AMHERST, Mass. – Nilanjana Dasgupta, professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will speak on “STEMing the Tide: How Female Experts and Peers Act as ‘Social Vaccines’ for Girls and Women in STEM” on Thursday, Feb. 28at 4 p.m. in the Campus Center Auditorium.
In her presentation, Dasgupta will propose that individuals’ choice to pursue one career path over another is not really a free choice, but rather is constrained by subtle expectations in achievement environments that send the message some individuals “naturally belong” in science, technology, engineering and
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.
Amilcar Shabazz, professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will be a panelist on “Discovering Springfield’s African American Heritage” on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 1 p.m. at the Pan African Historical Museum in Springfield.
AMHERST, Mass. – Six area women will be honored for their achievements in the arts, politics and social justice advocacy on Friday, Feb. 22 when the Center for Women & Community (CWC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst marks its 40th anniversary with a gala from 7-10 p.m. in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center.
AMHERST, Mass. – University of Massachusetts Amherst biologist R. Thomas Zoeller continues the campus’s 2012-13 Distinguished Faculty Lectures Series on Monday, Feb. 25 with a discussion of ways in which chemicals in the environment may disrupt the body’s endocrine system.
AMHERST, Mass. – David Irwin, an electrical and computer engineer at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $461,434 grant from National Science Foundation to fund research on energy efficiency in houses and buildings.
AMHERST, Mass. – Terry O’Neill, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), will discuss the past, present and future challenges facing feminists at the 2013 Rossi Lecture on Tuesday, March 5, at 12:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
AMHERST, Mass. – The Princeton Review has named the University of Massachusetts Amherst to its newest list of the nation’s 150 “Best Value Colleges.”
AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst today announced details of its 150th birthday celebration—a yearlong series of events and activities that will reflect on the contributions of a once-tiny agricultural college that now enrolls 28,000 students and ranks among the nation’s top public research universities.