UMass cancer researchers make breakthrough, but say that much work remains
Posted May 09, 2021
UMass Distinguished Professor in Chemistry Sankaran “Thai” Thayumanavan says progress in cancer research has been made, but more steps must now be taken.UMass Amherst photo / John Solem
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AMHERST Whenever a breakthrough in cancer research is announced, the natural public reaction is to ask for a timetable and the sooner, the better.
That is unfortunately not how such research can work. Nonetheless, a University of Massachusetts Amherst team’s declaration of progress is cause for optimism and hope.
“Research usually takes a long time to make an impact. We’ve been working on this for quite a few years,” said Sankaran “Thai” Thayumanavan, a distinguished professor of chemistry and interim head of the UMass biomedical engineering department.
UMass Amherst parents fight students suspension from school over off-campus face coverings Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021
UMass Amherst parents fight students suspension from school over off-campus face coverings Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021
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TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 10:38 PM EDT May 7, 2021 The family of at least two UMass Amherst students are fighting back after they say the school kicked the students out of school this spring, after a photo of them without a face covering off-campus surfaced. The family says three female UMass Amherst freshmen, all honors students, attended an off-campus party in March. A photo of the three not wearing masks was posted on Instagram. They took a picture off-campus on a Saturday and got thrown out of school, one of the parents of the students removed from the school said. The families declined using their last names for the story, fearing it will hur
UMass Amherst Parents Say School Suspended Students Over Maskless Off-Campus Photo
On 5/8/21 at 11:16 AM EDT
The parents of three University of Massachusetts Amherst students who were blocked from online classes over an outdoor and maskless off-campus photo slammed the school ruling as devastating.
UMass Amherst school administrators enacted a zero-tolerance, high risk COVID-19 pandemic stance in February that led to three female freshmen being cut off from online classes and having their $16,000 in tuition voided for the entire semester. The suspended students parents on Friday blasted the school s decision, which was made after someone handed administrators a photo that showed the freshman friends posing outside without masks at an off-campus event.