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• UMassOnline Revenue For FY '08 Sees 32% Increase to $37M While Enrollment Growth Exceeds 26%

  - 2008-04-30

  While Overall Higher Education Student Population Grew by 1.5% in the U.S., UMassOnline Enrollments Show Better than 26% Increase to 33,900 SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- Pointing to its continually expanding portfolio of programs, its first year of innovative blended learning offerings, and a growing regional, national and international reputation and...

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• UMassOnline's Launch of More Than Ten New Blended Learning Options Caps Year-Long Strategic Research and Development Initiative

  - 2007-11-06

  Evolving Learning Solutions to Have Longer Term Global Implications Flurry of New, All-Campus Course Offerings Leverages UMassOnline's Regional Strength as the Largest Online Provider in Massachusetts; For UMass, a Collaborative, System-Wide 'Best of Both Worlds' Solution is Pioneered SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- Fueled by a $650,000 development grant...

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• Fallon Clinic's Dr. Kala Seetharaman Named Community Faculty Educator; UMass Medical School Award Recognizes Excellence in Undergraduate Medical Education in Community Setting

  - 2005-04-28

  WORCESTER, Mass. -- Kala Seetharaman, MD, a medical oncologist at Fallon Clinic and division director for oncology at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester Medical Center, has been named Community Faculty Educator by the University of Massachusetts Medical School UMMS during its annual Faculty Awards celebration. The awards celebrate the educational...

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• Refined vs. complex carbs.(HEALTH BITES)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-04-01

  Refined carbohydrates, such as sugar, appear to cause more than equal amounts of complex carbs (grain-based and vegetables), according to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Their one-year study of 572 adults is one of the first to link the type, not the amount,...

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• HMIS Project Management Topics and Tools

  BNET - 2004-12-28

  The primary goal of Homeless Management Information Systems HMISs is to better understand the scope and dimensions of homelessness locally and nationally in order to address the problem more effectively. Through the implementation of advanced technology, HMIS also directly benefits service providers and homeless clients by providing more efficient and...

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• Drive Square Receives Grant to Develop Portable Vehicle Simulator That Emulates Real-Life Driving Experience for Novice Drivers

  - 2004-11-01

  NEWTON, Mass. -- Goal is to Reduce Accidents and Improve Road Safety Drive Square, a company using simulation technology to develop innovative driver training products, has received a $100K National Center for Injury Prevention and Control NCIPC of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Phase One Small Business...

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• Analytical and quantitative light microscopy: May 9-May 17, 2002.(Special Topics Courses)

  - 2003-08-01

  DIRECTORS Sluder, Greenfield, University of Massachusetts Medical Center Wolf, David, BioHybrid Technologies FACULTY Amos, William, MRC Lab of Molecular Biology Bulseco, Dylan, University of Massachusetts Medical School ...

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• Quantitative Analysis of Hedge Fund and Managed Futures Return and Risk Characteristics

  BNET - 2003-06-13

  Hedge funds and commodity trading advisors have different trading styles and trading opportunities than traditional stock and bond mutual fund managers. As a result, factors that incorporate the possibility of returns to trending prices, short sales, and volatility may better capture their relative return movement. Previous studies have focused on...

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• Three weeks and teenage girls are hooked: study.

  - 2002-08-29

  Aug 29, 2002 (The Sydney Morning Herald - ABIX via COMTEX) The results of a new study on smoking indicate teenage girls are far more vulnerable to nicotine addiction than teenage boys. Of 679 students studied over a 30-month period at the University of ...

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• University of Massachusetts - In The News

  - 2002-07-01

  William Bulger is signing on for another five years as president of the University of Massachusetts. His $309,000 annual salary doesn't include a raise. The announcement comes at a challenging time in the UMass history. The school has a $17 million deficit, which Bulger will address, in part, with higher...

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