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UMass Amherst Hosts 'A Salute to Service Awards' Nov. 14 in Boston with Keynote Speaker Robert Kraft

BOSTON ­­­­– For almost 150 years, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has emphasized public service as critical to the social and economic development of the Commonwealth, nation and the world. On Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 6 p.m., UMass Amherst will host the first-ever A Salute to Service Awards at the Boston Harbor Hotel.
 
The event will recognize three outstanding individuals for their contributions to civic engagement and public service through volunteer leadership and professional achievement: Robert Kraft, Liz Walker and Dr. Robert Littleton. Steve Buckley, Boston Herald sports

UMass Amherst to Mark Veterans Day with Campus Events

AMHERST, Mass. – Several campus events are planned in observance of Veterans Day to pay homage to veterans as well as family members who have been affected by military deployments.
 
The Office of Veteran Services will host its third annual Warrior Breakfast on Friday, Nov. 9 at 9 a.m. in Memorial Hall. The breakfast is open to students, faculty and alumni who are veterans as well as their families. Contact Veteran Services coordinator Judy Gagnon at jgagnon@stuaf.umass.edu for more information.
 
A Veterans Day vigil hosted by the Army and Air Force ROTC units will be held outside Memorial

UMass Amherst Institute Addresses How to Help Children of Military Families

 

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DATE:         Nov. 14-15, 2012
TIME:         8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
PLACE:     165-69 Campus Center

The UMass Amherst School of Education and 4-H's Operation Military Kids are co-hosting “Living in the New Normal (LINN) Institute: Helping Children Thrive in Good and Challenging Times,” on Nov. 14-15 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 165-69 Campus Center. The program is sponsored by the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC).

Participants will learn about the experiences of children of deployed military personnel in hands-on sessions on topics such as grief, happiness, trauma versus

UMass Transit Services Organizes 'Fill-A-Bus' Campaign to Aid Hurricane Sandy Victims

AMHERST, Mass. – UMass Transit Services has organized a “Fill-a-Bus” campaign to aid those affected by the recent storm that battered the Eastern Seaboard. Hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes and are currently seeking refuge in shelters and supplies are running dangerously low, according to organizers of the effort.
 
Community members in the Amherst and Hadley area are being asked to donate toiletries and personal care items, such as soap, toothpaste, toilet paper, cotton swabs, diapers, baby wipes, toothbrushes, razors, combs and hairbrushes, dental floss, hand sanitizer,

Massachusetts Exit Poll Shows Women Played a Major Role in U.S. Senate Race and Ballot Question 2

AMHERST, Mass. – UMass Poll’s exit poll from the Nov. 6 Massachusetts election shows that the gender gap helped propel Elizabeth Warren to victory in a competitive race against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. The poll shows that women voters preferred Warren to Brown by a margin of 20 percent, while men split evenly between the two candidates. Brown was also faced with an electorate that looked much different than the one that elected him to office in 2010.
 
The election was clearly influenced by a campaign that focused significantly on women’s issues.

UMass Amherst School of Education’s Pre-eminent Psychometric Scholar to be honored at ‘Ronference’

AMHERST, Mass. – It is being billed as a “Ronference,” which may seem like a particularly airy and whimsical way to honor the weighty career of one of the most substantial international contributors to the singularly serious field of psychometrics.
 
But that is precisely the case as the University of Massachusetts Amherst prepares a two-day celebration of the work of Distinguished University Professor Ronald Hambleton, chair of the research and evaluation methods program and co-director of the Center for Educational Assessment at UMass Amherst’s School of Education, and a central figure in

UMass Amherst Extends Early Action Application Deadline in Aftermath of Hurricane

AMHERST, Mass. - Due to the ongoing severe effects of Hurricane Sandy, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has extended the fall 2013 Early Action deadline for freshman applicants to Thursday, Nov. 15. Supporting credentials such as school reports, recommendations and test scores, should be submitted by Nov. 30.

Taiping Rebellion History by UMass Amherst’s Platt is Short-Listed for Prestigious Cundill Prize

AMHERST, Mass. – A history of the Taiping rebellion by Stephen R. Platt, associate professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of three finalists for McGill University’s 2012 Cundill Prize, the world’s most lucrative award for a non-fiction book.
 
“Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War,” published earlier this year by Alfred A. Knopf, was chosen from among 143 works submitted by publishers from all over the globe. The competition, now in its fifth year, features a $75,000 U.S. grand prize.
 
While Union and

UMass Amherst Climate Modeler Identifies Trigger for Earth’s Last Big Freeze

AMHERST, Mass. – For more than 30 years, climate scientists have debated whether flood waters from melting of the enormous Laurentide Ice Sheet, which ushered in the last major cold episode on Earth about 12,900 years ago, flowed northwest into the Arctic first, or east via the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to weaken ocean thermohaline circulation and have a frigid effect on global climate.
 
Now University of Massachusetts Amherst geoscientist Alan Condron, with Peter Winsor at the University of Alaska, using new, high-resolution global ocean circulation models, report the first conclusive evidence

UMass Amherst Clinical Psychology Program, Northampton Senior Center Offer Memory Screenings Nov. 13

AMHERST, Mass. – The Northampton Senior Center and University of Massachusetts Amherst are encouraging members of the community to be proactive about memory health by taking advantage of free, confidential memory screenings and information about successful aging on Tuesday, Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, 67 Conz St., Northampton.
 
The screenings will be conducted by faculty and graduate students from the clinical psychology program at UMass Amherst.
    
The event is part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative that the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA)

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