The three female peregrine falcon chicks that hatched last month on the roof of the Du Bois Library all successfully began flying over the weekend of June 9-10.
They have been coming back to the box at night to be fed, but they will spend less and less time at the box over the next few days until they completely stop visiting it on a regular basis, according to Richard Nathhorst, capital projects manager in Facilities Planning.
“They are in the flight school phase of their training, following the parents around campus begging for food, learning to fly and hunt for prey and developing
President Robert L. Caret last week announced more than $259,000 in grants from the fund to support nine faculty-led projects that promote the arts and culture in Massachusetts. Awards were made to faculty from the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses.
The building was designed by Caolo & Bieniek Associates, Inc. of Chicopee. The general contractor was CTA Construction Company of Waltham.
Further, these extreme inter-glacial warm periods correspond closely with times when parts of Antarctica were ice-free and also warm, suggesting strong inter-hemispheric climate connectivity, say the project’s three co-chief scientists. The polar regions are much more vulnerable to change than once believed, they add.
The presentation will be made in July during the association’s national conference in Boston.
Faculty members from the College of Natural Sciences and the School of Public Health and Health Sciences are among the recipients of nearly $750,000 in grants from the President’s Science and Technology Initiatives Fund announced June 18 by President Robert L. Caret.
Senior officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and non-government partners announced June 14 the launch of US Ignite, a national “innovation ecosystem” for developing and deploying public sector applications and services on ultra-fast, software-defined networks to enhance the next generation of the Internet.
Figuring out how bacteria and other cells accurately distinguish waste from useful molecules has been elusive, but his laboratory’s recent progress could offer medical researchers a clue for controlling disease, such as bacterial infections and cancer cell growth.
Upward Bound is a year-round, multi-year program for high school students who have the potential to succeed in college and could benefit from tutoring, academic enrichment, pre-college skills development, career counseling, college visits, cultural enrichment and academic and social support.