The book Degrees of Equality: Abolitionist Colleges and the Politics of Race, written by Assistant Professor of History John Bell, has been awarded the Linda Eisenmann Prize from the History of Education Society. The prize is given biennially to a book by a first-time author that makes an outstandi...
Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Maria-Teresa Herd has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for $117,923 to lead research measuring the ionization energy of Lithium, an alkali metal. Through this grant, six Assumption students will also receive funding for summer resear...
This year, Danny Portillo ’25, a psychology major with a concentration in mental health and pre-clinical counseling, and Associate Professor of psychology Leamarie Gordon, have worked closely together on a project focusing on retrieval practice, an evidence-based approach to learning and memorizi...
Last month, Adam Ide ‘24 and Assistant Professor of History John Bell, traveled to Columbia, South Carolina to present their research on emancipation and education at the Southern History of Education Society (SHOES) Conference. The conference, co-hosted by Allen University and the University of ...
Five Assumption professors will be featured on the NPR podcast ‘The Academic Minute’ this week, with one segment airing per day for what will be called “Assumption Week”. Earlier this year, each of the professors submitted a brief synopsis of their academic work and recorded segments aroun...
A team of researchers, including Assumption University professors Karolina Fučíková and Brian Niece and Assumption alumnae Melissa Taylor '18 and Aleeza S. Isaac '20, have published an article in scientific journal Plant Ecology and Evolution highlighting their discovery of a new species of green...
Over the summer, 19 Assumption students collaborated with faculty to conduct research relevant to their individual fields of study ranging from cancer research to adolescent behavioral studies. The students presented their original research projects during a Summer Scholars Research Symposium on Sep...
Juan Carlos Grijalva, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures, has contributed to the development of an international symposium during which renowned scholars from throughout the world will discuss women in Andean region histor...
Thirty-eight Assumption students presented their original academic research projects during the 27th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, which was held virtually on April 19. The University’s Annual Undergraduate Symposium showcases the academic research and scholarly achievemen...
Three Assumption psychology faculty members participated in the 59th annual New England Psychological Association (NEPA) Conference attended by hundreds held on November 9 at Southern New Hampshire University. The purpose of the conference is to provide an opportunity for scholars and undergraduate ...
While much of the country is fixated on this weekend’s NCAA Final Four, Assumption’s Associate Professor of History Carl Robert Keyes, Ph.D., is celebrating a Final Four victory of his own—his Adverts 250 Project finished second overall in The Junto: A Group Blog on Early American History...
Amidst a shortage of mathematics teachers in Massachusetts, Assumption Professors Jessica A. de la Cruz, Ph.D., associate professor of education, and Joseph Alfano, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, have secured an $118,315 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support a project to add...
Two Assumption professors have been named Fulbright Specialists by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) and World Learning. According to the ECA, Specialists are competitively selected to join the roster based on their knowledge, skill sets, and ability t...
When not teaching in the college classroom, Assumption English Professor Lucia Knoles, Ph.D., teaches autobiography writing classes for members of Worcester’s senior community. Throughout the summer, Prof. Knoles collaborated with a group of residents of the Eisenberg Assisted Living Center c...
A manuscript published in December 2016 by Assumption Associate Professor of History Mark Christensen, Ph.D., has been recognized by the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) with its highly competitive Mexico Section Book Award in the Humanities.The Teabo Manuscript: Maya Christian Copybook...
Ninety students were selected to present an original academic research project at Assumption’s 23rd Annual Undergraduate Symposium, which was held April 24-25 on the College’s Worcester Campus. The undergraduate symposium serves to highlight the research and scholarly a...
Jose Garcia ’19 has been awarded a SOPHIA Community Engagement Grant to conduct interdisciplinary research on issues affecting Latinos in the United States. Garcia will travel to Los Angeles, CA; Tucson, AZ; and Orlando, FL to obtain a deeper understanding of Latino Critical Race Theory.Accord...
Assumption’s Jack Sullivan ’17, of Stony Point, NY, has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to conduct cancer research this summer at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Cancer Center in Boston. Sullivan is the fourth student from Assumption to be selected for this highly-sought fellowship....
Smartphones are a key means of accessing information and communicating in the 21st century. From texting friends, to browsing social media sites like Instagram and Facebook, smartphones keep individuals connected to one another like never before. But are there disadvantages to a society with ex...
Assumption Associate Professor of History Stuart Borsch, Ph.D., has been named to the Dantean Anomaly Advisory Board, an arm of a prominent international research group studying medieval climate change. The Dantean Anomaly refers to the conclusion of a period of time in which the entire contine...
Assumption senior Jessica Ferronetti, of Andover, has received a Fulbright award for the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) Program in Argentina. The grant will enable Ferronetti to teach English in local classrooms while serving as a cultural ambassador for the United States. She is one of a sel...
Seventy-eight students were selected to present an original academic research project at Assumption’s 24th Annual Undergraduate Symposium, which was held April 23-24 on the Worcester Campus. The undergraduate symposium showcases the academic research and scholarly achievements...
Students enrolled in the BIO160: Concepts in Biology class learned practical and valuable skills through a hands-on experience working with Community Harvest Project (CHP), a local nonprofit that grows and donates produce to those grappling with food insecurity. In addition to learning important top...
With a new Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer installed on campus, Assumption now has an “MRI for chemistry students” that has immediately expanded the quality of student and faculty research conducted at the institution.The instrument, valued at $350,000, was donated by the Disco...
