AMHERST, Mass. - An interactive CD-ROM that provides landscape architects with technical design and construction information co-authored by Nicholas T. Dines, professor of landscape architecture and regional planning at the University of Massachusetts, has received the Professional Publishing Award from the Association of American Publishers.

AMHERST, Mass. - Two publications at the University of Massachusetts have won gold medals from District 1 of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), an international educational association for professionals in alumni relations, communications, and philanthropy. District 1 covers the six New England states and five eastern Canadian provinces.

AMHERST, Mass. - Kathleen L. Scott, an independent scholar and member of the University of Massachusetts community, will receive the inaugural Modern Language Association Prize for a Distinguished Bibliography. Scott is being recognized for her recent book, "Later Gothic Manuscripts, 1390-1490." She will receive a $1,000 cash award and citation during the association''s annual convention Dec. 28 in San Francisco.

AMHERST, Mass. - Jeanine Young-Mason, professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts, will deliver the first lecture in the 1998-99 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series Wed. Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The talk is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture.