UMass Amherst Center Develops Online System For U.S. Soldiers To Resolve Problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Elsewhere
July 8, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – U.S. soldiers seeking treatment at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and in Army medical facilities worldwide, will have a new tool to help them thanks to an online system being developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. More...
Area Educators Attending Summer Institute for Writing Teachers at UMass Amherst
July 8, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Eighteen teachers from area communities are taking part in the Western Massachusetts Writing Project’s Invitational Summer Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The institute, which began its 15th year this week, runs through the end of July. More...
UMass Amherst Podcast Looks at Creation of Portable Hug Vest To Help Relieve Anxieties, Disorders
July 8, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s podcast series about the breakthrough discoveries of campus researchers focuses this month on the development of a portable hug vest—a new invention that promises to help people suffering from a wide range of problems become calmer, more focused and more grounded. More...
UMass Researcher’s Book on Raising Bilingual Children Encourages Parents and Offers 20 Years of Research
July 3, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Parents who want to raise their young children to speak more than one language have a new guide in the book, “Raising a Bilingual Child,” by Barbara Zurer Pearson, a research associate and adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. More...
WFCR Begins Construction of Studio in Springfield
July 3, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. − For the first time since it completed its studios in Hampshire House almost 40 years ago, WFCR will construct a new studio facility in Springfield. More...
William L. Mitchell Named Director of Stockbridge School at UMass Amherst
July 1, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – William L. Mitchell, an alumnus who earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in landscape architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been named the new director of the Stockbridge School at the university. More...
Pittsfield Resident Jared Carchedi Receives 2008 Amy E. Trice MBA Scholarship
June 30, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Jared Carchedi of Pittsfield, a self-employed landscape contractor who is enrolled in the part-time master of business administration program run by the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is the 2008 recipient of the Amy E. Trice MBA Scholarship. More...
Trial Crops for Making Biofuels To Be Grown At UMass Amherst and on Pioneer Valley Farms This Summer
June 27, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are planting crops that can be used to make biofuels on land in the Pioneer Valley that is not suitable for food production. The project is a cooperative effort between UMass Amherst, UMass Extension and several state agencies, seeking to develop a sustainable fuel crop in Massachusetts. More...
Stacia Marcelynas Battles Wind, Rain to Place UMass Amherst Eighth in National Supermileage Competition
June 26, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Despite tornado warnings and torrential rain that temporarily forced her car off the track, Stacia Marcelynas led the University of Massachusetts Amherst Supermileage Team to an eighth-place finish in the 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Supermileage Competition. More...
Films by UMass Amherst Professor Chosen for Preservation by New York Women in Film & Television
June 24, 2008
AMHERST, Mass. – Two early films by Liane Brandon, professor emeritus of education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have been selected for restoration and preservation by the New York Women in Film & Television’s Women’s Film Preservation Fund. More...
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