UMass Amherst neuroscientist Rebecca Spencer recently received a five-year, $2.64 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore, in a series of laboratory and preschool-based studies, whether mid-day napping benefits learning in young children and helps them cope with emotions.
The department of theater will launch its 45th season with a free season kick-off celebration on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center’s Rand Theater.
The event is free to the public.
The kick-off begins with previews of the five productions planned for the 2017-18 season:...
Lisa Brooks, associate professor of English and American studies at Amherst College, will speak on “Native New England: Resistance, Reclamation, Revitalization” on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. in 145 Integrated Science Building.
An Abenaki scholar, Brooks will discuss the history of...
If you find yourself sleepless at UMass, find out how changing your sleep can change your life.
Stop by the Sleep Fair, Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 1-3 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom, for activities, vendors and freebies.
Then, hear “Sleepless @ UMass,” a talk by sleep expert Rebecca...
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Evan Palmer-Young, Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Monday, Oct. 2, 1 p.m., 209 French Hall. Dissertation: “Inter-Strain Variation and Evolution...
UMass Amherst is again rated one of the top 50 most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 375 Green Colleges, 2017, which was released Sept. 19.
UMass Amherst environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg is being honored by Collaborative on Health and the Environment as one of its “20 Pioneers Under 40 in Environmental Public Health” recognizing her “exceptional levels of accomplishment in work that is rigorous, dynamic and builds critical knowledge.”
Approximately 400 UMass students will spend Saturday working on volunteer projects in area communities as part of the 6th Annual Mass Impact Day on Saturday, Sept. 23.
Researchers at the UMass Amherst College of Engineering are developing a multi-purpose radar system that can detect very small drone aircraft and also serve as a severe weather warning system for airports and urban settings. The system is designed to scan the airspace closest to the ground where drones and severe weather are not currently visible to existing weather radar and aircraft surveillance systems.
State AFL-CIO president Steve Tolman and Steve Karam, principal at the Karam Financial Group, have been named to the university’s 22-member Board of Trustees by Gov. Charlie Baker.
The appointees replace two trustees whose terms had expired. Tolman, a former state senator from Brighton,...
