As part of International Education Week, the university is hosting events beginning Nov. 18 though 22 celebrating international exchange, the richness of cultures from around the world, education and community.
AMHERST, Mass. – UMassSafe, a division of the UMass Transportation Center, is hosting the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit, “Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships,” on Nov. 19-20 at the Hotel Northampton, 36 King St., Northampton, MA.
On Saturday, Dec. 7, the department of music and dance will present the third annual “Holiday Card to Amherst” concert by the Chamber Choir, Chorale and Lab Choir at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall.
The department of biostatistics and epidemiology, part of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, will host a seminar, “Cox model analyses with disease subtypes defined by partially observed multiple markers” on Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. in Life Science Laboratories N210.
The Graduate Dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
Samantha Glaze-Corcoran, Ph.D., Plant Biology, Monday, Nov. 25, 9 a.m., 107 Fernald Hall. Dissertation: “Developing Alternative Forage Production...
As winter approaches, all staff and faculty should know how to obtain information related to severe weather, including closing announcements, parking rules, staggered departure procedures for early closings, related time and attendance policies and the rescheduling of final exams on snow days.
Researchers Raeann LeBlanc, College of Nursing, and Katie Potter, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, department of kinesiology, will present as part of a human-animal interaction symposium at the Gerontological Society of America’s Annual Scientific Meeting, in Austin, Texas from Nov. 13 through 17.
Andrew Best, a doctoral student in the department of anthropology, is trying to figure out why some people sweat more than others. Best’s research is focused on sweat gland density. He aims to see if the density is related to where people grew up, and if it affects the body’s...
A 2008 federal parity law succeeded in expanding Medicaid acceptance by treatment facilities for substance use disorders (SUDs), according to a study by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers. What remains unclear is the extent to which this enhanced coverage has led to more people receiving SUD treatment. In 2016, less than 20 percent of the estimated 21 million people with substance use disorders received any treatment for it, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to register for the fifth annual Tower Run, to be held on Thursday, Nov. 21 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the W. E. B. Du Bois Library.
