News Archive

A New Role for a Tiny Linker in Transmembrane Ion Channels

Thursday, July 9, 2020

In the molecular-level world of ion channels – passageways through membranes that carry signals in a cell’s environment and allow it to respond – researchers have debated about the role of a small piece of the channel called a linker, says computational biophysicist Jianhan Chen at UMass Amherst.

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Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar Receives Federal Grant for Research on Preventative Behavioral Health

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Assistant professor Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar is the recipient of a 3-year R34 Research Grant from the National Institute of Mental Health at the National Institutes of Health. The R34 Planning Grant Program provides support for the initial development of a clinical trial or research project.

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Study Underway to Estimate Coronavirus Exposure in the Campus Community

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A team of researchers has launched a study to explore the rate of COVID-19 exposure in the UMass Amherst campus community, inviting faculty, staff and students to voluntarily participate.

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New Moms Wellness Study Recruiting Participants

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

An interdisciplinary research team is resuming recruitment for the New Moms Wellness Study after revising protocols to eliminate face-to-face contact due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Learned-Miller Offers Online Q&A on Face Recognition and Regulation

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Award-winning facial recognition expert professor Erik Learned-Miller of the College of Information and Computer Sciences will offer a one-hour Zoom Q&A webinar at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15, where he will explore face recognition research.

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UMass Amherst Libraries Announce Chapter Publication in Rebus Community's ‘Open Pedagogy Approaches’

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Lisa Di Valentino, law and public policy librarian; Sarah Hutton, head of student success and engagement; and Paul Musgrave, assistant professor of political science; have co-authored a chapter, “Sharing the End of the World: Students’ Perceptions of Their Self-Efficacy in the Creation of Open Access Digital Learning Objects.”

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Steve Acquah Awarded Second Place in Nobel Laureates Online Science Days

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

During the first 48-hour Sciathon hosted by the Council for the Nobel Laureate Meetings, Steve Acquah, the UMass Amherst Libraries Digital Media Lab coordinator and associate research professor of chemistry, worked as part of a team to develop a science news verification tool, authentiSci.

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UMass Amherst Researchers Receive $317,732 NSF Grant for Project on Wind Energy Technology

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A project two UMass Amherst researchers in civil and environmental engineering are spearheading has received a $317,732 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) program in collaboration with Texas A&M, UC Davis and UMass Dartmouth.

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Weekly Update (July 8, 2020) on the Cumulative U.S. Death Predictions From the COVID-19 Forecast Hub

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Nicholas Reich, director of the UMass Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence and associate professor of biostatistics and epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, is available to discuss the updated projections, four weeks out, for number of COVID-19 deaths nationally and by state.