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UMass Amherst College of Engineering Annual Outstanding Alumni Awards Luncheon is Oct. 27

AMHERST, Mass. – The College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will hold its third annual Outstanding Alumni Awards Luncheon Oct. 27 during Homecoming Weekend. The event will be held from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center. The awards luncheon is open to the public.

Nine individuals who epitomize the potential of an education at the College of Engineering through their exemplary accomplishments will be honored with outstanding junior and senior alumni awards.

Civil and Environmental Engineers at UMass Amherst to Dedicate New Structural Testing Facility on Oct. 27

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst will dedicate the Robert B. Brack Structural Testing Facility on Tillson Way behind the campus police station on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy will lead the ceremony, joined by various leaders from the College of Engineering.

The new test facility will allow researchers from the civil and environmental engineering department (CEE) to test full-size structural elements such as beams and girders. It is also intended to help the department by attracting top-flight students and sponsored research.

Four Arrested for Alleged Rape of UMass Amherst Student

AMHERST, Mass. – Four men from Pittsfield have been arrested for the rape of an 18-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
 
The attack is alleged to have occurred in the victim’s residence hall room in the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. The alleged perpetrators are known to the victim and are not UMass Amherst students. Charged with rape are Emmanuel Bile, 18, Justin King, 18, Adam Licciardi, 18, and Caleb Womack, 17.
 
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said, “Maintaining a safe learning and living community is of the upmost importance to our campus.

UMass Amherst Hearing Scientist Receives $1.3 Million to Study Hearing and Aging

AMHERST, Mass. – Hearing scientist Karen Helfer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five year, $1.3 million grant from the NIH’s National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders to conduct a series of studies to determine what is going on in difficult listening situations where hearing aids often don’t help, and explore ways to assist millions of older Americans to do better.
 
Though most people with hearing loss are treated with hearing aids, the devices are not very helpful in situations where many people are talking at once or there is background

Former National Organization for Women Head Starts Five College Policy Residency Oct. 22

AMHERST, Mass. – Long-time women’s rights advocate Kim Gandy begins a two-week stay as the Five College Public Policy Initiative’s fall 2012 Social Justice Practitioner-in-Residence on Monday, Oct. 22 through Nov. 2. During her stay, Gandy will present several public events throughout the Five College community.

Gandy’s residency this fall marks the second of the Social Justice Practitioner-in-Residence Program. This collaborative Five College project is housed administratively at the Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

UMass Amherst Events Mark Homecoming

DATE:            Friday, Oct. 19 and Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012

TIME:             (See Below)

PLACE:          Various venues on the UMass Amherst campus

The University of Massachusetts Amherst is celebrating Homecoming from Oct. 19-28. Several public events are free and open to the public. They include:

Nearly Naked Mile

On Friday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m., starting from Northeast Quadrangle.This is acommunity service event focused on a large clothing drive for new or lightly worn clothing.

UMass Amherst Inaugurates Institute for Social Science Research

AMHERST, Mass. – The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will mark the launch of its Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) on Friday, Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center.

ISSR is the newest iteration of a research initiative that began in 1962 as the Population and Research Institute, a joint venture of the sociology and anthropology department and the agricultural economics department. In 1972, it was renamed the Social and Demographic Research Institute (SADRI).

Serving as a general resource and a

UMass Amherst Pastry Chef is Raisin’ the Profile of Cinnamon Swirl Bread With Award-Winning Baked Delight

AMHERST, Mass. – Some of best raisin bread in the country may be closer than you think.

A cinnamon swirl raisin bread prepared by pastry chef Pam Adams of the Dining Services Bakeshop at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received the grand prize in the commercial category of the fifth annual America's Best Raisin Bread contest.

The event was held at the American Institute of Baking and organized in conjunction with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. on Oct. 13. Altogether, there were 36 contestants in the artisanal, commercial and breakfast categories. 

After winning, Adams

Fountain Explores State Development in Digital Age as UMass Amherst’s Distinguished Faculty Lectures Begin Oct. 24

AMHERST, Mass. – Political scientist Jane E. Fountain of the Center for Public Policy and Administration will lead off the 2012-13 Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Wednesday, Oct. 24. Fountain, who is the founder and director of the National Center for Digital Government, will discuss “Technological Change as a Variable in State Development.”

Fountain will describe the ways in which information and communication technologies are transforming democracy around the world, and will suggest that these same technologies have the capacity to mitigate

UMass Amherst Alumni Association To Make Special License Plate Designations At Minuteman Football Game This Saturday

AMHERST, Mass. – As orders for the UMass Amherst license plate continue to be collected, the UMass Amherst Alumni Association board of directors has announced special designations for UMass Amherst license plate #1 and plate #1863.

The board will present plate No. 1 to the UMass Amherst Office of the Chancellor in recognition of the support provided to the Alumni Association. Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy will accept plate #1 during a special on-field ceremony at the Homecoming football game at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, Oct 20.

In recognition of support for the flagship campus, board

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