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The 28 UMass Chan Medical School faculty members who completed the Junior Faculty Development Program this year graduated from the program on June 9. 

UMass Chan Medical School faculty made new company pitches to leaders from nearly two dozen venture capital firms and other industry organizations.

A video tribute to Chancellor Michael F. Collins, who is stepping down as chancellor at the end of June, was shown during UMass Chan’s 53rd Commencement exercises.

Twenty-five graduating students at UMass Chan Medical School received stoles at the 2026 Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration on May 29. 

Graduating PhD candidates in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School were celebrated during an awards ceremony on May 28.

Eight UMass Chan faculty members were honored during the 26th annual Women’s Faculty Committee Awards on May 21.

The UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science has been awarded a seven-year, $50 million renewal of its Clinical and Translational Sciences Award.

Terence R. Flotte, MD, and colleagues outline plans for addressing the current market challenges for gene therapy treatment of rare and ultra-rare disorders.

Howard J. Sachs, MD, associate professor of medicine, delivered the Last Lecture titled “The Inevitable Journey.”

Filmmaker Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH, and Betty Clark, MDiv, are the featured speakers for the annual Howe Endowed Lecture Series.