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  • Chancellor Michael F. Collins delivered his 2017 Convocation address on Wednesday, Sept. 13.

    Convocation 2017: Chancellor recognizes ‘smart minds, great science and genuine collegiality’ at UMMS

    In his Convocation address, Chancellor Michael F. Collins praised the campus community for its collaborative environment and awarded Chancellor’s Medals to four distinguished faculty for their exemplary teaching, scholarship, clinical excellence and service.

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  • U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, left, listens as Chancellor Michael F. Collins speaks at the forum on NIH funding at UMMS.

    U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, Worcester leaders support critical NIH funding for UMass Medical School

    President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut 22 percent from the FY18 National Institutes of Health budget would cost UMass Medical School from $45 million to $74 million a year, Chancellor Michael F. Collins said at an Aug. 16 panel discussion on NIH funding at UMMS.


  • Maureen Binienda thanks UMass Medical School for supporting the schools with a new initiative, as Chancellor Collins and Kolawole Akindele look on.

    Worcester Public Schools and UMass Medical School unveil family support services initiative

    UMass Medical School is stocking a school food pantry, distributing 700 backpacks filled with supplies to students and installing washers and dryers in the Worcester Public Schools, thanks to support from the Remillard Family Community Service Fund.

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  • Terrence Flotte, Valerie Montgomery Rice and Michael Collins at 2017 Commencement

    UMass Medical School awards 253 degrees at 44th Commencement exercises

    UMass Medical School bestowed 253 degrees, including three honorary degrees, at its 44th Commencement exercises on June 4. Chancellor Michael F. Collins presided over the ceremony, calling the graduates, “a force for good, for progress and for equality and inclusion.”

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    UMass Medical School ranked tops in New England for primary care

    The 2018 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best graduate schools names UMass Medical School the best for primary care education in all of New England. UMMS ranks in the top 10 percent nationwide in primary care among 140 medical schools and 30 schools of osteopathic medicine surveyed.

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  • UMass Medical School announces $250 million comprehensive campaign called Pathways to Promise

    UMass Medical School announces $250 million comprehensive campaign

    The Pathways of Promise capital campaign, the largest fundraising effort since the school was founded, was launched to support the school’s ongoing pursuit of excellence and to shape advances in biomedical research and education well into the 21st century.

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Media reports: First RNAi drug, based on Craig Mello discovery, nearing market

Media reports: First RNAi drug, based on Craig Mello discovery, nearing market

The breakthrough discovery of RNA interference that earned UMass Medical School Professor Craig C. Mello, PhD, and Andrew Z. Fire, PhD, of Stanford University, the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine is yielding its first commercial drug, and possibly a new class of drugs, according to numerous media reports, including stories in Stat News, Forbes and Worcester Business Journal.

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"Throughout the world and close to home we are UMass; dignified and determined; principled and purposeful; respected and relied upon!"

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The year-long process of developing this 2015-2020 Joint Strategic Plan for UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Medical Center revealed deep connections shared by faculty, staff, students and community members, along with a deep commitment to the future success of our institutions, especially as we face dramatic upheavals in health care financing and delivery; medical and health sciences education; and research funding and the translation of research into practice.

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