Assistant professor Susan Roberts of the Chemical Engineering Department is conducting research that could dramatically increase the world’s production of Taxol, one of the closest things science has to a cure for cancer.
Andrew Effrat has been named associate provost for Faculty Recruitment and Retention by Charlena M. Seymour, provost and senior vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. The appointment takes effect Sept. 1.
Richard J. Potter, 31, of Belchertown, a former departmental assistant in the Meal Plan Office, died Aug. 1 at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester.
The University Without Walls is hosting its second annual Social Justice Residency from Aug. 1-3 to give UWW students the opportunity to network and think creatively about how to foster social justice in their communities. More than 30 online adult students from as far away as California will be...
It was a year full of medalists, record breakers, achievements and accomplishments for club sports as some students qualified for collegiate national championships and others traveled abroad to compete internationally, according to Annmarie Seifert, associate vice chancellor for student development...
Faculty members from geosciences, biochemistry and chemical engineering are among the recipients of $856,000 in grants from the President’s Science and Technology Initiatives Fund, which supports promising research projects.
Announced July 14 by President Robert L. Caret, the grants help accelerate...
As a reorganization of Student Affairs and Campus Life moves forward, Vice Chancellor Enku Gelaye recently announced some staffing changes for the new academic year aimed at supporting various components of the restructuring effort.
The new organizational plan, which creates several clusters of...
A mini-series of free workshops focused on food access and community food system resilience are being offered by the Stockbridge School of Agriculture, Amherst Survival Center, the Center for Human Development’s...
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Mel Tarsi, Ph.D., Political Science. Tuesday, July 29, 1 p.m., 620 Thompson....
A memorial service for Jeremiah M. Allen, professor emeritus of English and former dean of Humanities and Fine Arts, is being held Friday, Aug. 1 from 1-2 p.m. in 1001 Campus Center.
Allen, who retired in 1995, died...
