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During the Deborah Harmon Hines, PhD, Commencement Celebration, graduating UMass Chan Medical School students received Kente and multicultural stoles to wear at the 52nd Commencement.

Seven faculty members were honored at UMass Chan’s 25th annual Women’s Faculty Awards.

The Junior Faculty Development Program is the longest-running professional development program at UMass Chan.

Degrees will be awarded to 265 students at UMass Chan’s 52nd Commencement ceremony on June 1.

Mary Munson, PhD, received the 2025 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring.

The Office of Government and Community Relations is expanding the UMass Chan volunteer program with a Days of Service initiative in late May.

Primary care education at UMass Chan is one of the best programs in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools 2025.

The Diversity and Inclusion Office at UMass Chan Medical School is hosting a Diversity Campus Read event.

PhD candidate Jesse Lehman has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein grant for mRNA immunology research.

The 2025 Martin Luther King Semester of Service Student Awards were presented to 16 medical school students.

Deputy Chief Nancy O’Loughlin and Officer Cameron Caldwell were recognized for their community policing efforts.

A new study reveals functions and mechanisms that are essential to how molecules move across a membrane through vesicles in a cell.

The 2025 MLK Celebration of Service at UMass Chan is being held Jan. 27, with keynote speaker Imari K. Paris Jeffries, PhD, president and CEO of Embrace Boston.

The first phase of the Inclusive Identity Project is now available to UMass employees across all five campuses.

Chancellor Collins named Kim Canty, assistant vice chancellor for advancement, the 2024 Chancellor’s Award for Advancing the UMass Chan Mission recipient.

Among the newly endowed chairs, five are new UMass Memorial Health chairs, made possible through the long-standing partnership with UMass Chan.

UMass Chan is looking for new members to join the Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity to continue the momentum of its 2024 Diversity Summit.

The environmental justice program is a partnership between the Office of Sustainability, the Diversity and Inclusion Office and the Lamar Soutter Library.

Health Equity News at UMass Chan

Deborah Harmon Hines event celebrates academic excellence, cultural pride

Twenty-fifth annual Women’s Faculty Awards honor exceptional women in science

Junior Faculty Development Program celebrates 15th anniversary with 28 new graduates

UMass Chan community readies for 2025 Commencement week

Educational Recognition Awards, Last Lecture celebrate UMass Chan’s collaborative environment

UMass Chan Days of Service planned for May 20, 21

UMass Chan Medical School among best in the nation for primary care

UMass Chan features activist, consultant and author Emily Ladau for Diversity Campus Read

PhD candidate Jesse Lehman receives Kirschstein Award to study immunology

UMass Chan’s 37th MLK celebration recognizes community resilience and cooperation

UMass Chan police officers receive awards for community commitment, exemplary service

New research examines mechanisms of protein complex at basic cell biological level

Imari Paris Jeffries is keynote speaker at UMass Chan’s 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration

Inclusive Identity Project aims to enhance inclusivity, belonging on UMass campuses

Kim Canty receives Chancellor’s Award for Advancing the UMass Chan Mission

At UMass Chan’s special investiture ceremony, eight newly endowed chairs celebrated

UMass Chan community invited to join Committee on Equal Opportunity and Diversity

Environmental justice program created at UMass Chan