Daily News Summary
Nov. 20, 2009
UMass Amherst chemical engineer Neil Forbes has developed a delivery and trigger system to place TRAIL, a cancer-fighting protein, directly into solid tumors and to activate it on cue. Experiments conducted at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., and reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, show the treatment improved the 30-day survival time of mice with mammary tumors from 0 to 100 percent. (Science Daily, 11/18/09; News Office release)
Nov. 17, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed TRAIL, a cancer-fighting protein, directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on. The treatment improved the 30-day survival time of mice with mammary tumors from 0 to 100 percent. More...
Vacant Apartment Complex at UMass Amherst to Be Razed
Oct. 20, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – Demolition of the long-vacant University Apartments complex at the University of Massachusetts Amherst will begin next month, according to campus officials. More...
Oct. 7, 2009
AMHERST, Mass – Exercise researchers have long wondered why two people following the same exercise program can get different results, one losing weight and the other not, for example. This is one of the questions to be explored by Patty Freedson, chair of the department of kinesiology and leader of a research team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received a two-year, $985,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health. More...
Daily News Summary
Aug. 28, 2009
A story about lying includes an interview with Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and author of the book The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships. Feldman says his research suggests people are lying more these days and being untruthful is more accepted that it used to be. (Newsweek, 8/26/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 20, 2009
Robert Feldman, psychology and interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is interviewed about his research findings on lying. Feldman is the author of the new book, The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships. (Time, 8/19/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 19, 2009
The new book, The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships, by Robert Feldman, psychology and interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is reviewed. (One India, 8/19/09; News Office release)
Business Leader Keith Parent Joins Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute Board of Directors
Aug. 18, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Keith M. Parent, chief executive officer of Court Square Group, has accepted an invitation to join the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute board of directors. As the non-profit research institute’s first outside director, he will be joining board members from the Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, PVLSI’s founding organizations. More...
Daily News Summary
Aug. 17, 2009
There is local front-page news coverage of the new book on lying by Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships,” was published Aug. 3. (Republican, Recorder, 8/17/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 13, 2009
There is continued international news coverage of the new book on lying by Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships,” was published Aug. 3. (Medindia.com, 8/13/09; KUOW FM [Seattle], WGGB-TV 40, 8/12/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 11, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, is the author of a new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” The book is receiving widespread national and international news attention. (MinnPost.com, 8/10/09; The Guardian [U.K.], 8/8/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 10, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavior Sciences, is the author of a new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” The book is receiving widespread national and international news attention. (New York Post, 8/9/09; Times of India, 8/10/09; Globe and Mail [Canada], 8/7/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 7, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavior Sciences, is interviewed about his new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” (WFCR, 8/7/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 6, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences and professor of psychology, discusses his new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” Feldman says people lie frequently and have a high tolerance for deception. (FOX-25, WWLP-TV 22, 8/5/09; News Office release)
Daily News Summary
Aug. 5, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences and professor of psychology, discusses his new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” Feldman says people lie frequently and have a high tolerance for deception. (NPR’s Talk of the Nation, 8/4/09; Good Morning America, 8/3/09; News Office release)
Aug. 4, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – An international research team led by evolutionary geneticist Stephen M. Rich of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the deadliest form of malaria, jumped from wild chimpanzees to humans via bites by mosquitoes (the vector) in equatorial Africa perhaps as recently as 10,000 years ago. It’s an unsuspected origin much more recent than previously thought possible. More...
Daily News Summary
Aug. 3, 2009
The Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute is in line to receive $400,000 if a bill approved by the U.S. Senate is signed into law. The Senate bill needs to be reconciled with a version approved by the House and signed by the president to take effect. (Republican, 8/1/09)
Daily News Summary
July 13, 2009
The UMass system has received a $124,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop up to 10 life sciences professional master’s degree programs on the school’s five campuses. (Mass High Tech, 7/10/09)
July 6, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – Thanks to a new collaboration between the nutrition department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a highly regarded Oriental medicine center in Korea, researchers are now exploring Asian medicinal herbs as a tool for managing the global epidemic of Type II diabetes and obesity now sweeping through developed and developing countries alike. More...
Daily News Summary
June 25, 2009
Although some legislators recently questioned the value of the $1 billion Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative bill signed into law last year, an editorial says the state investment is an important step towards creating new jobs, particularly in western Massachusetts. Among the efforts being supported by the bill are the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute and a new life sciences research center at UMass Amherst. (Republican, 6/25/09)
Daily News Summary
June 23, 2009
One year after Gov. Deval Patrick signed the Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative, not everyone is convinced that it is worth the cost or that one industry should be given special advantages. However, backers say it is succeeding. The state spent $46 million that brought nearly $357 million in matching private and federal investments and helped to create a projected 950 jobs. Future funding is planned for a life sciences research center at UMass Amherst and a business incubator at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute in Springfield. (Republican, 6/22/09)
June 15, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – Research grants to support three western Massachusetts research teams were announced recently at the closing ceremony of the seventh annual Avon Walk Boston which is part of the Avon Foundation’s annual fund raising to facilitate access to care and finding a cure for breast cancer. A total of $453,282 was awarded for the projects, each of which seeks to understand how specific risk factors alter the probability that a woman will develop breast cancer. More...
June 12, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – A consortium of high technology companies, state and local governments, and universities including the University of Massachusetts Amherst have announced that Holyoke has been chosen to host a proposed $100 million, energy-efficient, world-class high-performance computing center. The partners will spend the next 120 days working out funding, siting and organizational details. More...
Daily News Summary
June 9, 2009
Robert Feldman, interim dean of the College of Social and Behavior Sciences, will appear on Stephen Colbert’s television show in August to promote his new book, “The Liar in Your Life: The Way to Truthful Relationships.” Feldman is also scheduled to appear on National Public Radio and “Good Morning America.” (Gazette, 6/9/09)
May 27, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – “Navigating Times of Economic Peril” is the theme of the 8th annual Hartford-Springfield Economic Partnership’s State of the Region Conference to be held at La Renaissance from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, May 29 in East Windsor, Conn. More...
May 23, 2009
AMHERST, Mass. – On a bright afternoon, approximately 4,250 candidates received bachelor’s degrees in nearly 100 majors during today’s 139th undergraduate Commencement of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The ceremony was held in Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium and was attended by about 20,000 people. More...
