Convenient, rapid and affordable COVID-19 testing technology is getting a widespread community try-out through the COVID-19 Test Us program, part of the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics initiative, or RADx initiative. Underway since spring 2020, RADx has expanded innovation and increased availability of tests, while ensuring the reach of testing to underserved populations.

The Albert Sherman Center Auditorium was filled with new students on Monday, Aug. 9, as the 162-member School of Medicine Class of 2025 gathered to hear a welcome address from Chancellor Michael F. Collins.

In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chancellor Collins spoke about the impact war, lack of clean water and adequate health insurance has on childrens’ health globally.

UMass Medical School will implement a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for all UMMS faculty and staff.

The requirement for faculty and staff is consistent with the vaccination requirement for students already in place and will apply to all vendors and visitors who work on or come to campus.

AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers headquartered at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has recently discovered that fear plays an important, unrecognized role in the underdevelopment, and increased vulnerability, of backyard songbirds.

AMHERST, Mass. – In an attempt to answer questions about how well local food systems were serving communities amidst pandemic conditions – and how they could do so with locally grown products – a new report by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst examines the changes in household food provisioning during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bay State.

AMHERST, Mass. – Traversing landscapes ranging from the UMass Amherst campus to the woods of the Norwottuck Range, children entering sixth, seventh, and eighth grade have the chance to form friendships and build relationships with local police officers through the Youth Adventure Academy (YAA).

Massachusetts Cadet Nurses received official recognition from Gov. Charlie Baker in a plaque ceremony at the State House in early July.

Yinghui (Mark) He, a 2020 graduate from the UMass Amherst department of music and dance, earned second place honors in the 2021 National Student Auditions held last month by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS).