Nikolaus Grigorieff, PhD, and Bronwyn Lucas, PhD, have received a $1.3 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to develop new computational and data collection tools for locating specific molecules with near-atomic accuracy within cells using cryo-EM imaging technology. The 30-month grant is part of CZI’s Frontiers of Imaging initiative, which supports the development of disruptive imaging technologies that connect biological scales across organs, cells and proteins.
This year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the UMass system will officially celebrate Juneteenth for the first time. Join members of the UMass Dartmouth and SouthCoast community to learn more about this holiday that celebrates the emancipation of those enslaved in the U.S. during a webinar on Thursday, June 17 at 11 a.m.
UMass Dartmouth held four Commencement ceremonies to honor the accomplishments of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 during Commencement Weekend. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restricting an in-person ceremony for graduates in the spring of 2020, both classes were celebrated in ceremonies on June 11 and 12, 2021.
AMHERST, Mass. – Under the hot, midday sun, state wildlife experts recently ascended to the top of the W.E.B. Du Bois Library to band four peregrine falcon chicks, marking the 35th year of peregrine falcon restoration efforts in Massachusetts.
Assistant Professor of English Lauren Bowen has been named UMass Boston’s recipient of the 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching.
UMass Medical School welcomed 37 School of Medicine students into the Delta chapter of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society during an induction ceremony on Wednesday, June 2. The Class of 2021 is the largest and most diverse class of AOA inductees in UMMS history.
The UMass Medical School chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society inducted 26 School of Medicine Class of 2022 students as members on June 2. The students were nominated by their classmates and mentors as exemplars of compassionate, patient-centered care. Six residents and four faculty members were also inducted.
UMass Medical School scientists Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD; Fiachra Humphries, PhD; and Liraz Galia, PhD, working with the British-based pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, have identified a novel molecule capable of stimulating the innate immune system against SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Cheers and tears broke out inside Worcester’s large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site at Worcester State University on Thursday, June 10, after two teenage brothers received the last two COVID shots before the clinic closed.
“I was honored by my team to give the last vaccinations,” said Beth Rust, RN, director of clinical operations at the WSU site.
“I have older relatives and I asked my parents to get vaccinated so that I could be safe,” said Malachi Monroe, 15, of Worcester, who received his second COVID vaccine after his brother Conley, 14. “It’s exciting.”
BOSTON – University of Massachusetts President Marty Meehan today said that the university is emerging from the pandemic period “with its academic, research and financial strengths fully intact” and positioned to play a major role in driving renewal and recovery in the Commonwealth.