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Undergraduate Forestry program re-accredited

Nov. 22, 2009

The Department of Natural Resource Conservation’s undergraduate program in Forest Ecology and Conservation was recently re-accredited by the national Society of American Foresters. More...



PSIS graduate students win presentation awards

Nov. 20, 2009

Two graduate students from Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences won Turfgrass Presentation Awards at the joint meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America, held Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburgh. More...


Neil Forbes

Forbes develops system to 'detonate' cancer-killing TRAIL inside tumors on command

Nov. 20, 2009

Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed a cancer-fighting protein directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on. More...


Hang Xiao

Food Science receives PhD training grant in foods, health and policy

Nov. 20, 2009

The Food Science Department has been awarded a $234,000 Graduate Training Fellowship Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop scientists with cutting-edge multidisciplinary training in food science, nutrition and public policy. More...



New nest box for peregrines installed on Library roof

Nov. 20, 2009

Come next spring, the peregrine falcons that nest on the roof of the Du Bois Library will have a new penthouse suite available, according to Richard Nathhorst of Facilities and Campus Planning. More...



Trustee panel approves law school plan

Nov. 19, 2009

A proposal to create a public law school at the Dartmouth campus was approved Nov. 18 by the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs. More...


Mari Castañeda

Castañeda given President’s Public Service Award

Nov. 19, 2009

Mari Castañeda, associate professor of Communication, is one of five University system faculty members awarded a President’s Public Service Award on Nov. 19. More...



Portuges honored by Hungarian government

Nov. 18, 2009

Hungary’s Ministry of Culture and Education last month honored Catherine Portuges, professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, for her contributions on behalf of the country’s cinema and for enriching cultural relations between Hungary and other nations. More...


Guy Lanza

Lanza awarded Fulbright for work in Siberia

Nov. 18, 2009

Professor Guy Lanza, director of the Environmental Science Program in the Department of Natural Resources Conservation, has been invited to serve as a Fulbright senior specialist in Russia next fall. More...



Isenberg School researchers advise Food Bank on supply chain management

Nov. 17, 2009

During a nine-month project, Senay Solak, assistant professor of Operations Management, and MBA candidate Justin Fisher used supply chain modeling to develop distribution alternatives for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and the 191 agencies it serves. More...


Kinesiology doctoral students garner awards

Nov. 16, 2009

Sarah Kozey and Karen Riska, doctoral students in Kinesiology, received awards at the New England American College of Sports Medicine Meeting held Nov. 5-6 in Providence. More...


National Center for Digital Government

National Center for Digital Government co-sponsors World Bank Forum

Nov. 16, 2009

The campus-based National Center for Digital Government co-sponsored the 2nd Korea-U.S. Information and Communication Technology-Based Policy Forum held Nov. 5 at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. More...


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