140 HICKS WAY
AMHERST, MA
01003-9272
TEL: 413.577.1735
FAX: 413.577.1660
The NIH-sponsored IMSD program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst combines solid academic support, specialized multi-tiered mentoring, and state-of-the-art professional training making it one of the most comprehensive academic programs available to students from underrepresented groups in the biomedical and behavorial sciences.
NEWS
STEM Diversity Institute hosts visiting faculty for summer
6/21/13 The STEM Diversity Institute is hosting four faculty members from minority-serving institutions through the Visiting Partner Faculty Program funded by the National Institutes of Health’s Initiative for Maximizing Student Development.
Through the program, visiting faculty will spend five to 10 weeks this summer working with faculty who have similar research interests....read more
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IMSD NEWSLETTER
EVENTS
IMSD Summer Visiting Faculty will be on Campus for eight weeks beginning on June 3. Contact hmmartin@dmin.umass.edu for more information.
CONGRATULATIONS
Doctoral Defenses
Yadilette Rivera-Colón; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, March 2013; "STRUCTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF THE HUMAN LYSOSOMAL ENZYMES: N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE-6-SULFATASE, N-SULFOGLUCOSAMINE SULFOHYDROLASE AND β-GALACTOSIDASE"
Advisor: Dr. Scott Garman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Fellowships and Awards
Daniel Enrique Acevedo-Cartagena, 2013 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship in polymer materials research, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering