Over the last six months, seven UMass Amherst graduate students participated in the Graduate School’s Public Writing Fellows Program, a summerlong program for graduate students looking to improve communications writing skills and strategies to effectively communicate their own research with non-experts.

Hebert, 62, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at UMass Amherst for 27 years, died Sunday, Dec. 8. Visiting hours and a funeral service will be held in Amherst Dec. 19 and 20, respectively.

New research by UMass Amherst and the University of Cincinnati shows a rapid shift of water upstream over 35 years.

The $1,000 scholarship was presented to Springfield resident Paris Brantley, a UWW IS student and mother of four who works as a teacher at The Care Center in Holyoke and plans to start her own school in honor of her grandmother, who passed away last year.

The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education survey was designed to guide strategic investments, programming and policy to improve faculty job satisfaction and retention.

Vicarelli, an environmental economist and assistant professor of economics and public policy, has been named to serve on the advisory board for the Greater Boston Climate and Coastal Resilience Workforce Alliance, a $9.8 million effort funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to develop the workforce needed to enhance climate and coastal resilience across Boston neighborhoods.

UMass Amherst Information Technology invites the campus community to submit session proposals, ideas and stories by Jan. 18 for the fourth annual Digital Equity and Inclusion Week, to be held March 3-7.

UMass Amherst researchers have led the first study to examine the effect of a temporary halt in sportfishing, which shows that the giant trevally fishery in Seychelles is sensitive to angling pressure — despite being catch-and-release.

Following the Dec. 19 email newsletter, Inside UMass will run on an abbreviated schedule during the winter break with the next newsletter being published on Thursday, Jan. 9.

The free, half-day showcase event celebrating the successes and conclusion of the I-Corps @ UMass site program will take place in the LSL Conference Center on the third floor of the Life Science Laboratories.