Before he even arrived on campus from New Zealand earlier this year, visiting associate professor Mark Wilson, mathematics and statistics, attended a five-day, intense “scientific matchmaking” experience sequestered in a Washington, D.C. hotel to brainstorm with about 60 others and compete for funding by the National Science Foundation.
Six undergraduates from across campus have received the fall Rising Researcher award. The Rising Researcher program celebrates undergraduate students who excel in research, scholarship or creative activity.
Erin Baker, professor of industrial engineering, and Nate Whitaker, professor of mathematics, recently visited colleagues from the University of Ghana and University of Cape Town as part of a World University Network grant, which established the Sustainable Energy-Access Network for Africa.
As part of an increasingly global focus on educational enrichment opportunities, the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management has entered into a multi-year educational partnership with the Global Institute of Sports Business, a program developed by the sport management agency India On Track.
Alicia Timme-Laragy, associate professor of environmental health sciences, a developmental toxicologist with expertise in how early life exposures to pollutants affect health, recently hosted a workshop for elected officials and candidates on the health risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals.
Environmental health sciences doctoral student Monika Roy recently received a three-year, $114,072 F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the liver toxicity potential of the environmental chemical 3,3’-dichlorobiphenyl, or PCB-11. PCB-11 is primarily a byproduct of yellow pigment manufacturing.
Shelly Peyton, associate professor of chemical engineering, has been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. The college is made up of 2,000 members, the top 2% of the medical and biological engineering community.
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Xiaonan Ge, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Monday, Dec. 9, 1:30 p.m., 234 Marston Hall. Dissertation: “Synthesis and...
Staffed by veteran master glassblower Sally Prasch, the campus’s recently re-opened scientific glassblowing lab is now open two days per week to provide high quality, affordably priced standard and non-standard items, glassware modifications, repairs and custom designs for instructional...
Many high-risk people eligible for medication to prevent HIV infection face barriers to obtaining a prescription, according to research by UMass Amherst psychologist Avy Skolnik.
