#umass

https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amherst-Faculty-Senate-calls-on-Chancellor-Reyes-President-Meehan-to-form-compact-with-universities-across-country-to-confront-Trump-administration-actions-60628306

#academia #umass

UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over #Trump funding chaos
With federal research funding imperiled by brutal cuts under the Trump administration, biomedical graduate programs nationwide are making tough decisions that will scale back the next generation of scientists

On Wed, news broke that #UMass Chan Medical School—a pub school in the U of Mass system—has rescinded all offers of admission to #biomedical #graduate students for the 2025-26 school year

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/03/umass-disbands-its-entering-biomed-graduate-class-over-trump-funding-chaos/

#UMass Chan rescinds admission for biomedical sciences PhD program…
https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/umass-chan-rescinds-admission-for-biomedical-sciences-phd-program-amid-funding-cuts/3657096/
"With uncertainties related to the funding of #biomedical research in this country, this difficult decision was made to ensure that our current students’ progress is not disrupted by the funding cuts and that we avoid matriculating students who may not have robust opportunities for dissertation #research…"

I'm also seeing reports that Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass has rescinded ALL offers of admission for Fall 2025. Lack of federal funding & lack of stable opportunities for dissertation research are cited as causes.

#Massachusetts #FederalFundimg #UMass #GradSchool
https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/03/12/umass-medical-school-hiring-spending-freeze

HT @asakiyume

#Geese found dead on #UMass #Amherst campus test positive for #BirdFlu

By Neal Riley
Updated on: January 21, 2025

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/bird-flu-umass-amherst-geese/
#HPAINews #HPAI #H5N1 #AvianInfluenza #Massachusetts #PublicHealth

Camelina, a friendly li'l brassica is a superhero!
1. It cleans contaminated soils, slurping up nickel--which can then be harvested (phytomining!) for use
2. It improves the soil's fertility
3. Its oil can be used in biofuels.

"We believe that there is currently enough nickel in the barren soil in the U.S. to supply us for 50 years of phytomining,” says [phytoremediation prof] Dhankher.

#phytoremediation #phytomining #GreenTransition #UMass

https://www.umass.edu/news/article/scientists-umass-amherst-engineer-plant-based-method-precious-mineral-mining

Healey Library, UMass Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester MA photographed from Buck Hill!

#BuckHill #BlueHills #BlueHillsReservation #Boston #BostonMA #Dorchester #DorchesterMA #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Photography #LongDistanceObservations #OlympusEM5 #CanonFD #500mm #UMass #UMassBoston

#UMass Amherst urges international students going home for winter break to return to campus before Jan. 20
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/umass-amherst-urges-international-students-going

#Massachusetts

I wonder if they were striving for 3:00

what's that magic number supposed to be? for a single?

#musicproduction #musicsales #radio

https://youtu.be/cN4V5XjyR6s?si=hhl-R_eVoYxjyLOB

#pixies #massachussetts #umass

Get to work, people!
There's a 1-drink limit, on lunch!

#BostonWeekend 9/x
Saturday 11 mile bike ride touring the bike infrastructure in the #Ruggles #UMass #FortPoint Triangle areas. Put on by cool transit people at #NortheasternUniversity #Boston

"Sites we’ll visit include Melnea Cass path, Love Story mural (Martin & Coretta King), Mass Ave South cycle track, Savin Hill beaches, UMass Harborwalk, Dorchester Heights Historic Site (Revolutionary War), and South Bay Harbor Trail. Tour ends with lunch stop at #SoWa Farmer’s Market."
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAJZeLkOq9k/

We picked up our first #UMass CSA farm share. There was a lot of stuff! Squash, scallions, tomatoes, onions, garlic, potatoes, bok choy, kale, lettuce, peppers, and more. Now we have to figure out what to do with all this stuff. #WesternMass

#UMASS poll finds where "#DonaldTrump was once heavily favored over #JoeBiden, we now see #Harris with a narrow lead... 2024 #PresidentialElection is still extremely close, but it’s an entirely different race than it was a month ago.”

60 yr old “represents a new generation” was reason given for support by 66% of #Kamala's krewe.

For #Trump voters, 75% listed “His first term accomplishments” followed by “He will save America” at 48%.

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2024/08/harris-vs-trump-new-poll-shows-7-point-swing-in-presidential-race.html

So a bit of belated news, but I found a new job!

I started on Monday as the new Community Developer for the #HubVerse at the Reich Lab at #UMass. I'll be working with the team to improve the code and documentation and help onboard new users of Collaborative Modelling Hubs for infectious diseases and beyond.

Thank you to everyone for your support over the last year

https://reichlab.io/

Did you miss the July 2024 Westport Astronomical Society's Free Online Scient Lecture with UMass professor Ofer Cohen? The replay is streaming now on the Westport Observatory YouTube channel at your convenience.

https://youtube.com/live/pJ_iR69QNUk?feature=share

#YouTube #Lecture #Replay #science #astronomy #WestportObservatory #engineering #technology #NASA #physics #WestportAstronomicalSociety #telescope #Space #UMass #Exoplanet #NSF #heliophysics #astrophysics #exobiology #zoom #astronomy

If you're on Team Enthusiastic #Gardener and in the United States, did you know that you can send off a soil sample to our friends at #UMass and they'll analyze your soil and tell you whats what? Ag departments are just the best. https://ag.umass.edu/services/soil-plant-nutrient-testing-laboratory

TONIGHT! WAS Welcomes UMass Professor Ofer Cohen – How Space Environments Threaten Exoplanet Habitability - July 16, 2024 8:00 pm - https://mailchi.mp/was-ct/ofer_cohen_2024_tonight

#Lecture #science #astronomy #WestportObservatory #engineering #technology #NASA #physics #WestportAstronomicalSociety #telescope #Space #UMass #Exoplanet #NSF #heliophysics #astrophysics #exobiology #zoom #astronomy

Between March 12 and May 12, 2024, UMass Amherst received 129 Public Records Requests through its online portal. Of those requests, 78 have not been started as of June 2. List doesn't account for emailed requests. I emailed my request so there were at least 130 made.

Under Massachusetts law a public records request must be answered within 10 business days.

The Records Access Officer for UMass makes nearly $300,000/yr. Their FY24 IT budget is $20 million. https://archive.org/details/public-records-amherst-march-12-may-12-20242 #UMASS

#Boston #Hockey - Game 5 of Finals tonight

#pwhl at #UMass #LowellMA
https://boston.thepwhl.com/en/
Streaming on Youtube at 7pm Eastern https://www.youtube.com/live/heLW3d0L-ak

If any of my fellow #UMass alum have some free time today you can reach out to that email that's always asking you for money and ask them nicely to tell admin you said get fucked

https://www.gazettenet.com/More-than-100-arrested-at-UMass-pro-Palestinian-encampment-on-Amherst-55049834

Like the UMass Student Government Association, I have no confidence in Chancellor Javier Reyes, and like the ACLU of MA, I have concerns that the cops are trying to shield their activity from public view.
#UMass #protests #gaza
https://dailycollegian.com/2024/05/protestors-form-second-gaza-solidarity-encampment/