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DATE: Sunday, June 16 to Friday, June 21
WHERE: Lincoln Campus Center and Berkshire Dining Commons
More than 250 chefs, managers and suppliers from across the nation come together for the 19
th annual Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference hosted by Dining Services at UMass Amherst. Joining them are celebrity chefs Robert Irvine and Jet Tila.
The theme for this year is “Flavor, Culture, Healthfulness: The Future of College Dining Menus.”
There will be presentations, demonstrations and hands-on sessions during a fun but educational week,
AMHERST, Mass. – Approaching the two-month anniversary of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, a new UMass Poll released today by the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that only one-in-eight Massachusetts residents are very concerned about a terrorist attack where they live. The poll also indicated distinct party-line divisions regarding which government officials and agencies were to blame for failing to prevent the attack.
AMHERST, Mass. – Shelly Peyton, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of 22 researchers who have been named Pew Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences by The Pew Charitable Trusts.The scholarships provide flexible funding to early career scientists researching the basis of perplexing health problems—including diabetes, autism, Parkinson’s disease, and cancer.
AMHERST, Mass. – Eight scholars from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have been selected to participate in the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
AMHERST, Mass. – The Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will host seven nights of poetry and fiction readings by acclaimed faculty and writers in residence from June 23-29.
AMHERST, Mass. – The public is invited to witness sunrise and sunset associated with the summer solstice among the standing stones of the UMass Amherst Sunwheel on Thursday, June 20 at 7:30 p.m. for sunset and on Friday, June 21 at 5 a.m. for sunrise. These events will mark the astronomical change of season when days are longest and nights are shortest in the Northern Hemisphere. Rain cancels the events. 
AMHERST, Mass. – As part of campus-wide sustainability efforts, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is hosting its second annual “Permaculture Your Campus” conference on June 23–26. Discount registration is available for students, faculty and staff from other universities, food service managers, chefs and sustainability coordinators who wish to attend.