Inside the John W. Olver Design Building–itself a teaching tool for builders and architects–the Building and Construction Technology program (BCT) has built eight movable, full-scale mockups of building assemblies to help students see how modern building components go together in the real world.

World famous master chef Martin Yan will return to UMass Amherst with chef Tony Wu to demonstrate the art of noodle pulling, part of the 24th annual Taste of the World Chef Culinary Conference, June 3-8. Sharing the spotlight will be Food Network celebrity chef Jet Tila who will host a three-day Iron Chef Competition, plus numerous other leaders in the food service industry during the six-day annual event.