AMHERST, Mass. - Six undergraduates studying chemistry at the University of Massachusetts will conduct laboratory research in synthetic chemistry for 10 weeks this summer through a program funded with a $30,000 grant from the Pfizer Central Research Division, Groton, Conn. Chemistry professor Paul Lahti, UMass coordinator for the program, made the announcement.

AMHERST, Mass. - Laurie Brown, professor of geosciences at the University of Massachusetts, has received a Fulbright Research Scholarship which will take her to Norway for six months during the year 2000. She will conduct research at the prestigious Norwegian Geologic Survey in Trondheim. Her work has previously taken her to locations as diverse as the Adirondacks, the Southwestern United States, Hawaii, and South America.

AMHERST, Mass. - More than 30 senior electrical engineering students at the University of Massachusetts will exhibit their research projects at the Electrical Engineering Senior Design Day on Thurs. April 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Gunness Student Center in Marcus Hall at UMass.

AMHERST, Mass. - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have received the skeleton of the northern right whale found dead last week off Cape Cod. The announcement was made by biology professor William "Willy" Bemis, who noted that "it is our first right whale, and a very significant addition to the University’s growing collection of marine mammals." The whale, a female named Staccato, which had been monitored by the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown for 25 years, weighed approximately 50 tons, and was roughly 47 feet long. Staccato had given birth to at least six calves during her lifetime, scientists say.