News & Announcements Archive

Why Head Lice are Becoming More Drug-Resistant

The Wednesday, September 2 edition of NPR's here & Now show featured an interview with John Marshall Clark, Ph.D. professor of environmental toxicology and chemistry and director of the Massachusetts Pesticide Analysis Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts.

Sandra Petersen receives grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Sandra Petersen, Ph.D. and her research team will initially study whether CUGBP2 dysregulation by neonatal estrogen or dioxin exposure during development in mice is responsible for infertility or subfertility observed in adulthood.

Jesse Mager awarded an NIH grant to conduct experiments in a subgroup of knockout mice

Jesse Mager, Ph.D., developmental biologist  has been awarded a five-year, $3.29 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a key series of experiments in a subgroup of knockout mice.

Early Acceptance to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

The Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is very pleased to announce that Jennifer Saja, Tyler Hazzard, and Abby Illingsworth have been selected for Early Acceptance to Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University.

Award-Winning Mentor to Lead New Minority Faculty Support Project

Sandra Petersen, recently honored at the White House for mentoring minority graduate students in the sciences, has received an NIH grant to lead a pilot mentoring network for minority faculty women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at 15 Northeast institutions plus the Five Colleges.

First Silver Dun Belted Galloway Calf at UMass

On Saturday, July 25th, the UMass cow Otokahe Willow delivered the first silver dun Belted Galloway calf at the University of Massachusetts.

President Obama Honors Sandra Petersen for Mentoring

In a White House ceremony on June 17, President Barack Obama saluted professor Sandra Petersen, with 14 others and one organization, who received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) for 2012 and 2013.

Life science faculty and Anika Therapeutics join in new rheumatoid arthritis treatment

The Minter lab is a key part of a major partnership announced on June 17 that embodies exactly what the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is all about.

Alumni Event - Leading the Way: UMass & Life Sciences Collaborations

The Life Sciences Alumni Network invites you to connect with fellow alumni and life sciences professionals on June 30, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at The UMass Club
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110.

Scholarship Awards

The Veterinary and Animal Sciences Department and Stockbridge School are pleased to announce that they have awarded fourteen scholarships totaling $13,700.00.

Elephants, Giraffes, and Flamingos! Oh my!

Paige Milligan, a junior Animal Science major, is spending her summer as an intern at  the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Paige assists with the daily care of the Zoo's Masai giraffes, Asian elephants, and flock of  greater flamingos.

VASCI students show sheep at Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair

Jessica Peterson '17 and Avery Sharpe '16 had their first experience learning to show sheep at the Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair held May 23-25 at the Cummington Fair grounds.