Marina Qutab of Rutland, Mass., a UMass Amherst junior majoring in both communication and Arabic has been selected as a finalist for Turning Green’s Project Green Challenge.

A team of computer scientists and engineers at UMass Amherst has received a three-year, $486,524 grant from the National Science Foundation for a project to enhance privacy in smart buildings and homes, under the direction of David Irwin, electrical and computer engineering, and Prashant Shenoy of the College of Information and Computer Sciences. The research includes developing both consumer- and utility-driven mechanisms to preserve sensor-data privacy.

The Commonwealth Honors College Residential Complex at UMass Amherst has been awarded LEED Silver certification, a level within the green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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DATE:         Friday, Oct. 16, 2015

TIME:         10 a.m. to noon

WHAT:       Construction Celebration, New Design Building

WHERE:     Former Parking Lot 62, next to Studio Arts Building