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UMass Amherst Police Arrest Student Worker for Theft of Controlled Substance from University Pharmacy

October 3, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst police have charged a student worker with stealing a controlled substance, Adderall, from the pharmacy at University Health Services (UHS). More...



Market Meltdown 101: A UMass Amherst Economics Video Primer

October 1, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. - Want some insight from leading economic thinkers about the nation''s financial crisis? Then head to Market Meltdown 101, a primer featuring video clips from UMass Amherst professors, compiled by journalism students at the university''s flagship campus. More...



UMass Amherst Center for Public Policy and Administration Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Events Oct. 3-4

October 1, 2008

AMHERST Mass. – The Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is celebrating a decade of accomplishments with weekend events Oct. 3-4 that include panels, receptions and a photo exhibit opening. More...



UMass Amherst Provost Charlena Seymour Announces She Will Resign From Her Position of Leadership

October 1, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Charlena Seymour today announced that she will resign from her post at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the end of the academic year. More...



UMass Professors Receive Four-Year, $799,602 Federal Grant to Train Speech-Language Pathologists for Public Schools

October 1, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – Two faculty members at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have received a four-year, $799,602 federal grant to train speech-language pathology doctoral students to work in public schools with students who have speech and language disabilities. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will support five doctoral students who will also minor in special education. More...



UMass Amherst Materials Science Center Receives $13.3 Million Federal Grant for Basic Polymer Studies

September 30, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on polymers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a six-year, $13.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study nanoscale polymer assemblies, polymers in highly charged solvents for potential use for drug delivery and harnessing thin-film instabilities for specialized sensors. More...



UMass Amherst Professor Jane Fountain Named to World Economic Forum’s Council on the Future of Governments

September 30, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – Jane Fountain, professor of political science and public policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been appointed to the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Governments. More...



Massachusetts Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year Award Goes To Mike Swain at UMass Amherst

September 30, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – Mike Swain, fire safety services supervisor with the Environmental Health and Safety department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was recognized Sept. 23 as the Massachusetts Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year. More...



UMass Amherst to Host Panel on Oct. 2 on Racial Conflict and Transformation in South Africa

September 29, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst is hosting a discussion on challenges and progress in post-apartheid South Africa on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in room 163C of the Campus Center. The event and a reception are free and open to the public. More...



State Commissioner Recognizes UMass Dining Services Director Ken Toong for Supporting Local Agriculture

September 26, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. – Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Doug Petersen today presented Ken Toong, director of University of Massachusetts Amherst Dining Services, with the state’s Faces of Agriculture Award in a ceremony at Berkshire Dining Commons. The award recognizes Toong’s outstanding support of local agriculture. A special luncheon featuring local foods was part of the celebration. More...

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How Much Security Do You Expect From Your Pacemaker? UMass Amherst Expert Works to Provide Cyber Trust

AMHERST, Mass. – A University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher who earlier this year showed that an implantable heart defibrillator is vulnerable to hacking has received a three-year, $449,000 National Science Foundation grant to improve future security in implanted cardiac devices without compromising safety and effectiveness.

UMass Amherst Study Pushes Appearance of Northern Hemisphere Ice Sheets Back By 22 Million Years

AMHERST, Mass. – Climatologist Robert DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues at four institutions are reporting in the Oct. 2 issue of the journal Nature that their latest climate model of the Northern Hemisphere suggests conditions would have allowed ice sheets to form there for the last 25 million years, or about 22 million years earlier than generally assumed. Their research has implications for the evaluation of global climate change.

UMass Amherst Welcomes ‘Cyclops,’ a Computer That Can Perform About 5 Billion Math Operations per Second

AMHERST, Mass. – On Monday, Oct. 6, at noon the College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will introduce Cyclops, a new supercomputer purchased to support undergraduate research projects, among a variety of goals. Its nickname comes from the fact that the supercomputer is an array of 608 linked processors but has only a single screen, like the one-eyed monster in ancient myths. The event will take place in the college’s Gunness Student Center.

Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute Adds Researcher to Its Springfield Staff

AMHERST, Mass. – Nagendra Yadava has joined PVLSI’s staff of principal investigators and its Center of Excellence in Apoptosis Research (CEAR). He will hold the title of scientist and be based in the Institute’s Springfield laboratory.

Learn the Basics of Taking an Invention from Pipe Dream to Market at a UMass Amherst Workshop On Saturday, Sept. 27

AMHERST, Mass. – Entrepreneurs can learn the basics of developing an invention or idea into a marketable product at a University of Massachusetts Amherst workshop on Saturday, Sept. 27. “Invention to Venture” will meet in the Engineering Laboratory II auditorium from 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Improved Computer Graphics Is Focus of Research by UMass Amherst Professor

AMHERST, Mass. – Rui Wang, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $400,000 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to support his research on improved computer graphics.

In National Briefing, UMass Amherst Researcher George Huber Will Explain Quick New Way to Make ‘Green Gasoline’

AMHERST, Mass. – George Huber, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of three experts invited to speak next week in Washington at a National Science Foundation briefing on “green gasoline,” an alternative fuel made from plant material.

UMass Amherst Will Showcase Biofuel Industry Promise and Research at Conference on Sept. 19

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst, a national leader in developing non-food-based, non-fossil fuels, will host its first Conference on Cellulosic Biofuels on Friday, Sept. 19 in Room 163 of the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center.

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