Paul Collins, professor of legal studies and political science, received the 2021 Richard E. Neustadt Book Award from the Presidents and Executive Politics Section of the American Political Science Association for the best book on executive politics.
Associate professor of environmental health sciences Alicia Timme-Laragy has received a two-year, $421,400 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the effects of environmental toxicants on pancreatic development.
AMHERST, Mass. – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a $129,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator grant for their work on a multi-institutional project that will investigate racially targeted misinformation and develop culturally appropriate interventions alongside Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community organizations.
AMHERST, Mass. – Walking at least 7,000 steps a day reduced middle-aged people’s risk of premature death from all causes by 50% to 70%, compared to that of other middle-aged people who took fewer daily steps.
The UMass Boston community came together in the Campus Center Wednesday for Convocation and a barbeque, officially marking the beginning of a new academic year and a return to campus after a year and a half of remote learning.
Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development Darren Kew has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to peace and conflict resolution in Nigeria, the United States, and elsewhere. Most recently, the United States Institute of Peace published a report Kew authored that examines the progress of peace agencies or commissions in three Nigerian states since 2016.
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst announced today that it has received a gift of $21.5 million from the Elaine Nicpon Marieb Charitable Foundation.
Dr. Tyrone C. Howard, the Pritzker Family Endowed Chair in the School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA delivered the keynote address at the 2021 Fall Convocation, calling for concerted efforts to combat racial inequality and promote justice.