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Tufts Professor of Medicine, Nutrition to Deliver Virginia A. Beal Lecture
Monday, April 3, 2017
Joel B. Mason, M.D., professor of medicine and nutrition at Tufts University, will provide the keynote lecture “Micronutrients and Cancer Prevention: Making Sense of a U-shaped World” at the 29th annual Virginia A. Beal Lecture and Awards on Wednesday, April 12 beginning at 4 p.m. in...
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U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Named Keynote Speaker for UMass Amherst Commencement on May 12
Monday, April 3, 2017

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren will give the keynote address at the Undergraduate Commencement ceremony at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, May 12 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. The ceremony begins at 4:30 p.m.

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Participants Needed for Speech, Language and Voice Study
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Researchers in communication disorders are looking for individuals who are 14-18 years of age for a study on speech and language characteristics of individuals who are typically developing or who have a diagnosis of Autism. Participation in this study will involve a brief screening questionnaire...
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SPHHS to Host Annual Research Day
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will hold its 20th annual Research Day on Tuesday, April 4 from 2-5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The SPHHS holds this event, celebrated annually during National Public Health Week, as an opportunity for the campus community to learn...
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Libraries Accepting Applications for Open Education Initiative Faculty Grants
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The UMass Amherst Libraries are accepting applications for spring 2017 Open Education Initiative (OEI) faculty grants. Now in its eighth cycle, the OEI is a faculty incentive program that encourages the use of existing, or the creation of new openly licensed, low-cost or free information resources...
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Wind Energy Center to Present Student Poster Session
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Offshore Wind Energy Program invites the campus community to attend its annual student poster session from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 in the Hadley Room, 10th Floor Campus Center. There will be light refreshments, a cash bar and...
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iCons Students’ Senior Research on View in ‘Student Showcase’ Videos
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The sophisticated work undertaken by students in the Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Programs’s “Fourth Dimension” is on view in the iCons Student Showcase, a video gallery of student research. Launched in 2010, iCons teaches undergraduate researchers a signature...
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Air Force ROTC Cadets Visit Installations in Maryland, Meet Mass. Lawmakers
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Eighteen cadets from the campus’ Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 370 visited the Defense Information Systems Agency, an Air Force Reserve unit at Joint Base Andrews and Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Congressman James McGovern over spring break.

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University of Georgia Dining Services to Prepare Meal at UMass Amherst to Make Good on Super Bowl Bet
Monday, March 27, 2017

After the New England Patriots’ stunning win in Super Bowl LI, Ken Toong, executive director of auxiliary enterprises at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, began plans to collect on a friendly food wager made before the game with his counterparts at the University of Georgia in Athens. Billed as “Super-Duper Pay Day,” the celebratory event will take place on Friday, March 31 from 5-9 p.m. at Berkshire Dining Commons. If you’re counting, this was the seventh time Toong participated in such a wager. The Patriots' win increases his record to 5-2.

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Libraries Name 2017 Undergraduate Sustainability Research Award Winners
Friday, March 24, 2017
The UMass Amherst Libraries have announced the winners of the 2017 Undergraduate Sustainability Research Award, led by first-place recipients Cameron Lane of Pepperell; Matthew “Donnie” Rollings of Lincoln University, Pa.; Cameron Smith-Freedman of Natick; and Luke Fateiger of Stow for...
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