The Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience Lab is recruiting volunteers for an EEG (electroencephalogram) study investigating the neural basis of visual cognition. Participants will be paid $20 for 2 hours.
Participants in this study must be right-handed, 18- 35-year-olds with no history of...
The College of Natural Sciences (CNS) has announced the establishment of the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize, an annual competition for CNS scientists engaged in high-impact applied life sciences research.
The prize is made possible through the generosity of the Mahoney family to recognize UMass...
Jane Kent, professor of kinesiology, has been named chair of the department. She takes over for Catrine Tudor-Locke, who assumed the position of associate dean of research and administration for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences in March.
“Jane has had a long-standing...
The campus community is invited to a retirement reception for Michael Gilbert, Information Technology advisor for technology initiatives and services, on Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 3-5 p.m. in the north lobby of the Lederle Graduate Research Center.
Gilbert, a 28-year employee with UMass Amherst IT,...
Adriane Lam, a doctoral candidate in geosciences in professor Mark Leckie’s lab, recently launched a public outreach website, “Time Scavengers,” with her friend and fellow scientist, Ph.D. candidate Jen Bauer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Their goal is to explain...
Thomas Selmar Cassirer, 94, of Pullman, Washington, professor emeritus of French and Italian, died June 11.
Born April 28, 1923, in Rome, Italy, he lived with his family in Rome, Berlin, and at the Odenwaldschule, a nontraditional German boarding school established by his uncle and aunt until the...
Landscape and Construction Services will begin landscaping projects on Monday, July 24 on the west side of the Student Union and the East side of the Du Bois Library.
In both cases, the work will continue through mid-September.
Student Union
In the area between the Student Union and Machmer Hall...
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Janna Mantua, Ph.D., Neuroscience and Behavior. Monday, July 31, 9:30 a.m., 521B Tobin Hall. Dissertation: “Investigating the Long-Term Sequelae of Mild...
Administrators from UMass Amherst and the other members of the Five College Consortium will meet with Pioneer Valley Transit Authority administrator Sandra Sheehan on July 24 to discuss recent route reductions and ways to maintain effective service.
John J. McCarthy, senior vice provost for academic affairs, has been named acting provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy while Provost Katherine Newman transitions to a new role as senior vice president for academic affairs at the President’s...
