A resident of Rolling Green Apartments who died in a Jan. 21 fire has been identified as James "Jake" Hoffman, 21, of Stoughton, a senior studying Hospitality and Tourism Management in the Isenberg School of Management.
Hoffman’s name was released Jan. 22 by the state medical examiner.
The early morning fire displaced 33 people, including 22 UMass Amherst students. Campus officials worked to find them alternative housing and provide additional support services.
In a broadcast e-mail, dean of students Enku Gelaye said, “We extend our sincere condolences to James' family and friends and
Just-forming stars, like growing babies, are always hungry and must “feed” on huge amounts of gas and dust from dense envelopes surrounding them at birth. Now a team of astronomers including Robert Gutermuth, a research assistant professor and expert in imaging data from the Spitzer Space Telescope, reports observing an unusual “baby” star that periodically emits infrared light bursts, suggesting it may be twins, that is, a binary star. The discovery is reported this month in Nature.
Women for UMass Amherst (WFUM), a network of alumnae and friends of the campus who have made gifts to support the university, is boosting its impact through a new dedicated, collective fund that is providing awards to worthy projects.
After more than a decade in development, DiscoverText, a cloud-based text analytic software developed by faculty member Stuart Shulman, has been purchased by Vision Critical, a Vancouver-based provider of consumer insight technologies and services.
With more than $5 million raised as part of the New England Public Radio Foundation's 50th anniversary capital campaign for WFCR, the station will break ground for its new downtown Springfield facility on Feb. 8.
Gov. Deval L. Patrick this week proposed a $39 million increase for the University of Massachusetts system as part of his $34.8 billion fiscal 2014 state budget bill.
Hampshire Dining Commons in Southwest is closed this semester for a $15 million renovation, reports Chris Howland, purchasing and marketing manager for Auxiliary Enterprises. The building is expected to reopen in August.
In a study published in the January issue of the journal Fathering, associate professor Jennifer Lundquist and professor Joya Misra, along with former School of Education faculty member KerryAnn O’Meara, now of the University of Maryland, examined assumptions that men take unfair advantage of parental leave at universities, using the leave as an opportunity to further their research while shirking the responsibility of childcare.
Paul J. Dauenhauer, assistant professor of Chemical Engineering, has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s CAREER program to conduct basic research on the chemical reactions that create biofuel from organic matter such as wood.
Studies led by assistant professor of Biology Thomas Maresca are revealing new details about a molecular surveillance system that helps detect and correct errors in cell division that can lead to cell death or human diseases. Findings are reported in the current issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.