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Neil Forbes

Forbes develops system to 'detonate' cancer-killing TRAIL inside tumors on command

Nov. 20, 2009

Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed a cancer-fighting protein directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on. More...


Hang Xiao

Food Science receives PhD training grant in foods, health and policy

Nov. 20, 2009

The Food Science Department has been awarded a $234,000 Graduate Training Fellowship Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop scientists with cutting-edge multidisciplinary training in food science, nutrition and public policy. More...



Trustee panel approves law school plan

Nov. 19, 2009

A proposal to create a public law school at the Dartmouth campus was approved Nov. 18 by the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs. More...


Mari Castañeda

Castañeda given President’s Public Service Award

Nov. 19, 2009

Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication, is one of five University system faculty members awarded a President’s Public Service Award on Nov. 19. More...



Portuges honored by Hungarian government

Nov. 18, 2009

Hungary’s Ministry of Culture and Education last month honored Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, for her contributions on behalf of the country’s cinema and for enriching cultural relations between Hungary and other nations. More...


Guy Lanza

Lanza awarded Fulbright for work in Siberia

Nov. 18, 2009

Professor Guy Lanza, director of the Environmental Science Program in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation, has been invited to serve as a Fulbright senior specialist in Russia next fall. More...

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People

Baskin wins funding for scanning electron microscope

Biology professor Tobias Baskin recently received a three-year, $511,143 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation award to acquire a state-of-the-art, high-resolution scanning electron microscope. More...


SPHHS faculty, graduate students present at APHA meeting

Several faculty and graduate students from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences made presentations at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association held Nov. 5-11 in Philadelphia. More...


Braun, Debold give papers at sport medicine meeting

Associate professor Barry Braun and assistant professor Ned Debold of the Kinesiology Department spoke at the New England American College of Sports Medicine meeting held Nov. 5-6 in Providence. More...


Fountain reappointed to World Economic Forum council

Jane Fountain, professor of Political Science and Public Policy and director of the National Center for Digital Government, has been appointed for a second year to the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government. More...


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Looking Back

Telcom system was installed 20 years ago

In July 1989, work was forging ahead on the installation of the campus’ $29.5 million telecommunication system. More...


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Weekly Bulletin

Public Health hosts open house for graduate applicants
The Department of Public Health in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences is holding an open house for prospective graduate students on Friday, Dec. 4 from 10-11:30 a.m. in 904-08 Campus Center. More...


Open enrollment extended for flexible spending accounts
Open enrollment for the 2010 pre-tax Health Care Spending Account and Dependent Care Assistance Program has been extended to Dec. 4. More...


Wind Ensemble Concert
James Patrick Miller will lead the Wind Ensemble Concert performance on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. More...


UDance fundraiser for Baystate Children's Hospital
The 4th annual UDance dance marathon fundraiser for Baystate Childen’s Hospital in Springfield is slated for Saturday, Nov. 21 from noon to midnight in the Student Union Ballroom. More...


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