Robert Peters mural in UMass Boston residence hall This year, we observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, October 11. UMass Boston is on the traditional land of Massachusett people. To welcome…, Robert Peters, , an artist and member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, created a mural in UMass Boston’s first residence hall. Peters created this mural to help Native students feel more at home. This mural also…, Institute for New England Native American Studies , and , Native American and Indigenous Studies program, reached out to Peters to design and paint the mural. , Michael Metzger,, special assistant to the vice chancellor of Student Affairs, shared about the significance of UMass Boston’s mural project: “This project represents an important collaboration of students, faculty,…
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Despite a broad consensus in the STEM field that having more people of color in the workforce leads to better outcomes and solutions, building authentic diversity in the industry remains a challenge…
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In a pair of recently published papers, Michael Rawlins , a professor in the É«É«µ¼º½ Amherst’s geosciences department and associate director of the Climate System Research…
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A team of researchers at the É«É«µ¼º½ Amherst has announced a major new advance in understanding how our genetic information eventually translates into functional proteins—one of…
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The É«É«µ¼º½ Amherst Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CEERE) has received a five-year, $1.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Clinical decisions made in the delivery setting as to whether to employ vaginal delivery or cesarean section are often made under high pressure, and with great uncertainty, and have…
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“I am saddened to learn of the passing of former U.S. Secretary of State General Colin Powell. General Powell’s trailblazing career was marked by many firsts – the first Black national security…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a potent greenhouse gas, with 300 times the warming ability of carbon dioxide. Due to fertilizer runoff from farm fields, an increasing load of nitrogen is…
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"A Very Bad Man," an 1833 illustration based on trial testimony about the murder of "mill girl" Sarah Cornell. Growing up in Pennsylvania as the daughter of a casket salesman, Assoc. Prof. Marshall-…
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Pharmaceutical sciences major Christina Ciaramitaro prepares a gel in an analytical instrumentation lab. Two years ago, Christina Ciaramitaro and a dozen other students entered UMass Lowell as the…
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