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.
AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists studying how early land vertebrates evolved from fishes long thought that the animals developed legs for moving around on land well before their feeding systems and dietary habits changed enough to let them eat a land-based diet, but strong evidence was lacking. Now, for the first time fossil jaw measurements by Philip Anderson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and others have tested and statistically confirmed this lag.
AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is proposing a new investigative roadmap for the field of evolutionary developmental biology, or “evo devo,” to better understand how innovation at the genetic level can lead to ecological adaptations over time. Evo devo seeks to understand the specific genetic mechanisms underlying evolutionary change.
AMHERST, Mass. – Geoscientist Michele Cooke and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst take an uncommon, “Earth is lazy” approach to modeling fault development in the crust that is providing new insights into how faults grow. In particular, they study irregularities along strike-slip faults, the active zones where plates slip past each other such as at the San Andreas Fault of southern California.
AMHERST, Mass. – New recommendations by a National Research Council (NRC) expert panel on green and sustainable building performance could lead to a revolution in building science by creating the first large building performance database, says panel member Paul Fisette, a nationally recognized sustainable building expert at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
AMHERST, Mass. – Evolutionary ecologist Sonya Auer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has won the Elton Prize, one of only five British Ecological Society (BES) young investigator awards given each year to recognize the best research papers published in the society’s journals by early-career scientists.
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.
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.
AMHERST, Mass. – Some of best raisin bread in the country may be closer than you think.
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.”
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.
AMHERST, Mass. – Carl Caspersen, an expert in physical activity and diabetes at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, will be the keynote speaker at a public diabetes prevention and management seminar and panel discussion at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Marriott Center on Monday, Oct. 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. A reception will follow.
Poster-sized pages of the new bilingual children’s book, “Henry Gets Moving,” published this week by University of Massachusetts Amherst athletic team physician Dr. Pierre Rouzier, will be presented at a “Story Walk” for parents and children as part of Holyoke’s Envision Depot Square block party beginning at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13.