Aiming to make the campus more bike-friendly, Physical Plant recently installed bicycle repair stands at the bike shelters outside of the Student Union and Integrated Sciences Building.
According to Pam Monn, assistant director of Physical Plant for Building and Grounds Services, the repair stands were recommended last fall in a report by the League of American Bicyclists.
The Fixit Bike Repair Stands are equipped to hold a bike and are outfitted with various wrenches and screwdrivers and an air pump, all attached with sturdy cables and tamper-proof fasteners.
Ercole Canale-Parola, 83, professor emeritus of Microbiology, died March 29 in Amherst, following a brief illness.
Recently, large studies have identified some of the genetic basis for important common diseases such as heart disease and diabetes, but most of the genetic contribution to them remains undiscovered. Now campus researchers led by biostatistician Andrea Foulkes of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences have applied sophisticated statistical tools to existing large databases to reveal substantial new information about genes that cause such conditions as high cholesterol linked to heart disease.
The campus' 150th birthday celebration features a yearlong series of events and activities that will reflect on the contributions of a once-tiny agricultural college that now enrolls 28,000 students and ranks among the nation’s top public research universities.
State Senate President Therese Murray last week named alumnus Stan Rosenberg to the No. 2 spot on her leadership team, tapping the longtime Amherst Democrat as majority leader.
A new interactive website, the Campus Sustainability Explorer, is allowing students, faculty, staff and the public to click on more than 100 icons to read about “green” buildings, research programs in sustainability, a student farmers’ market and related topics.