Prasanta C. Bhowmik, professor of weed science in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for spring 2007.
“Shopkeepers,” a master of fine arts thesis exhibition by former Campus Chronicle photographer Stan Sherer, will be on display April 22-28 at the Herter Art Gallery.
A paper authored by Om Parkash, assistant professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, was published in the April 4 issues of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
The New England Chapter of the International Interior Design Association will honor professor emeritus Arnold Friedmann of the Art Department at the IIDA Business Leader''s Breakfast on April 25 in Boston.
Sonia Nieto, professor emerita in the School of Education, was recognized with three awards during the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA) held April 7-11 in San Francisco.
Jeanne Hardy, assistant professor of Chemistry, has received a three-year, $264,000 Beckman Foundation Young Investigator Award to investigate a protein that causes sick cells to die.
Michael Ash, associate professor of Economics, and a faculty associate in the Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA), has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for spring 2007.
The American Chemical Society''s Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal, which recognizes distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists, was presented March 28 to Chemistry professor Lila Gierasch during the organization''s annual meeting in Atlanta.
A 15-member advisory committee has been formed by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to recommend how the campus can develop an international admissions policy that is as open as possible while complying with federal laws.
At the Feb. 19 Faculty Senate meeting, the chancellor said the International...
UMass Amherst is realigning its academic advising program to better serve the one-in-four first-year students who enter the university without a declared major.
Beginning in September, all undeclared first-year students will join the new Exploratory Track Program and be placed in one of eight...
Construction of the $52 million Design Building (DB) will begin April 1 next to the Studio Arts Building on what is now parking Lot 62. A number of parking spaces will be lost, and some permit holders are being relocated to alternate lots.
Parking Services will hold an open forum for Lot 62 parking...
A six-member committee appointed by President Robert L. Caret to conduct a review of Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy will visit campus Tuesday, March 3 to meet with various constituencies as part of the evaluation process.
Chaired by Trustee Henry Thomas III, the committee will meet privately with the...
The Lon Chaney/Rupert Julien version of “Phantom of the Opera,” with an original score performed by the Berklee College Silent Film Orchestra, will be screened Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowker...
Pat Hynes, a feminist and peace and environmental justice activist who directs the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice, will speak on “Vietnam: An Unfinished War” on Wednesday, March 4 at 4 p.m. in the...
Norbert Goldfield, executive director of Healing Across the Divides, an organization seeking to improve the health of marginalized Israelis and Palestinians, will be the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the...
