AMHERST, Mass. – Tilman Wolf, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early career development activities of teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21 st century, according to the NSF.

AMHERST, Mass. - Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are looking for ways to program computers to improve their own teaching skills based on observed student behavior. Under a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to the department of computer science, a team of UMass professors is collaborating to improve "computerized tutors" for students in high schools.

AMHERST, Mass. – Construction has begun on a new building at the Joseph Troll Turf Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The South Deerfield facility is expected to be completed in late May.

AMHERST, Mass. – The polymer science and engineering department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has opened its ASPIRE program free of charge to 10 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center will sponsor this valuable laboratory experience that begins this Saturday, Jan. 15, from 8:30 a.m. to noon and will meet each Saturday morning until Feb.12. Students will be chosen on a first-come, first-serve basis.