In what they believe is the first study of its kind, researchers led by postdoctoral researcher Luiz A. Domeignoz-Horta and senior author Kristen DeAngelis at UMass Amherst report that shifts in the diversity of soil microbial communities can change the soil’s ability to sequester carbon, where it usually helps to regulate climate.
Beginning with the spring 2021 term, and continuing for each spring and fall term through spring 2023, UMass Amherst will make standardized tests optional for its first-year entering applicants.
A new study by a pair of researchers including Elizabeth Sharrow, associate professor of public policy and history at UMass Amherst, has found that male student-athletes and those with sexist attitudes exhibit “alarmingly” low levels of support for ensuring the maintenance of equality and sexual harassment policy under Title IX as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on college athletics.
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.
Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as...
UMass Online launched 34 fully online degree and certificate programs, including 11 being offered at UMass Amherst. The new programs include a mix of undergraduate and graduate certificates, bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and a doctorate within STEM, health care, business and criminal justice. The launch of these new programs comes on the heels of a major partnership announcement between UMass Online and Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest private employer, through which UMass Online will develop degree completion programs specifically for MGB employees.
Alyssa Ryan, a Ph.D. student in the transportation program in the department of civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) One-Year Research Grant for Doctoral Candidates.
Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy this week shared a detailed update on UMass Amherst’s extensive preparations to reopen campus this fall, which include a comprehensive set of COVID-19 testing protocols and a commitment to healthy behaviors that applies to students living in residence halls as well as those choosing to rent properties in Amherst and nearby towns.
Jessica Schiffman, associate professor of chemical engineering, is collaborating with researchers at the University of Maine to develop a novel bio-inspired membrane that can capture COVID-19 airborne droplets.
In a new study out this week, a team including forest ecologist Malcolm Itter at UMass Amherst reports finding “clear evidence of a contraction of the breeding period” among boreal birds in Finland over a 43-year span for which good quality data were available.
Howard A. Peters, former director of health and safety and faculty in environmental health, died at the age of 93 on Friday, April 17, in Homosassa, Fla. Peters held multiple positions at UMass Amherst for over 25 years, and was elected “Teacher of the Year” in 1988.
