AMHERST, Mass. - More than 200 physicists from around the world will meet at the University of Massachusetts June 9-14 for a physics symposium, said Robert Hallock, a UMass physicist and organizer for the Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids.

AMHERST, Mass. - Environmentally friendly chemistry, with an emphasis on polymers, will be the focus of a two-day workshop at the University of Massachusetts, June 11-12. The meeting is expected to draw participants from academia, industry, and government laboratories, and will be hosted by two UMass groups: the National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) and the Center for UMass Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP), said Joseph Larson, director of the Environmental Institute at UMass, and chair of the NETI advisory board.

AMHERST, Mass. - Thomas B. Robinson, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Massachusetts since 1992, has announced he will resign his position to assume the post of vice president for student services at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Robinson will leave his post at UMass in mid-August.

AMHERST, Mass. - Donald Towsley, a member of the computer science faculty at the University of Massachusetts, has been appointed Distinguished Professor by University President William Bulger. The appointment was made following a vote of approval by the University’s Board of Trustees at its meeting today in Boston. The honor recognizes Towsley for outstanding academic distinction.