Research expenditures at the University of Massachusetts rose to a record-high $670 million in Fiscal Year 2017, up $37 million over the previous year and $270 million since 2007. Propelled by growth at UMass Medical School, UMass Amherst, UMass Boston and UMass Lowell, this was the largest single-year increase in research funding at UMass in nearly a decade.
UMass Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will host a symposium, “Marijuana Legalized: Research, Practice and Policy Considerations,” with keynote speaker Darrin Grondel, director of the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission. Grondel will discuss “The Washington Experience: Drugged Driving and Marijuana Legalization.” The event is free and open to the public.
Monika Roy, a doctoral student in environmental health sciences, won the university’s second annual Three Minute Thesis Competition (3MT) on March 2. Organized by the Graduate School’s Office of Professional Development, the three-week-long contest tested the research communication...
James Allan, professor and chair of the faculty in the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), was recently elected to the Computing Research Association (CRA) board of directors.
With a mission to unite industry, academia and government to strengthen computing research, CRA has led...
A team of 13 students from majors across campus earned 15th place overall for the university in competition at the National Collegiate Landscaping Competition (NCLC), held March 14-17 at Alamance Community College in Graham, North Carolina.
More than 700 horticulture and landscape students from...
The Behavioral Medicine Lab in the department of kinesiology is recruiting pet owners over the age of 21 for a new study investigating the health benefits of pet ownership.
Subjects are eligible if they are the primary caretaker for at least one cat or dog. Participation requires only the...
In what has become an annual tradition, UMass Amherst will play host to the “Best Campus Food” Celebration on Wednesday, March 28 from 5-9 p.m. at Hampshire Dining Commons. Twelve chefs from six colleges and universities that earned “Best Campus Food” recognition in the 2018 edition of The Princeton Review will participate in one of the most anticipated specials held each year in the university’s dining commons.
The first week in April will be the final week for applicants to attend information sessions for Community Works, one of the few registered pre-apprenticeship programs in Massachusetts aimed at getting folks from the greater Springfield area into the highway construction industry and building trades. The program and all associated certifications are free to accepted trainees. The program seeks to place graduates in either trades apprenticeships, transportation construction, or on-the-job training leading towards these goals.
The department of art at UMass Amherst is hosting a special, intensive course Aug. 20-24 taught by industrial hygienist Monona Rossol through the Office of Continuing and Professional Education.
Nine faculty and students from the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, along with several alumni, took part in the 42nd annual conference of the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) held March 14-17 in Atlanta.
Faculty members John H. Bracey, Jr., Agustin Lao-Montes, Amilcar...
