http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/ en-us 2008 University of Massachusetts Amherst Video from the UMass Amherst News Office. http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/ http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/audio/rss/itunes.jpg http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=241 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=241 Want some insight from leading economic thinkers about the nation's financial crisis? Then head to Market Meltdown 101, a primer featuring video clips from UMass Amherst professors, compiled by journalism students at the university's flagship campus. The project is part of Amherst Wire, a student-run project of the journalism department dedicated to covering national and global issues from a local perspective alongside breaking news on campus. With an online magazine-style format, the focus is on good storytelling, colorful multimedia, interactivity, and fostering community dialogue on issues that affect daily life. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=201 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=201 UMass Amherst alumnus and former GE CEO Jack Welch and his wife, Suzy, popular columnists for BusinessWeek magazine, took questions and offered their observations on current topics in business in an open question-and-answer session with UMass Amherst students Sept. 15 at the Isenberg School of Management. Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=221 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=221 Chancellor Robert C. Holub used the platform of the Faculty Convocation on Sept. 12 to sketch his plans to move UMass Amherst into the top ranks of public universities nationally. Holub told an audience that the campus "must make progress, sometimes substantial progress" in eight key areas: research activity, fundraising, communications, administration, graduate education, undergraduate studies and General Education, facilities, and strategic faculty hiring. This video clip includes excerpts from his address. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=181 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=181 Alumnus Kenneth R. Feinberg, who directed the $7 billion fund created by Congress to assist the families of those killed or injured in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, spoke to an overflow crowd in the Bernie Dallas room of Goodell Hall on the seventh anniversary of the attacks. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=161 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=161 K9 unit members Max, an 8-year-old Belgian Malinois and Dutch shepherd mix, and Kaila, a 9-year-old chocolate Labrador retriever, are officially off-duty after a combined seven years of service with the UMass Police Department. Newcomer Bosco is joining the force to follow in his predecessors paw-steps. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=142 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=142 More than a dozen girls from the Holyoke chapter of Girls Incorporated visited UMass Amherst for a day in August to tour information technology workplaces and learn about computer-related careers. The girls are participating in a national program called "Build IT," which is designed to tap into the curiosity of girls between the ages of 9 and 15 about design and communication technology. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=141 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=141 UMass Amherst is completing a $19 million renovation of Skinner Hall this summer, which will be the new home of the School of Nursing. The refurbished facility, initially constructed in the 1940s, will include classrooms, breakout rooms and a clinical lab that simulates a hospital environment. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=121 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=121 University of Massaschusetts Press Director Bruce Wilcox discusses the UMass Press and its 45 years of publishing history. The press is the subject of a special exhibit in the W.E.B Du Bois Library at UMass Amherst through Aug. 31. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=86 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=86 UMass Amherst faculty are in the midst of moving into the new Studio Arts Building, which will be open for business this fall. A video tour of this outstanding new facility is led by Jim Cahill, director of facilities and campus planning. The $26 million facility bring together a variety of programs and replaces small, obsolete facilities currently scattered across campus. The 47,000-square-foot building is located on the east side of North Pleasant Street, at the corner of North Pleasant and Infirmary Way, and in close proximity to the Fine Arts Center. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=81 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=81 The new central heating plant at UMass Amherst should be in operation this fall, following the final stages of testing. The $127 million co-generation facility, fueled by natural gas and oil, will replace an obsolete, coal-burning facility built in the 1940s, and it will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The plant is designed to meet the campus' demand for steam and will satisfy nearly all of the demand for electricity. The campus has more than 200 buildings and more than 10 million square feet of space. In this video, Jim Cahill, director of facilities and campus planning, leads a tour of the building as workers prepare it for full operation. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=61 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=61 UMass Amherst again hosted the Town of Amherst's annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the campus fields behind McGuirk Alumni Stadium. In addition to the fireworks, which started about 9:30 p.m., festivities included musical entertainment, a children's carnival, face painting, a pie-eating contest and hot-air balloon rides. (Video by Rosie Walunas) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=41 http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/video/clip.php?vid=41 Patrick Deegan, a computer science graduate student at UMass Amherst, shared the stage with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates at the company's TechEd developers conference recently in Orlando. Deegan introduced the "Ballmer-bot," a robot made to imitate and act like Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO. The robot repeated "Developers, developers, developers," using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio product, in homage to Ballmer's famous rant. The robot also raised his arm, showing how he has the ability to "throw eggs." Deegan works in the laboratory of Rod Grupen, professor of Computer Science. Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400