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Umass news•Feb 5
UMass staff union renews picketing amid prolonged contract talks
AMHERST — After 20 months of ongoing negotiations with the University of Massachusetts to reach a deal for a new three-year contract, members of the Professional Staff Union again picketed outside the Whitmore Administrative Building on Thursday. A major sticking point in the negotiations is whether a portion of cost-of-living increases (COLA) in the contract […]
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Umass news•Jan 15
Cutting-edge medical research at UMass boosted by $3.6M in state grants
AMHERST — Some 10% of people shy away from medical attention because they have a severe fear of needles, and nobody likes getting poked. So what would life be like if needles were as thin as a hair? Or how would life change if medical experts had a way to predict diseases, like Alzheimer’s, decades […]
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