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Outstanding Student Employees and Staff Recognized
Monday, May 21, 2018
Chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy recognized 10 student employees, eight staff members and two teams of employees for outstanding contributions to the university at a reception held at Old Chapel Great Hall on May 2. (Click on the links to view video presentations about the winners.) The 2018...
2018 Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Award Recipients
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Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts Creates Endowment for Building and Construction Technology Program at UMass
Friday, May 18, 2018

UMass Amherst has received a $100,000 gift from the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts (AGC MA) of Wellesley, Massachusetts. The gift, also made possible through the Construction Industry Association of Western Massachusetts in Springfield, will provide support for the building and construction technology (BCT) program and its students. The BCT program is part of the department of environmental conservation in the College of Natural Sciences.

BCT students
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Nagurney Delivers Opening Keynote at International Transportation Conference
Friday, May 18, 2018
Anna Nagurney, the John F. Smith Memorial Professor at the Isenberg School of Management, delivered the opening keynote talk May 16 at the 18th Swiss Transport Research Conference in Ascona, Switzerland. The title of her keynote was “Perishable Product Supply Chain Networks: The Role of...
Anna Nagurney
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Lovley Lecturing in China as Einstein Professor
Friday, May 4, 2018
Derek Lovley, microbiology, recently honored as one of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Einstein Professors for 2018, is touring that country this month to give lectures on topics related to electro-microbiology and protein nanowires at five different institutions, as part of the academy...
Derek Lovley
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2018 Sustainability Innovation and Engagement Fund Awards Announced
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Seven projects have been awarded funding from the Sustainability Innovation and Engagement Fund (SIEF), which provides students, faculty and staff with the financial support to make their sustainability project a reality. The 2018 round of grants, totaling $23,500, funded these projects:...
Sustainability fund logo
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‘Student Showcase’ Videos Explain iCons Students’ Research
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Research videos by Class of 2018 students explaining their work in the Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) Program are online for public viewing at https://icons.cns.umass.edu/showcase The interactive gallery includes most of the videos by the current seniors (some videos are not public...
Still from video
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UMass Amherst Offshore Wind Energy Center Shows Graduate Student Posters
Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The 21 posters this year represent an interdisciplinary look at the engineering, environmental and policy aspects of offshore wind energy, says program manager Jody Lally. Student research topics include an ultrasonic whistle for use as a bat deterrent on wind turbines, for example, and a model of breeding bald eagles in Maine.

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Studying Midwest Soil Erosion from Space
Friday, April 20, 2018

Geologist and geochemist Isaac Larsen at UMass Amherst is used to tramping around in the dirt to conduct his soil research, but satellite photos of the Iowa farmhouse where he grew up have added a new dimension to the work, and he now has a grant from NASA to study soils in a whole new way, from space.

agricultural landscape south of Clear Lake, Iowa
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UMass Amherst Hosts Climate Leadership Summit
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Prominent policy and thought leaders will discuss how communities and institutions can mitigate climate change and become more resilient. The event is convened in partnership with the UMass Amherst School of Earth and Sustainability and the Chancellor’s Sustainability Advisory Committee.

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Tibetan Monks Return to Campus to Construct Sand Mandala
Thursday, April 12, 2018
For four days, April 17-20, the public will be able to watch as seven Tibetan monks working in Old Chapel create a unique and colorful sand mandala, considered a tool for re-consecrating the earth and its inhabitants. Painstakingly formed from millions of grains of sand placed on a flat platform...
Mandala from above
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