UMass Amherst Students to Benefit from $30 Million in Facility Improvements Made During the Summer
September 3, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - Students returning to the University of Massachusetts Amherst this fall will find physical and electronic improvements that include installation of wireless Internet access in many residence halls, renovated academic space and a fresh look for some athletic facilities. More...
UMass Amherst Researchers Win $1.2 Million EUREKA Award to Study Disease-Related Protein Misfolding
September 2, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - Three University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists have received a four-year, $1.2 million EUREKA grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study folding and misfolding of secretory proteins in the cell’s protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, where misfolding can lead to diseases such as cystic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis. More...
UMass Amherst Students Return to Campus and Move in on Labor Day Weekend
September 2, 2010
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DATE: Sunday, Sept. 5 and Monday, Sept. 6
TIME: Beginning at 9 a.m.
PLACE: Residence halls across the UMass campus
Students returning to the University of Massachusetts Amherst will be moving into residence halls on Sunday, Sept. 5 and Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 6 beginning at 9 a.m. On Sunday, the Class of 2014, approximately 4,500 students will move in. On Monday, the remaining undergraduate students will arrive on campus. More than 12,400 students who applied for on-campus housing this fall have been accommodated in residence halls. More...
Everywoman’s Center Receives $149,520 Grant to Support Teen Survivors of Sexual Assault and Dating Violence in Hampshire County
September 2, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - The Everywoman’s Center (EWC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded $149,520 over three years by the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance to provide support services to adolescent survivors of sexual assault and dating violence in Hampshire County. More...
UMass Amherst Computer Scientists Are Helping to Lay ‘Clean Slate’ Foundation for Next, More Mobile and Secure Internet
September 1, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - Because today’s Internet was designed for "tethered" computers such as desktop models, its behind-the-scenes operations are often fragile, inefficient and difficult to manage for connecting via smart phones, laptops or sensors. More...
UMass Amherst Volunteers to Attempt World Record By Assembling 400-Foot Sushi Roll on Labor Day
September 1, 2010
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DATE: Monday, Sept. 6, 2010
TIME: 4:45 p.m.
PLACE: Haigis Mall (by the Fine Arts Center)
UMass Amherst
Led by celebrity chefs, 300 volunteers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will attempt to assemble the world’s largest sushi roll this weekend using 650 sheets of nori (seaweed), 200 pounds of rice, 200 pounds of surimi, 100 pounds of avocado, 100 pounds of cucumber, two pounds of sesame seeds, five gallons of soy sauce and six pounds of wasabi. More...
Largest-Ever First-Year Class of 4,500 Arrives at UMass Amherst as Campus Welcomes Students on Labor Day Weekend
August 31, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - An academically outstanding group of first-year students and the largest-ever class to enter the University of Massachusetts Amherst will be welcomed to campus this weekend. The Class of 2014, numbering approximately 4,500 students selected from a record 31,000 applicants, will move in Sunday, Sept. 5. On Monday, Sept. 6, Labor Day, the remaining undergraduates will arrive on campus. More...
UMass Amherst Introduces New Integrated Sciences Education Program
August 27, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - Incoming undergraduates interested in pursuing a science major at UMass Amherst will be able to choose a completely new, enhanced science education program believed to be the first of its kind in the nation. It will teach science "the way it is really done," and "emphasize the reason people become scientists in the first place, which is to solve problems," says Justin Fermann, a program coordinator and senior lecturer in chemistry. More...
UMass Amherst Geologist Will Evaluate Astronauts’ Planetary Exploration Skills
August 26, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - As the new academic year opens next week, geologist and pilot Christopher Condit of the University of Massachusetts Amherst will begin by spending two intense weeks on a remote, high desert plateau with an unusual group of students: NASA astronauts-in-training preparing for human exploration of other planets. More...
UMass Researchers Say Warbler Fight Songs Follow Fashion While Love Songs Stick to a Few Classics
August 23, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - A team of researchers has found that chestnut-sided warblers possess two distinct cultural traditions in song variants that evolve independently - one, used for territorial disputes that changes frequently, and another, used for romance that relies on a small unchanging sampling of classics. The findings suggest songbird culture is more complex than previously thought, the scientists say. The paper will be published in the journal The American Naturalist. More...
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