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MFA Student from UMass Amherst Chosen for Publication Honoring Best of Creative Writing Programs
Thursday, June 3, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts master of fine arts student Nicholas Montemarano is one of 20 up-and-coming writers nationwide included in this year''s "Scribner''s Best of the Fiction Workshops." He is the second UMass MFA student to be included in the prestigious annual series in the past two years.

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Engineering Students at UMass Amherst Hitting the Road to Improve Gasoline Mileage
Thursday, June 3, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - Tired of pulling into the gas station nearly as often as you pull into your own driveway? Six University of Massachusetts mechanical and industrial engineering students have spent the academic year designing and building a car that may deliver as many as 1,000 miles per gallon. Led by professor Ian Grosse, the team will compete in the National Supermileage Design Competition in Marshall, Mich., June 12. It will be the University’s fifth year of participation in this collegiate competition, which draws roughly 30 teams from throughout North America, and is sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineering.

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Committee Supports Rideshare Program, Alternative Work Schedules to Lessen Traffic at UMass Amherst
Tuesday, June 1, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - In an effort to reduce the number of cars on campus and neighboring roadways, the Parking and Transportation Advisory Board (PTAB) at the University of Massachusetts supports the implementation of a rideshare program which will begin next September and recommends the campus implement alternative work schedule measures such as flex-time and extended office hours.

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UMass Amherst Professor Marta Calas Receives Fulbright Award to Conduct Research in Finland
Tuesday, June 1, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - Marta B. Calas, associate professor of management at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, has received a Fulbright Scholar grant to spend four months conducting research in Finland during the spring of 2000. Cal?s, who is currently acting chairwoman of the UMass women’s studies program, will spend this time at ?bo Akademi in Turku, Finland, where she will address issues of gender, organizational theory, and diversity.

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Tornado Researcher at UMass Amherst Aims High-Tech Radar at Storms
Wednesday, May 26, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - It’s been a busy season for University of Massachusetts electrical engineer Andrew Pazmany, from the "monster" tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma on May 3, to a tiny twister that damaged a cypress tree and toppled gravestones in a Kansas cemetery late last week. Pazmany, a UMass alumnus, constructed the specialized radar which, during the massive early May storm, produced the highest-resolution data ever available on a tornado. He chases tornadoes along with colleagues at the University of Oklahoma, using a truck-mounted radar and a videocamera. A research faculty member with the University’s highly-regarded Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory, Pazmany’s work is funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Admissions Video from UMass Amherst Wins Silver Medal from CASE
Monday, May 24, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts has won a silver medal for its admissions video in the Video Recruitment Feature category from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Of the 33 entries judged, two received gold medals, and three, including UMass, received silver medals.

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Seventeen Cadets Commissioned at UMass Amherst ROTC Ceremony
Monday, May 24, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - The Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) held a joint Army-Air Force commissioning ceremony May 22 in Bowker Auditorium on the campus of the University of Massachusetts.

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UMass Amherst Holds 129th Commencement
Sunday, May 23, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - The umbrellas weren’t necessary after all, as approximately 4,000 University of Massachusetts undergraduates received bachelor’s degrees in nearly 100 majors during the school’s 129th Commencement held this morning in Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

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Graduate School at UMass Amherst Holds Commencement
Saturday, May 22, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Graduate School held Commencement activities in the William D. Mullins Memorial Center on campus Saturday morning, May 22. Three honorary degrees were awarded and degrees were conferred upon 1,253 master''s and doctoral degree candidates. About 550 of the eligible candidates attended the ceremony along with some 4,000 family members and friends.

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Condition of UMass Amherst Student Upgraded
Friday, May 21, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - A University of Massachusetts student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis is listed in fair condition this morning, May 21, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Yesterday, her condition was listed as critical but stable.

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