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New Hybrid MBA program offered by Isenberg School

The Isenberg School of Management's newly launched Hybrid MBA program allows students to complete a core curriculum of online MBA courses followed by nine months of courses on  campus in the company of Isenberg’s second-year, full-time MBA students. It is the fourth MBA option now offered by the school.

“Isenberg’s Hybrid MBA, like our other MBA programs, offers our students  flexibility and convenience, observes John Wells, associate dean of Online Programs. “For some students, our hybrid option will prove the best of both worlds,” he continues.

Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics debuts website

The Institute for Computational Biology, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics (ICB3) has launched its inaugural website at www.umass.edu/icb3. The site is one of the first to be developed with University Relations’ new UMass-branded Drupal package.
 
The new website features campus resources and research at the intersection of computational, statistical and life sciences.

Women’s iron intake may help protect against PMS, says study

Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard. It is one of the first to evaluate whether dietary mineral intake is associated with PMS development.
 
Senior author Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson and others at UMass Amherst, with lead author Patricia Chocano-Bedoya and colleagues at Harvard, assessed mineral intake in approximately 3,000 women in a case-control study nested within

Campus team dominates national Turf Bowl competition

The grass is always greener when it is being tended by the nation’s number one-ranked turf team, which just happens to be part of the UMass Amherst Turf Club.
 
The 19th annual Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Turf Bowl held Feb. 7 in San Diego was dominated by a UMass Amherst team consisting of Evan Bradstreet, a senior from Gorham, Maine; Sean Raposa, a junior from Tiverton, R.I.; Kevin Shewmaker, a senior from Granby, and Peter J. White III, a senior from Worcester.

USA Women's Rugby National Team members train with Kinesiology students and faculty

Five Kinesiology student interns will be facilitating training sessions with members of the USA Women’s Rugby National Team during three visits to the campus this semester, beginning Feb.  23-24.
 
The students are collaborating with faculty sponsors Eliza Frechette and Judi LaBranche on instituting a workout program for the athletes and will participate in other activities including fitness assessments, nutritional education and sport psychology seminars.
 
The program came together during the 2011-12 school year.

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