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Pearson Presents Poster at Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Barbara Pearson of the Office of Research Development attended the Broader Impacts Infrastructure Summit held April 16-18 in Arlington, Va., where she chaired the posters committee and presented a poster on “Centralized versus De-centralized Frameworks for Broadening the Impact of STEM...
Biologist Brian Hall to Keynote OEB’s 25th Anniversary Observance
Friday, April 18, 2014
Biologist Brian K. Hall of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will give a keynote address on “Fish that Climb Waterfalls and other Wonders of Developmental, Organismal And Evolutionary Biology” on Friday, April 25 at 4 p.m. in 137 Isenberg School of Management as part of the...
UMass Innovation Challenge Awards $60,250 in Final Competition
Friday, April 18, 2014

The ninth annual UMass Amherst Innovation Challenge business plan competition gave out $60,250 in awards to five competing teams, with Rescue Collar winning the top prize of $25,000.

Hampden Galley Exhibits Works by 3 Curcios
Friday, April 18, 2014
Exhibits by Sally, Holly and Mary Curcio are on view through April 27 at the Hampden Gallery in Southwest. “Recogition” by Sally Curcio examines the universal need for recognition, and both the reverence and absurdity that need inspires. Through paintings of United Nations military...
Kinesiology Doctoral Candidates Receive ACSM Research Awards
Friday, April 18, 2014
Cory Greever and Jocelyn Hafer, doctoral candidates in the department of kinesiology, have been awarded research grants of $5,000 apiece from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).  Hafer will use her funds, provided by the ACSM Foundation, for her study titled, “"Physical...
Aelion Receives Distinguished Alumni Award from University of North Carolina
Friday, April 18, 2014
Marjorie Aelion, dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Harriet Hylton Barr Distinguished Alumni Award by the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. The Gillings School presents the award annually to...
Doctoral oral exams for April 28 to May 2
Friday, April 18, 2014
The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows: Sirinya Chantarak, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering. Monday, April 28, 9 a.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: “On the Assembly...
SPHHS Bestows Research Day Awards
Friday, April 18, 2014
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences has announced the results of the faculty-juried poster competition from the 17th Annual Research Day held April 8. Posters were judged based on content and presentation and awarded in two categories: Research and Practice. An additional student was...
Minuteman Marching Band to Honor Victims of 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing in Performance before Nationally Televised Red Sox Game
Thursday, April 17, 2014

The University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band will perform during a pregame remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing prior to the Boston Red Sox’ nationally televised primetime game against the Baltimore Orioles April 20 at Fenway Park.

Interdisciplinary Studies Institute Announces 2014-15 ‘Value’ Fellows
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Eleven faculty members have been chosen by the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute (ISI) as fellows for its 2014-15 seminar on “Value.” The fellows will approach the theme from a variety of perspectives, ranging from the humanities to public health to economics. Each fellow will receive...

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