Work by UMass Amherst physicists Andrea Pocar, Laura Cadonati and doctoral student Keith Otis, with other researchers on the Borexino experiment who reported this year that they accomplished the first detection of neutrinos from the main nuclear reaction powering the sun, has been named one of the “Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2014” by editors and reporters at Physics World magazine.

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Date:          Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014

Time:         11:30 a.m.

What:         Ribbon-cutting and tours, UMass Amherst Integrative Learning Center

Where:       650 North Pleasant St., café area on lower level

UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy and other campus officials and students will celebrate completion of the $93 million Integrative Learning Center.