UMass Amherst is again rated one of the top 50 most environmentally responsible colleges, according to The Princeton Review’s Guide to 375 Green Colleges, 2017, which was released Sept. 19.
The Chancellor’s Office has awarded 11 faculty members a Sustainability Curriculum Fellowship (SCF) for the 2017-18 school year.
The year-long interdisciplinary fellowship provides 10 fellowships of $1,000 each (one is shared this year) to faculty developing or augmenting courses with...
The Stockbridge School of Agriculture’s Sustainable Food and Farming program presents “Women Entrepreneurs in the Food System,” a lecture series taking place on three Tuesdays: Sept. 26, Oct. 24 and Nov. 28 from 5:30-6:45 p.m. in 202 Paige Laboratory.
The series is intended to...
Prashant Shenoy, professor of computer science and associate dean in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, has been named a 2017-18 Fulbright Specialist Scholar. He will travel to Mumbai, India, to work with researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay on water and energy challenges in Indian cities.
Members of the department of landscape architecture and regional planning are planning to place trees, shrubs and seating near Franklin Dining Commons on Friday, Sept. 15 to create two parking space-sized “parklets” as part of a worldwide event called Park(ing) Day.
The event takes...
Landscape Management, part of Custodial and Grounds Services in the Physical Plant, has been responding to an apparent decline in the health of a number of trees across campus.
While last year’s drought is the likely culprit, it is important to understand the various factors that contribute...
Michael Rawlins, geosciences and associate director of the Climate System Research Center, has received two grants, one from NASA and the other from the U.S. Department of Energy, for work in Alaska and western Canada that will complement a National Science Foundation-funded multi-institution study of how climate changes such as thawing permafrost, soil carbon mobilization and precipitation changes are altering the Arctic’s ecosystems.
The UMass Amherst Libraries is hosting a series of interactive climate change events which run from Sept. 11-Nov. 27. The theme of the fall 2017 Talking Truth series is “Our Campus, Our Home.”
The multi-event series, now in its third year, is organized by Talking Truth: Finding Your...
Organic produce grown at the UMass Amherst Student Farm is sold weekly at Northampton, Amherst and Greenfield branches of Big Y World Class Markets. The students learn the entire process of running a farm, from growing to harvesting to retailing.
Andy J. Danylchuk, associate professor of fish conservation, received the award for Excellence in Public Outreach at the 2017 American Fisheries Society (AFS) annual meeting Aug. 23 in Tampa, Florida.
The award is presented to an AFS member who goes the “extra mile” in sharing the...
