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Astronomer at UMass Amherst Receives $75,000 Grant to Expand Sunwheel
Wednesday, March 15, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - Judith Young, astronomer at the University of Massachusetts, has received a $75,000 grant to expand the campus sunwheel, an astronomical calendar located on the southwest corner of the campus. The funding is from the National Science Foundation''s POWRE (Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education) program. Like Stonehenge, the stones of a sunwheel align perfectly with the rising and setting sun at the times of solstices and equinoxes.

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Salamander Migration Imminent, Says UMass Amherst Wildlife Biologist
Wednesday, March 15, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - One rainy night in the next few weeks (perhaps as early as March 16), while most people are watching television or sleeping, millions of salamanders and frogs will skitter across Massachusetts and many other states.

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UMass Amherst Interdisciplinary E-Commerce Center to Host Internet Banking Conference in Worcester
Tuesday, March 14, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - The Interdisciplinary Center for Electronic Enterprise (ICEE) at the University of Massachusetts is sponsoring a one-day conference for community banks on March 28 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Worcester. The event, titled "Working the Web: From Cost Center to Profit Center," is co-sponsored by IBM, Arthur Andersen Consulting, EB Works, and Clickshare, Inc.

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UMass Amherst to Host Multicultural Event March 28
Tuesday, March 14, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - The International Programs Office at the University of Massachusetts is co-sponsoring, "Meet Me at that Mosaic: A Multicultural Evening of Activism in Motion," on Tues., March 28, from 6-10 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

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Chancellor, Vice Chancellor Discuss Financial Condition of UMass Amherst
Thursday, March 9, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - At a meeting today of the Faculty Senate at the University of Massachusetts, Chancellor David K. Scott and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Paul Page refuted comments that the campus has a large financial reserve that should be used to make up a possible shortfall in next year''s budget.

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English Professor John Edgar Wideman of UMass Amherst Receives Two Top Honors
Thursday, March 9, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts English Professor John Edgar Wideman has received two major honors almost simultaneously. Not only has he been named the subject of a literary conference at the University of Virginia, his short story "Weight" has been named the best story of 2000 by the prestigious O. Henry Awards.

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Scientist from UMass Amherst Explains Why Soil Springs to Life in the Spring
Thursday, March 9, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - Klaus Nusslein, assistant professor of microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, studies very tiny organisms in order to answer some of the very large questions in science, including why the frozen fields and lawns of winter seem to come alive when the temperatures rise in the spring.

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UMass Amherst Naming Committee to Study Sweatshop Issues, Will Attend Conference for New Monitoring Group
Wednesday, March 8, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts is establishing a committee to look into sweatshop issues. It was announced by Paul Page, vice chancellor for administration and finance. The committee will be charged with assessing whether the University''s code of conduct for firms that are licensed to make clothes and other goods bearing the UMass insignia is both current and effective.

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Experts Come to UMass Amherst to Discuss Energy-Efficient Wood Products in Home Construction
Tuesday, March 7, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - With home-heating bills rising faster than spring temperatures, home builders and homeowners can learn about keeping energy costs down at an upcoming UMass conference on ways to increase home energy efficiency without impacting the durability of the building materials.

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Project at UMass Amherst Aims to Nurture Disadvantaged Students in Math, Computer Science and Engineering
Tuesday, March 7, 2000

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts is launching a two-year, $220,000 program aimed at supporting economically disadvantaged undergraduates in mathematics and statistics, computer science, and engineering. The program is funded with a grant from the National Science Foundation. Dubbed the NSF Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship Program (CSEMS), the effort is geared toward addressing the national shortage of engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists, and under-representation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in these fields.

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