UMass Amherst again ranks among the nation’s top 50 public universities, according to the 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges rankings released this week.
In the top public national universities category, UMass Amherst ranks No. 42, tied with three institutions. Among all national universities, public and private, UMass Amherst ranks No. 97, tied with three other institutions. The engineering program at UMass Amherst ranked No. 58 in the country.
The United States has more than 2,700 four-year colleges and universities. The national universities category created by U.S. News
Stephen Miller, associate professor of Japanese language and literature, recently published a monograph with the Cornell University East Asia Series titled “The Wind from Vulture Peak: The Buddhification of Japanese Waka in the Heian Period.”
In the fight against cancer, knowing the enemy’s exact identity is crucial for diagnosis and treatment, especially in metastatic cancers, those that spread between organs and tissues. Now chemists led by professor Vincent Rotello of the Chemistry Department have developed a rapid, sensitive way to detect microscopic levels of many different metastatic cell types in living tissue. Findings appear in the current issue of the journal ACS Nano.
Parents may feel it’s clear that missing a nap means their young children will be grumpy and out-of-sorts, but scientists who study sleep say almost nothing is known about how daytime sleep affects children’s coping skills and learning.
“There is a direct correlation between the quality of our facilities and the quality of the student experience and achievement,” said President Robert L. Caret.
Campus officials have cancelled nighttime outdoor activities as a precautionary measure against mosquito-borne illnesses such as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). Departments, programs and students are being advised to reschedule outside events or, if possible, to move them indoors.