Materials that can change shape when exposed to light hold great promise for new applications such as smart building materials that harness solar energy and remotely-controlled micro-robots, but even the most advanced materials developed to date lag far behind systems that operate on traditional chemical or electrical power sources, says polymer scientist Ryan Hayward at UMass Amherst.
Suzanne Lynn O’Hare, 61, of Southampton, a clinical instructor in the College of Nursing, died April 13.
Born June 17, 1957 in Chicopee, she graduated from Holyoke Catholic High School, received her nursing degree from Holyoke Community College, BSN from Fitchburg State College and MSN...
Jeanne Hardy, associate professor of chemistry, whose research focuses on a key protein linked to neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, is being recognized with the inaugural Mahoney Life Sciences Prize at UMass Amherst.
The department of music and dance will present a free performance by its String Chamber Ensembles in Bezanson Recital Hall on Monday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The concert, coordinated by Elizabeth Chang, will feature works by Beethoven, Schubert, Glinka, Schulhoff and others.
The concert is open...
Laura Reed, visiting lecturer in political science, was interviewed April 17 on the Bill Newman show on WHMP radio in Northampton, where she talked about the ongoing conflict in Syria.
A podcast of that radio interview is available here.
Also, Reed will speak on “U.S. global engagement...
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend one of three open forums in the coming weeks to discuss the university’s new information security policy.
The policy was approved by the chancellor in March, establishing an information security governance structure, rules and procedures...
Six Amherst campus faculty are among the recipients of $200,000 in seed funding from the UMass system’s Technology Development Fund.
Announced April 18 by President Marty Meehan, the $25,000 awards will support the development of new technologies aimed at protecting premature infants from...
Hundreds of students, faculty and staff members are again expected to participate in the 8th annual Daffodil Run to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County on April 29 beginning at Kendrick Park in Amherst.
Runners and walkers can register online until April 23 at RaceWire.com, or...
Mark Guzdial, professor in the School of Interactive Computing in the College of Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology, will give two public talks on campus about improving computer education.
On Wednesday, April 25 at 4 p.m. in 150-51 Computer Science Building, Guzdial will present...
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences will host a campus kickoff event celebrating the launch of its new Center for Community Health Equity Research on Thursday, April 26 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Amherst Room, Campus Center. David Williams of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health speak on “Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Health: Present Realities & Future Directions.”
