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2018 White Coat Ceremony
The 162 members of the School of Medicine Class of 2022 at UMass Medical School donned their white coats for the first time in a heartfelt ceremony on Friday, Sept. 14, under a tent on the campus green, as the first-year medical students accepted the mantel of the medical profession.
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2018 Convocation & Investiture Ceremony
Chancellor Michael F. Collins delivered his annual Convocation address and presented the 2018 Chancellor’s Medals for excellence in teaching, scholarship, service and clinical excellence.The Investiture ceremony, following Convocation, invested four distinguished faculty members as named professors and honored the donors who endowed them.
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2018 Commencement Ceremony
UMass Medical School bestowed 193 degrees, including three honorary degrees, at its 45th Commencement exercises. Chancellor Michael F. Collins presided over the ceremony, calling on graduates to keep focusing on people.
Caterina Strambio De Castillia named Imaging Scientist by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has named Caterina Strambio De Castillia, PhD, a CZI Imaging Scientist and awarded more than $1 million in grant funding for her research into microscopic imaging.
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Rett Syndrome Research Trust provides $2.7 million in new funding for research
Jonathan Watts, PhD, and colleagues are advancing research to repair the disease-causing gene mutations in Rett syndrome thanks to $2.7 million in new funding from the Rett Syndrome Research Trust.
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Exposing the Elusive Exocyst Structure
Loading of Extracellular Vesicles with Hydrophobically Modified siRNAs
ORBIT: a New Paradigm for Genetic Engineering of Mycobacterial Chromosomes
Education
Medical student John-Marc Austin awarded grant to improve LGBTQ+ health care curriculum
School of Medicine student John-Marc Austin has been awarded a LGBTQ+ health disparities grant from the Massachusetts Medical Society to develop curriculum materials supporting comprehensive, accurate, nonbiased information about LGBTQ+ health and health care.
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Students
UMass Medical School hosts high school Brain Bee on Saturday
The 13th annual Central Massachusetts Regional Brain Bee will take place on Saturday, Feb. 9, at UMass Medical School. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences students Devyn Oliver and Monika Chitre have been tutoring Worcester Technical High School students in preparation for the competition.
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