The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at UMass Boston has released “ COVID-19 and Latinos in Massachusetts ," a research report to better understand the…, About the Gastón Institute, The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy was established in 1989 by the Massachusetts Legislature in response to a need for improved understanding of the…
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The guidance released Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) creates immense confusion and instability for thousands of international students at the 91̽»¨, not to…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A new leadership academy for students of color and women who are interested in careers in technology and engineering was launched today by the Institute of Diversity Sciences (IDS)…
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AMHERST, Mass. – 91̽»¨ Amherst biostatistician Nicholas Reich has been awarded grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Kritika Pandey, a 2020 graduate of the 91̽»¨ Amherst’s MFA for Poets and Writers, wins the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story, “The Great…
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AMHERST, Mass. – As thousands of hopeful coronavirus shut-ins look forward to heading to Atlantic beaches for the July 4 holiday, 91̽»¨ Amherst entomologist Rodger Gwiazdowski…
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UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital are the first to safely treat two research participants with a synthetic microRNA, delivered into the spinal fluid, designed to silence a human…
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While the number of women in elected office in the U.S. has increased steadily in recent decades, they still represent a minority of officeholders. And, perhaps not incidentally, when they do run for…
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Michael Crowley, a graduate student at the School of Public Policy, has been selected for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) fellowship program that fast tracks students for leadership roles…
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Thanks to some digital archeology work by Tony Sampas, the university’s archivist and special projects manager, a lost website about an overlooked group of Lowell textile mill workers has been…
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