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Graduate Student at UMass Amherst Wins Prestigious Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities
Wednesday, March 31, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - John Alderete, a University of Massachusetts graduate student in linguistics, has been awarded a $40,000 Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship for Minorities. Alderete, who completed his dissertation last month and will receive his Ph.D. in May, is one of 25 minority scholars nationwide to receive a Ford fellowship in the 1999 competition. Linguistics is the study of the nature and structure of human language.

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Faculty, Students at UMass Amherst Bring Recognition to Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Tuesday, March 23, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - A professor in the department of landscape architecture and regional planning (LARP) at the University of Massachusetts has been named to a prestigious fellowship and the achievements of several other faculty members and students in the department are also being recognized.

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UMass Amherst Ranked in U.S. News Listing of Top Graduate Programs in the Nation
Friday, March 19, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - The College of Engineering and the departments of computer science and polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts all received top ratings in U.S. News & World Report''s year 2000 rankings of "America''s Best Graduate Schools."

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UMass Amherst Official Elizabeth Dale Named 1999-2000 ACE Fellow
Friday, March 19, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - Elizabeth A. Dale, director of business and facilities services at the University of Massachusetts Campus Center/Student Union Complex and an adjunct faculty member in the department of hotel, restaurant, and travel administration, has been named a 1999-2000 American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow. She is one of 34 Fellows selected this year.

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Graduate Student from UMass Amherst Wins Literary Prize in Spain
Wednesday, March 10, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts graduate student Ana Maria Diaz-Marcos has been awarded Spain''s Asturias Joven (Young Asturians) prize by the Principado de Asturias (regional government of Asturias) for her collection of short stories "The Affections of Heat." The prize, which is awarded annually to a young writer of the Asturias region of Spain, includes a monetary gift of $1,800 and publication of the collection.

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UMass Amherst Biology Professor to Discuss Cell Death; Presentation is 3rd Distinguished Faculty Lecture of the Year
Tuesday, March 2, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts biology professor Lawrence M. Schwartz will speak on cell death in his upcoming Distinguished Faculty Lecture, "Programmed Cell Death: Of Moths and Men." The presentation is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Wed. March 10 in Memorial Hall, and is the third in this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture series.

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UMass Amherst Senior Selected for USA Today All-USA College Academic Team
Friday, February 26, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - Caroline J. Sunshine, a senior psychology major and honors student at the University of Massachusetts, has received an honorable mention on the All-USA College Academic Team, compiled by the national daily newspaper USA Today. The team was announced in the Feb. 25 edition of the paper.

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German Professor at UMass Amherst to Deliver Distinguished Faculty Lecture February 24
Thursday, February 18, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts professor of Germanic languages and literatures Eric M. Beekman will deliver the second lecture in this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series on Wednesday, February 24 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

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Engineering Professor at UMass Amherst Receives Humboldt Research Award
Thursday, February 4, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - H. Henning Winter, Distinguished University Professor of chemical engineering and adjunct professor of polymer science and engineering at the University of Massachusetts, has been elected the recipient of a Humboldt Research Award for Senior Scientists from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany.

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Researcher at UMass Amherst Named Outstanding Young Engineer
Monday, February 1, 1999

AMHERST, Mass. - Abhijit V. Deshmukh, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Massachusetts, has been selected as a Milton C. Shaw Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer of 1999 by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). The award is presented to individuals, age 35 or younger, who demonstrate outstanding leadership in and specific contributions to the field of manufacturing engineering.

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