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Tag: Science, Policy And The Environment

  1. Eisenkraft Gets $3M Grant to Study Science Teachers’ Professional Development
    The four-year study coincides with rare, notable changes to the Advanced Placement tests for biology, chemistry, and physics.
  2. UMass Boston, Wipro Officially Sign STEM Education Pact
    Collaboration will train science teachers in New York and Boston
  3. Math Professor Alfred Noel Hosts International Conference at UMass Boston
    5-day UMass Boston symposium on representation theory draws scholars from around the world
  4. Adjunct Professor Climbs Volcanoes In the Name of Research
    Thomas Darrah, an adjunct research assistant professor at UMass Boston's Environmental, Earth, and Ocean Sciences, has hiked volcanoes as part of his research.
  5. Boston Biology Conference: Science Education Reform: Are We Pointing in the Same Direction?
    AP Biology teachers and K-12 Biology teachers are invited to join co-sponsor UMass Boston for the first day of the 3-day Boston Biology Conference.
  6. Freshman Success Community End-of-Semester Celebration - Fall 2011
    CSM's Student Success Center cordially invites the faculty, staff, former and current Freshman Success Community students to celebrate the end of Fall 2011!
  7. UMass Boston Breaks Ground on $155 Million Integrated Sciences Complex
    In two years, the construction at UMass Boston will be replaced by state-of-the-art wet and dry research laboratories and research centers.
  8. UMass Boston Breaks Ground on $155 Million Integrated Sciences Complex
    Construction is under way on UMass Boston's first new academic building since 1974, the Integrated Sciences Complex (ISC), a home for research and innovation.
  9. Championing Reform in Undergraduate Science and Math Education
    Hannah Sevian believes that progress in social justice can in part be achieved through access to high-quality science education.
  10. “You Have Dazzled Us”: Governor Patrick Visits Venture Development Center
    Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick held his monthly cabinet meeting in the Venture Development Center and then toured the VDC with the men and women growing b
  11. Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Awards $2 Million Grant for Joint Center for Personalized Cancer
    The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Board of Directors has awarded a grant to support the establishment of a Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy.
  12. New Graduate Programs on the Horizon
    UMass Boston's faculty and administration have successfully proposed establishing six new graduate programs.
  13. UMass Boston-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Partnership Receives $13.7 Million
    The UMass Boston-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center comprehensive cancer partnership program has been awarded a $13.7 million, five-year grant.
  14. UMass Boston Joins Top Tier of University-based Cancer Research Thanks to $13.7M NIH Award
    UMass Boston has been awarded a prestigious $13.7 million U54 grant by the National Institutes of Health for the UMass Boston-Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
  15. Behavioral Epigenetics Takes Center Stage at UMass Boston Conference
    Nearly 300 people working in neuroscience, behavioral sciences, drug addiction, and cellular and molecular biology attended a conference at UMass Boston.
  16. Luncheon Celebrates Faculty Success in Research,  Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity
    More than 200 faculty, researchers, staff, and students attended a lunch which celebrated faculty success in research, innovation, and creativity.
  17. UMass Boston Students Find Their Hearts in Kenya
    This was the third summer UMass Boston's College of Nursing and Health Sciences students have traveled to Kenya to screen for heart disease and diabetes.
  18. Freshman Success Communities: Learning and Bonding
    CSM dean Andrew Grosovsky developed Freshmen Success Communities in response to the challenges facing undergraduate students at UMass Boston.
  19. Success in Reducing Urban Community Health Disparities on the Horizon
    At the Horizon Center, UMass Boston functions as a ‘lab to the community,’ which involves listening to Roxbury residents and the health issues they face.
  20. UMass Boston Professors Give Teens a Lesson in Protecting the Environment
    Professor Anamarija Frankic led a group of teenagers on a canoe trip down the Neponset River, collecting water samples to teach environmental stewardship.
  21. Science in a Changing World: New Grad Program Puts Science in Context
    The new Science in a Changing World (SICW) track offers two options: a 33-credit master's degree, and a 15-credit graduate certificate.