The Digital Life Project directed by Duncan Irschick, biology, has partnered with the marine science nonprofit ANGARI Foundation and underwater camera pioneer Casey Sapp for a research expedition to Bimini, The Bahamas, to create an accurate 3D model of a great hammerhead shark to share with scientists, educators and storytellers.

On Thursday, Sept. 17, the Office of the Provost sent an email announcing a revised academic calendar for spring 2021, including a two-week delay in the start of the semester, the elimination of a week-long spring break and two Wellbeing Wednesdays replacing traditional long weekends.

Infectious disease epidemiologist Andrew Lover has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a new surveillance method to better identify specific locations with the highest risk for tick-borne disease transmission.

UMass Athletics announced this week that it intends to schedule and play a limited number of football games this fall. Director of Athletics Ryan Bamford said the decision was reached following a positive review of the football program’s stringent COVID-19 safety protocols and rigorous testing regimen, in place since players’ return to campus in June.