Sue Cunha and Jeff Bea

When SARS-CoV-2 required lab activity at UMass Medical School to ramp down and initially send all but essential staff home on March 13, 2020, the experiments Heather Loring, a PhD candidate in the GSBS Class of 2021, had been doing toward her dissertation were put on hold. And she had no idea when she’d be allowed to return to campus to start back up again.

The Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences recognized student scientists for academic achievement, mentoring, service and scholarship during a hybrid awards ceremony on Thursday, June 3. A new award for justice, equity, diversity and inclusion leadership was presented for the first time.

Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the School of Medicine, began his opening remarks by drawing parallels between the search for the cause of influenza and for COVID-19.

Completing a graduate nursing degree is a great challenge and a great achievement – especially during a once-in-a-century pandemic. The Graduate School of Nursing Class of 2021 celebrated its accomplishments at the annual pre-Commencement GSN Graduation Celebration on Thursday, June 3. Many faculty and students came together at the ceremony in the Albert Sherman Center Auditorium while others, along with family and friends, joined remotely via Zoom.

Eighty high school students from across New England and New York will get a chance to learn about cybersecurity during a free, two-week virtual camp this summer.

A recent discovery by a research team that includes Kennedy College of Sciences Prof. 

Joseph Sheedy was in love with learning.

He never passed up an opportunity to figure out another piece of the world. Sometimes, he took folks with him, ready or not.