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Brooks Presents Paper on Gospel of Mark
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Research professor E. Bruce Brooks of the Warring States Project presented a paper titled “The Gentile Mission and the Gospel of Mark” at the New England regional meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature on March 31 at the Yale Divinity School. Using both traditional philology and...
E. Bruce Brooks
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ESRI Chief Scientist to Deliver Bromery Lecture in Geosciences
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Dawn Wright, chief scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), a world-leading geographic information system (GIS) software, research and development company, will present the annual R.W. Bromery Lecture in the department of geosciences on Friday, April 7 at 3:30 p.m. in...
Dawn Wright
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Peering into Black Holes Using an Earth-sized Telescope
Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Turning the Earth into one giant telescope by coordinating observations from instruments arrayed around the world, teams of radio astronomers from around the world including UMass Amherst are aiming their telescopes for the next 10 days at the thin edge – also known as the event horizon – of the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the closest such object to Earth.

Gopal Narayanan with some of the EHT team at the LMT
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Tufts Professor of Medicine, Nutrition to Deliver Virginia A. Beal Lecture
Monday, April 3, 2017
Joel B. Mason, M.D., professor of medicine and nutrition at Tufts University, will provide the keynote lecture “Micronutrients and Cancer Prevention: Making Sense of a U-shaped World” at the 29th annual Virginia A. Beal Lecture and Awards on Wednesday, April 12 beginning at 4 p.m. in...
Joel Mason
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Ready Addresses Neuropsychological Society
Monday, April 3, 2017
Rebecca Ready, associate professor and director of clinical training and clinical division head in psychological and brain sciences, gave an invited talk at the Connecticut Neuropsychological Society Meeting in Hartford on March 31 “Emotion regulation and cognition in older adults.”...
Rebecca Ready
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Participants Needed for Speech, Language and Voice Study
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Researchers in communication disorders are looking for individuals who are 14-18 years of age for a study on speech and language characteristics of individuals who are typically developing or who have a diagnosis of Autism. Participation in this study will involve a brief screening questionnaire...
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Faculty, Community Groups Lay Groundwork for Center for Racial Justice and Urban Affairs in Springfield
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Foundational work for a proposed center for racial justice and urban affairs at the UMass Center at Springfield is underway as 14 teams conduct research and explore collaborations with community organizations in the city and nearby Holyoke. Working with $175,000 in planning grants, the faculty and...
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SPHHS to Host Annual Research Day
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will hold its 20th annual Research Day on Tuesday, April 4 from 2-5 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom. The SPHHS holds this event, celebrated annually during National Public Health Week, as an opportunity for the campus community to learn...
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Wind Energy Center to Present Student Poster Session
Thursday, March 30, 2017
The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) Offshore Wind Energy Program invites the campus community to attend its annual student poster session from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4 in the Hadley Room, 10th Floor Campus Center. There will be light refreshments, a cash bar and...
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Who is Involved in Massachusetts Gambling, Who May Face Risks
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Deeper analysis of survey data on gambling and problem gambling in Massachusetts was presented to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission at its meeting in Boston today by lead investigator Rachel Volberg of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences and her collaborator, professor Robert Williams of the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

Rachel Volberg
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