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Neuro-Learning and Performance Lab Seeks Participants for Research Study
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
The Neuro-Learning and Performance Lab in the department of psychological and brain sciences is seeking children and adolescents ages 10-17 to participate in a study researching brain development and decision-making processes. Participants will use games to choose between options of winning money...
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Russell Elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has elected Thomas P. Russell, Silvio O. Conte Distinguished Professor of polymer science and engineering, to the rank of NAI Fellow. The NAI recognized Russell for demonstrating “a highly prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating...
Thomas Russell
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UMass Press Offers Year-End Sale for Campus Community
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
In time for holiday gift-giving, UMass Press is offering 30 percent of all paperbacks for faculty, staff and students through Jan. 1. Purchasers must use the promo code promo code S719 at the press’s website or call 1-800-537-5487. Go to the website to browse recent releases, including...
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Trust, Students Develop Educational Materials with Worldwide Reach
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Teachers around the world are benefiting from open educational resources (OER) developed by students in two courses taught by Torrey Trust, assistant professor in the department of teacher education and curriculum studies in the College of Education. Open educational resources are in the public...
Torrey Trust
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I-Corps @ UMass Kick-Off Set for Dec. 17
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Learn how to get out of the lab and into the market by attending the I-Corps @ UMass Kick-off on Monday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. in A110/111 Conte Polymer Research Center. I-Corps @ UMass is the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps Site on campus. NSF funds I-Corps sites to nurture...
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Knyt Wins American Musicological Society Teaching Award
Monday, December 10, 2018
Erinn E. Knyt, associate professor of music history, has been awarded the American Musicological Society’s (AMS) Teaching Award for her article “Teaching Music History to Graduate Students.” The award was announced last month at the society’s annual meeting in San Antonio,...
Erinn E. Knyt
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Ricciardi Receives International Recognition for Tasso in Music Project
Monday, December 10, 2018
Assistant professor of music history Emiliano Ricciardi recently received international recognition for the Tasso in Music Project, a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded digital edition of the early modern musical settings of poetry by Torquato Tasso, of which Ricciardi is director and...
Emiliano Ricciardi
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Fall 2018 Rising Researchers Announced
Monday, December 10, 2018
Eight students from across campus have received the UMass Amherst Rising Researcher Award in recognition of their demonstrated leadership and impact in their chosen field of study. Learn more about these Rising Researchers here.  
Fall 2018 Rising Researchers
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Boyer, Lee Developing Wearable System for Assessing Knee Movement
Friday, December 7, 2018
Katherine Boyer, associate professor of kinesiology, and assistant professor Sunghoon “Ivan” Lee of the College of Information and Computing Sciences recently received a National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Trailblazer Award to support their collaboration in...
Katherine Boyer, left, and Sunghoon Lee
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Young, Older Volunteers Needed for Study of Muscle Fatigue
Friday, December 7, 2018
Researchers in the kinesiology department are seeking both young and older volunteers for a study investigating age-related differences in muscle fatigue. Participants must: be 23-40 or 65-80 years old have no diagnosed diseases be a non-smoker not be pregnant not...
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