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News
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Campus Launches Google Apps for Undergrads
- UMass Amherst's 19,000 undergraduates can now choose to have their @student.umass.edu email delivered to Google Mail and begin using the other apps in the Google Apps suite.
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Women's Soccer Extends Unbeaten Streak
- With a 1-0 win over Dusquesne on Sunday, the Minutewomen increased their unbeaten streak to five straight games and are off to their best A-10 start since 2005, at 2-0-0.
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UMass Football Improves to 3-1 with Win Over Stony Brook
- Jonathan Hernandez rushed for 140 yards and 3 scores while Jeremy Horne caught 5 balls for 124 yards, as No. 15 UMass topped Stony Brook, 44-17 on Saturday night at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
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UMass Amherst Lands $7 Million in Stimulus Funds for Lab Renovations
- Federal stimulus money from the National Institutes of Health will fund renovations to create lab and instrument space and build two new laboratories in the Lederle Graduate Research Center.
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Field Hockey Cracks Top 10 in Coaches Poll
- After steadily climbing throughout the first month of the season, UMass field hockey has reached No. 10 in the latest Kookaburra/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.
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Minutemen Roll Over the Rams
- UMass continued to dominate Rhode Island, beating the Rams for the ninth time in a row at home, winning 30-10 on a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon at McGuirk Stadium.
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UMass-Memphis Men's Basketball Tickets Now Available
- The Minutemen play Memphis at the TD Garden in Boston on Dec. 19. Tickets for the general public are now on sale. Special packages will be announced in the coming weeks.
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Public Television Stations to Show UMass Documentary
- Model T’s to War: American Ambulances on the Western Front 1914-1918, made by UMass Amherst filmmakers, will be seen by a national audience in the coming months.
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Leaders, Faculty Celebrate 'Birth' of New College
- The new College of Natural Sciences was celebrated at its first convocation on Sept. 8 at Bowker Auditorium.
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UMass Amherst Ranked Among Top Public Universities
- The university is listed in the 2010 edition of America's Best Colleges, released by U.S. News & World Report.
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Record Eight Students Awarded Fulbright Scholarships
- The recipients of scholarships for international study include four graduate students and four undergraduates who completed their degrees during the past year.
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Integrated Sciences Building Shows Off Teaching Labs, Green Building Features
- UMass Amherst dedicated the 157,000-square-foot building, the anchor of a planned new science complex. It includes modern classrooms, laboratories, a 300-seat auditorium, and offices.
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Tickets on Sale for Meals Prepared by HTM Students
- Reservations are being accepted for meals prepared by students enrolled in “Food Production Management” at the Marriott Center for Hospitality Management on the 11th floor of the Campus Center.
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UMass Wins Home Opener in 44-7 Romp Over Albany
- The Minutemen picked off three passes and Kyle Havens and Victor Cruz hooked up for two touchdown pass-plays to punctuate Kevin Morris's first win as UMass head coach.
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The Greenest Gasoline?
- Anellotech, a start-up company using the technology of Professor George Huber, makes petrochemicals from waste without using excess water or energy.
