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Carbone to Serve on International Health Policy, Advocacy Committee
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Elena Carbone, associate professor of nutrition, has been selected to join the Standing Committee on Policy and Advocacy of the International Health Literacy Association (IHLA). Founded in 2016, IHLA is a non-profit, member-based association dedicated to the professional development of its members...
Elena Carbone
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First Faculty Appointed to New Biomedical Engineering Department
Thursday, July 26, 2018
The first faculty hires for the new department of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering have been appointed with tenure following approval by the Board of Trustees at its June 20 meeting. Professor Tammy L. Haut Donahue, the founding department head, will lead the emerging program...
Tammy L. Haut Donahue
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UMass Amherst Geophysicists Offer New View of Earth’s Crust History in New England
Thursday, July 26, 2018

In a recent paper in Geophysical Research Letters, a team of geophysicists led by doctoral student Cong Li in professor Haiying Gao’s laboratory at UMass Amherst report for the first time unexpected, dramatic differences in the thickness of the earth’s crust along the coast of New England.

Cong Li
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UMass Amherst Hosting Nursing Activism Think Tank to Focus on Major Issues Impacting U.S.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

The UMass Amherst College of Nursing will host 50 nurses as part of a think tank on July 30-31 organized by the website NurseManifest.com, founded by Peggy Chinn, Adeline Falk-Rafael and Susan Hagedorn. The think tank is designed to bring nurses from all over the country together to focus on addressing some of the major political issues facing the nation.

Skinner Hall, home of the College of Nursing
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Dube Awarded $75,000 Grant to Study Wage Inequality
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Economist Arindrajit Dube has been awarded a $75,000 grant by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth for his research on the channels through which economic inequality affects economic growth and stability. Dube’s project, “Firm wage policies and inequality: Evidence using...
Arindrajit Dube
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Graduate School Appoints Adebayo Assistant Dean for Inclusion and Engagement
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Adebayo has been named assistant dean for inclusion and engagement at the Graduate School. Adebayo, who began her appointment earlier this month, holds a doctoral degree in biomedical engineering from Cornell University and recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the...
Olufunmilayo (Funmi) Adebayo
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Krish Thiagarajan Named to Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy at UMass Amherst College of Engineering
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Krish Thiagarajan, an expert on marine renewable energy and energy-producing offshore structures, has been appointed to the Endowed Chair in Renewable Energy in the UMass Amherst College of Engineering.

Krish Thiagarajan
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Doctoral Oral Exams for July 30-Aug. 3
Friday, July 20, 2018
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows: Rohit Gupta, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, Monday, July 30, 10 a.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “Investigating the...
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Parking Lot 25 to Reopen July 20
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Following two months of construction, Parking Lot 25 (on Commonwealth Avenue, north of the Mullins Center) will reopen to permit holders on Friday, July 20. Final work will be performed in the circle in front of the Mullins Center, so some sections may be blocked for the final stages of the...
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Obituary: Thomas Trotman, Former UMass Foundation Executive Director
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Thomas Healy Trotman, 77, of Amherst, a former executive director of the UMass Foundation, died July 12. Born March 5, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan, he attended Alma College and earned master’s degrees at the University of Michigan and UMass Amherst. He joined the university in 1963 as a...
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