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All events will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. and are free and open to all students, faculty, professionals, and community members interested in the future of the built environment. Additional information is available at umass.edu/bct/lectures.

On Friday, April 24, from noon to 4 p.m., the UMass Amherst community will gather on the Student Union South Lawn for the annual Earth Day Extravaganza, a massive collaboration across the university organized by the Student Government Association Sustainability Team, Sustainability RSOs, Auxiliary Enterprises and Permaculture Program, School of Earth and Sustainability, Facilities Management and the New2U Store.

ECo's Peggi L. Clouston and Alexander C. Schreyer, both experts in wood engineering, have written a comprehensive new book, “Mass Timber: Materials, Design, and Construction,” an extensive 576-page volume that serves as a one-stop resource for the rapidly evolving field of mass timber construction.