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Chlamydia Vaccine Developed by UMass Amherst Scientists Receives Patent
Monday, December 8, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts scientists are among those who have formulated a vaccine that prevents the disease chlamydia, the leading cause of female infertility in this country. A patent for the vaccine has been granted based on work by microbiology professor A. Bruce MacDonald, who died last September, and his colleague, Elizabeth Stuart, a lecturer in microbiology. The work was done in conjunction with Judith Whittum-Hudson, an immunologist at Johns Hopkins University, and William Mark Saltzman, a chemical engineer at Cornell University.

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UMass Amherst Students Learning to Think Like Scientists by Researching Steroids
Thursday, December 4, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts biology professor Sandra L. Petersen wanted her endocrinology students to think like scientists, so she has assigned them to act like scientists. Six undergraduates and two graduate students spent the fall semester researching steroids. Specifically, they studied the pros and cons of estrogen replacement therapy, and the male hormones called androgens.

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UMass Amherst and Mexico Select Designer for Large Millimeter Wave Telescope
Wednesday, November 26, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - MAN Technologie AG, Munich, Germany, has won a competitive bid to do the critical design work for a large millimeter wave telescope (LMT) to be built on Cerro LaNegra mountain in central Mexico, a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and Mexico. When finished, it will be the world’s largest, most sensitive radio telescope.

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UMass Amherst Climatologists Delve into Arctic Climate Changes, Chronicle Findings in Issue of Science
Thursday, November 13, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - Five University of Massachusetts researchers, including a professor, a staff researcher, and three former graduate students, are among the group of scientists who have found that the Arctic region is getting warmer. The research is detailed in the Nov. 14 issue of Science.

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UMass Amherst Professor Wins $1.4 Million NSF Grant to Research Linking of Computer Systems
Wednesday, November 5, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - George Avrunin, professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Massachusetts, has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for research on the effective linking of computer systems. The grant will fund a four-year project Avrunin is working on in conjunction with UMass computer science professors Lori Clarke and Leon Osterweil. The group’s research could eventually be used in the development of computer systems used in areas such as air traffic control, airline reservation systems, and the monitoring of hospital patients.

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UMass Amherst Photographer and His Wife, a Smith College Professor, Publish Book about Albania
Wednesday, October 22, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - When University of Massachusetts photographer Stan Sherer and his wife, Smith College professor Marjorie Senechal, first went to Albania in 1992, fascinating land described by one of their favorite authors, Ismael Kadare. But when the two celebrate the publication of their new book, "Long Life to Your Children! A Portrait of High Albania" (University of Massachusetts Press), Sun., Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. in Broadside Bookshop in Northampton, they will be turning the tables, showing others the land they came to love.

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UMass Amherst Receives $624,000 in NSF Funding for Research on How We Learn and Create
Friday, October 3, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts is one of 28 colleges and universities to receive funding under a series of new grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that support a broad range of studies that could lead to rapid and radical advances in how humans learn and create.

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UMass Amherst Assisting Small Firms with Environmentally Friendly Technologies
Tuesday, September 30, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - An innovative program at the University of Massachusetts is aimed at assisting fledgling companies in bringing state-of-the-art environmental and energy-related technologies to the marketplace. The Massachusetts Strategic Envirotechnology Partnership (STEP) is a collaboration between UMass, the state Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, and the Department of Economic Development.

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UMass Amherst Allocates $250,000 for Biomedical, Biotech Projects in Springfield
Thursday, September 25, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts has allocated $250,000 for two projects in its ongoing partnership with the city of Springfield. Some $210,000 will provide additional funding for the existing biomedical research program between UMass and Baystate Medical Center. Another $40,000 will be used by the University''s Center for Economic Development to study how to attract biotechnology firms to Springfield.

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UMass Amherst Serves as National Test Site for Evaluation of Soil-Nailed Walls
Monday, September 22, 1997

AMHERST, Mass. - For anyone who has wondered about those large piles of dirt along the western edge of the University of Massachusetts campus, next to the wastewater treatment plant, consider the mystery solved.

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