Merle G. Willmann, 86, professor emeritus in landscape architecture and regional planning, died at home in South Deerfield Friday, Jan. 8. Willmann spent 34 years teaching in the landscape architecture and regional planning program and is founder of the Boltwood Project, the largest and longest continuously running community engagement program at UMass Amherst.
In partnership with Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration, UMass Amherst today announced that it will expand its role in distributing COVID-19 vaccines, providing vaccinations for the foreseeable future in concert with the criteria and timeline of the state’s phased vaccination plan.
Drawing upon the work of political scientists, legal theorists and activists in the streets, Zuckerman offers a lens for understanding civic engagement that focuses on efficacy and the power of seeing the change you make in the world in his new book.
UMass Amherst will participate in the COVID-19 National Day of Remembrance Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 5:30 p.m., by illuminating the W.E.B. DuBois Library and ringing the Old Chapel bells at the start and end of the hour.
As UMass Amherst readies itself for the spring semester, operations at its COVID-19 testing center and early COVID-19 vaccination continue to succeed due in large part to the nearly 90 student workers who play a significant role in daily operation, including test collection, contact tracing and vaccine administration.
Scientists may have explained a phenomenon that seems to contradict the laws of physics. For the last decade or so, astronomers have been puzzled by the “weird behavior” of some jet-like X-ray features observed around bubbles of charged particles ejected from very fast-moving pulsars. These jets shoot out at super high speed into interstellar spaceat odd, unexpected angles, says Daniel Wang at UMass Amherst.
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates. All exams will be held via video conferencing. Contact the department for online meeting information.
Final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates are scheduled as...
Antibodies to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus were detected in colostrum, which is early breastmilk, from 14 of 15 women who had tested positive for COVID-19 before giving birth, according to preliminary findings from research led by a UMass Amherst breast cancer researcher and a University of Massachusetts Medical School obstetrician-gynecologist.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey will be the guest speaker at the School of Public Policy’s (SPP) spring 2021 kick-off event. “A Conversation with Maura Healey” will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. on Zoom.
