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Neuroscientist Luke Remage-Healey wins prestigious national award

Neuroscientist Luke Remage-Healey will receive the 2012 Frank A. Beach Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology for work showing exceptional promise and significant contributions in the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology. Named after a founder of the field, the award will be presented during the society’s annual meeting this week in New Orleans. Remage-Healey will also give a lecture at the society’s annual meeting next year.
 
Society president Jeffrey Blaustein, who is also director of the UMass Amherst Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, announced the honor.

South African Anti-Apartheid Activist Eddie Daniels Speaks on Oct. 17 in the Bernie Dallas Room

Eddie Daniels, South African anti-apartheid activist and former political prisoner, will speak on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room of the Goodell Building.

Daniels will be introduced by John Cunningham, interim chief executive officer of UMassOnline in the UMass President’s Office.

Born and raised in the “coloured” district of Cape Town, Daniels worked as a whaler, miner and photographer before he joined the Liberal Party in response to the injustices he saw around him.

Architecture professor’s design work featured on 'This Old House'

The new EcoBuilding Bargains store in Springfield, designed by assistant professor of Architecture, Caryn Brause AIA, will be featured this week on This Old House. The episode, entitled “Deconstruction & Design,” will air this Thursday, October 11 from 8-8:30 p.m. on WGBY (channel 57).

The new 32,000 square foot facility is the largest material reuse store in New England.

Gillum's research is focus of podcast

Research by Tameka L. Gillum, associate professor of Public Health, was the subject of a recent podcast produced by Sage Publications.
 
The study, co-authored by Gloria DiFulvio, assistant professor of Public Health, is titled “‘There’s so much at stake’: Sexual minority youth discuss dating violence” and was published in the July edition of Violence Against Women: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal.
 
In the podcast, Gillum discusses the recent work and the significance of the findings in relation to the health and well-being of sexual minority youth.
 
The study and related

Tropp assists reconciliation initiative in Cyprus

Professor Linda Tropp, director of the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program, recently returned from Cyprus where she worked with an initiative aimed at supporting reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on the divided island.
 
Cyprus 2015, which is supported by the UN Development Programme - Action for Cooperation and Trust and funded by the U.S.

Lili He receives Young Scientist Award

Lili He, assistant professor of Food Science, recently received the Young Scientist Awardat the 16th World Congress of Food Science and Technology held in Iguassu Falls, Brazil.
 
The award is sponsored by the International Union of Food Science and Technology, the global scientific organization for food science and technology supporting programs and projects to increase the safety and security of the worlds food supply.
 
Its Young Scientist Award is given biannually to seven early career food scientists under age 35 around the world who best exemplify food science and technology excellence.

Softball field to be named for Sortino

The softball field will be named in honor of longtime head coach Elaine Sortino this weekend to recognize her distinguished career and dedication to both the program and the sport of softball, according to athletic director John McCutcheon. The formal ceremony to name the playing surface Sortino Field will take place on Saturday, Oct. 6 prior to the annual alumni game at 11 a.m.
 
More than 70 former letter-winners, managers and coaches are expected to be in attendance, including members of the 1992 Women’s College World Series squad for the 20th anniversary of that season.
 
“It’s an honor

Obituary: Clifford K. Wheeler, retired custodian

Clifford K. Wheeler, 82, of San Antonio, Texas, formerly of Greenfield, a retired custodian with Physical Plant, died Sept. 29.
 
Born in Putney, Vt., he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
 
He worked on campus from 1978 until his retirement in 1994.
 
He leaves his wife, Margaret Wheeler and his children Robert, Toby, Jeffrey, Nicole Bender, and James, four grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, four brothers, two sisters, numerous nieces and nephews, his mother-in-law and his daughter-in-law.
 
Interment will be at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio.
 
Memorial

Ross honored with early career award from Biophysical Society

Biophysicist Jenny Ross has won one of the top national honors in her field, the 2013 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award, from the Biophysical Society of Rockville, Md. It is given to a woman who has achieved prominence for “substantial contributions to science,” while showing very high promise for ideas and leadership in the early stages of her biophysical research career.
 
Ross is one of five researchers to be honored during a symposium at the society’s 57th annual meeting in February in Philadelphia.

Two scientific societies choose Xing as fellow

Baoshan Xing, professor of environmental and soil chemistry in the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, has been elected a fellow of both the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA).
 
Members of each society nominate worthy colleagues based on their professional achievements and meritorious service. Only 0.3 percent of each organization’s active and emeritus members may be elected fellows.
 
Xing joined the faculty in 1996. His research focuses on contaminant fate in soils and natural organic matter chemistry.
 
The SSSA is a progressive, international

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