The five UMass campuses and the UMass System Office have been studying a shared service arrangement for a select set of administrative operations with the goals of increased efficiency, improved customer service and cost savings for the campuses.
The first phase of the implementation will...
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Yuxi Wang, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Monday, Feb. 25, 11:00 a.m., Gunness Student Center, Marcus Hall. Dissertation: “Graphene Growth and Transfer and...
On Feb. 5, hundreds of students, faculty and staff attended “Understanding the Forces that Drive Us Apart: A Symposium on Polarization,” organized by the Office of Equity and Inclusion as part of the Dignity and Respect in Action campus initiative.
The event included Lecia Brooks...
The College of Engineering is recognizing its 26 most accomplished, first-year doctoral students with the distinction of Dean’s Fellows for 2018-19, a program which rewards entering Ph.D. students with financial support, academic acknowledgement and career-making research opportunities....
Josephus Olufemi “Femi” Richards, professor emeritus of Afro-American studies, died on Sunday, Feb. 3.
Born on March 17, 1942 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, he moved to the U.S. in 1967.
Before moving to the U.S., he received his bachelor’s degree from Ahmadu Bello University in...
The university will launch a search for a new vice chancellor for student affairs and campus life following Enku Gelaye’s announcement that she will be leaving the position in June 2019.
Gelaye has been appointed vice president and dean of campus life at Emory University in Atlanta. Gelaye...
Eric Poehler, associate professor of classics, has received a $245,000 grant from the Getty Foundation to complete a three-year project titled the Pompeii Artistic Landscape Project (PALP), an online resource designed to contextualize detailed descriptions of Pompeii's artwork within its well-...
Sam the Minuteman spread some love on campus Feb. 14 by handing out some sweet surprises. Whether you were lucky enough to get one of his UMass-themed valentines or not, you can check out his adventures here.
UMass Center for Data Science professor Benjamin Marlin has received a three-year, $250,000 National Science Foundation grant from its Computer and Information Science and Engineering Community Research Infrastructure program to develop mResearch, a platform for reproducible and extensible research...
Rachel Walker, assistant professor in the College of Nursing, will participate in a panel discussion on artificial intelligence and healthcare along with fellow Lemlson Invention Ambassadors and a Facebook researcher.
“AI’s Role in Addressing Global Challenges Related to Health and...
