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AIC to Celebrate Grand Opening of Colaccino Center for Health Sciences
American International College (AIC) announced the grand opening of the new Colaccino Center for Health Sciences will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m. Dignitaries scheduled to attend include...
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UMass Amherst Selected as National Innovation Corps Site | Office of News &...
The National Science Foundation has announced that it has selected the University of Massachusetts Amherst to be one of its national network of Innovation Corps Sites (I-Corps). Kenneth Carter,...
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HCC Center for Life Sciences Hosting Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting Today
Holyoke Community College is hosting a grand-opening celebration and ribbon cutting for the 13,000-square-foot, $4.55 million Center for Life Sciences today, Oct. 24. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal and state...
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HCC's readies 21st century workforce with $4.55 Center for Life Sciences
Holyoke Community College officially opened the $4.55 million Center for Life Science Tuesday. The center features a cleanroom training facility, a first for a Massachusetts Community College. A $3.8...
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Boston, Springfield land on top 10 list of best cities for STEM professionals
Boston and Springfield were among the "Top 10 best metro areas for STEM professionals" in 2018, according to statistics compiled by WalletHub, a personal finance website. STEM stands for science,...
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American Women's College at Bay Path Named Among Best Online Colleges
Women have been completing their bachelor’s degrees at rates significantly higher than the national average since the inception of the American Women’s College at Bay Path University in 2013, thanks to...
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Holyoke Community College Opens New Center for Life Sciences
As she walked BusinessWest through one of the brand-new labs in Holyoke Community College’s Center for Life Sciences, Professor Emily Rabinsky said there’s plenty for students to appreciate. “Our old...
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American International College Awarded Matching Grant from Alden Trust
American International College (AIC) has been awarded a $150,000 matching grant from the George I. Alden Trust in Worcester to be applied to the Colaccino Center for Health Sciences building project....
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Creating value in Western Massachusetts and across the Commonwealth
Governor Charlie Baker often says our economy is firing on all cylinders. Massachusetts currently has more people working than at any time in our history. Businesses continue to relocate, expand, and...
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Hampshire College Seeks Partner, Grapples with Future
Citing financial strain, Hampshire College on Tuesday outlined its desire to merge with another educational institution. The school is also evaluating whether to admit a freshman class for the fall....
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Bay Path University awarded $1.6 million grant for technology programs
Bay Path University received a $1.58 million grant from the nonprofit Strada Education Network for a three-year project titled “Closing the Gaps: Building Pathways for Adult Women in a...
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EduCare Springfield prepares to open state-of-the-art early childhood center
Educare Springfield - a $14 million, nationally recognized early childhood center under construction in the Old Hill neighborhood, one of the poorest in the city - will open this fall, serving 141...
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UMass Amherst Engineer Jun Yao Receives Nsf Career Grant to Develop Nanoscale...
Jun Yao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop...
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UMass Amherst Looks to Be a World Leader in Water-technology Innovation
When the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center released a study last fall examining potential locations for water-technology demonstration centers in Massachusetts — thus raising the Bay State’s profile...
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Gov. Baker Celebrates Opening of New Physical Sciences Building at UMass Amherst
On Thursday, Gov. Charlie Baker celebrated the opening of the new Physical Sciences Building (PSB) at UMass Amherst, a facility funded by the state that fosters and expands cutting-edge collaborative...
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UMass, MassBio partner up to get biotech companies needed lab equipment
The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, known as MassBio, and the University of Massachusetts in Amherst are partnering on an incubator so that local companies have more and cheaper access to research...
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Massachusetts Life Sciences Center offers startup money for new tech companies
Life sciences startups in Springfield, Amherst, Pittsfield, Lowell and Worcester can now get as much as $250,000 in early investment money through a new program announced Monday by the Massachusetts...
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People in Business: Elms College Professor Receives $145,400 Grant from...
A professor at the College of Our Lady of the Elms has received a Google computer science research grant for $145,400 to lead research designed to broaden high school students’ participation in...
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Pioneer Valley educators gather at Westfield State University to prep for...
For Evelyn Humphries, now entering her junior year at Longmeadow High School, playing dress-up as a little girl meant the usual sparkly tiara and frilly tutu. And her mother's lab coat. Humphries, 15,...
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UMass Amherst Startup a Winner in Massachusetts Tech Transfer Contest
Ernest Pharmaceuticals, a startup venture based at UMass Amherst’s Institute of Applied Life Sciences (IALS), is one of four companies to win $2,500 from the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center...
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UMass Amherst Announces Six Winners of Inaugural Manning/IALS Seed Grants
Peter Reinhart, director of the Institute of Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at UMass Amherst, announced that six campus research teams have been named recipients of the first Manning/IALS Seed Grants....
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Colleges, Organizations Strive to Advance Women in STEM - BusinessWest
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) jobs have historically been labeled careers for men. Those stereotypes, along with unfair treatment of women in STEM, have dissuaded many from...
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Core Facilities at UMass-Amherst takes giant step for research
Walking through the corridors of the University of Massachusetts Institute for Applied Life Sciences is like a journey through time travel. The present blends into the future. This ship’s captain is...
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Isenberg Ranks First for MBA Online Education in U.S. for Fourth Straight Year
For the fourth year in a row, the online MBA offered by the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst topped the rankings of U.S. programs — and came out number three in the world — in the...
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UMass Amherst Engineer Sarah Perry Gets Nsf Career Grant To Stabilize...
Sarah Perry, a chemical engineer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is studying a new approach to protein stabilization based on how cells work at body temperature. The research is aimed at...
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STCC Names Darcey Kemp Vice President of Student Affairs
Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) has named a higher-education administrator from New York as vice president of Student Affairs. Darcey Kemp began her new post on April 27. She had served...
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UMass Amherst's Institute for Applied Life Sciences Joins Massachusetts...
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected six new healthcare research and development (R&D) hubs to join the Digital Health Sandbox Network including the University of...
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Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass Amherst Joins Digital Health...
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) selected six new healthcare research and development (R&D) hubs to join the Digital Health Sandbox Network, including UMass Amherst’s...
View ArticleMass Life Sciences Awards $2 Million in Capital Funds to IALS Research
The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) this week announced an award of $2 million in capital grants to be shared by four of the campus’s Core Facilities managed by the Institute for Applied Life...
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STCC Announces Events for Massachusetts STEM Week
To celebrate Massachusetts STEM Week, Oct. 19-23, Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) announced a week-long series of events. STEM Week 2020 is organized by the Executive Office of Education...
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The Institute for Applied Life Sciences at UMass Amherst
In mid-March, when much of the U.S. was starting to hunker down, Peter Reinhart had a feeling he wouldn’t be — and neither would many of the people he works with. “We didn’t want to be sitting at home...
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UMass Amherst Institute of Applied Life Sciences Awards Second Annual...
Peter Reinhart, director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute of Applied Life Sciences (IALS), recently announced that six campus research teams will receive the second annual round...
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UMass Amherst Researchers Develop Technique to Replicate Bone Remodeling...
A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) have developed a technique to replicate bone tissue complexity and bone...
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National Science Foundation Grants $649,000 to Western New England University
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Western New England University (WNEU) $649,111 for a five-year grant to offer scholarships to students. The target populations are students who are high...
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MCLA Receives $28,000 Grant from Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) has received a $28,720 Higher Education Innovation Fund Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (DHE), which recently announced a slate...
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UMass ADVANCE Announces Mutual Mentoring Grant Recipients
UMass ADVANCE is pleased to announce the selection of four new teams for mutual mentoring grants, which support UMass faculty who come together to build inclusive communities over the 2021-22 year....
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Aviation STEM Program Available to Holyoke Students
Vet Air, Northampton Airport Wright Flight, Holyoke Public Schools, and the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club have partnered to bring the world of aviation to Holyoke Public Schools students. The Northampton...
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MCLA to Receive $1.9 Million in ARP Funding to Distribute to Students
MCLA will receive $1.9 million to distribute directly to enrolled students from Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) that are part of the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP). One of the...
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Springfield College, UMass Law Launch Accelerated Law Degree Program
Springfield College and the University of Massachusetts Law School – Dartmouth have finalized a 3+3 agreement that will create new, accelerated opportunities for Springfield College students to attain...
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Springfield Science Museum Receives $750,000 in Federal Funds
Springfield Museums announced the receipt of a $750,000 federal earmark in support of upgrading the Springfield Science Museum. “The funded project is called Equitable Access to the Night Sky,” said...
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