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Massachusetts Appeals Court to Convene Session at UMass Amherst
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

A three-member panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court will hear six cases during a session at UMass Amherst on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Associate justices C. Jeffrey Kinder, William Meade and Ariane D. Vuono will preside at the session, which will begin at 9 a.m. in 163C Campus Center.

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NSA Civil Liberties Director to Discuss Balancing Privacy, Security
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Rebecca Richards, civil liberties and privacy director for the National Security Agency (NSA), will discuss balancing privacy and national security on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Great Hall, Old Chapel. Richards, a UMass Amherst alumna, will provide insight on the complex topic of...
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Multicolor Mile Makes a Splash at CASE ASAP
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Thanks to the success of the first Multicolor Mile, the Student Alumni Association (SAA) received the 2017 Outstanding Student Advancement Program Award at the CASE ASAP Network Convention in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 5. The SAA was recognized for its efforts to teach event attendees about the...
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NASA Names Dune on Mars for Late Geosciences Alumnus Nathan Bridges
Thursday, July 13, 2017
NASA announced on July 11 that it has named a rippled linear dune of dark Martian sand “Nathan Bridges Dune” after planetary scientist and UMass Amherst geosciences alumnus Nathan Bridges (Ph.D. 1997). He died in April of a sudden heart attack at age 50. He was a planetary research...
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Reservations Required by June 16 to Join Minuteman Marching Band at Rose Bowl
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Alumni, friends and fans of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band are invited to Pasadena, California, to watch the 380-member “Power and Class of New England” perform under director Timothy Todd Anderson in the 2018 Rose Bowl Parade on Jan. 1. Arrangements for the...
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UMass Amherst Foundation Introduces ‘Aspire’ Report on Philanthropy
Thursday, June 1, 2017
The first issue of Aspire, a new biannual report conveying the impact of private gifts to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is available online. The report uses bold, compelling photography and graphics to reflect the creativity and vision of those whose philanthropy propels the university...
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2017 Class Gift Alive with 127-Year History
Thursday, May 11, 2017
The Class of 2017’s new gift to the university already has more than a century of living history. The gift, a Japanese elm planted May 5, was grown in the Physical Plant tree nursery from a cutting from the South College Japanese elm, the oldest and largest example of the species in North...
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UMassGives Continues to Experience Substantial Growth, Raising $338,622 for Flagship Campus
Thursday, May 4, 2017

The fifth annual UMassGives, the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s 48-hour online fundraising event, raised a total of $338,622 from 5,107 gifts. UMassGives ran from Founders Day, April 27 to April 28. This year’s campaign raised more money than the previous two UMassGives events combined. In 2015, UMassGives raised $108,000. Last year, 2,148 gifts were made during UMassGives for a total of $184,000. This year, the total number of gifts more than doubled, and the dollars raised increased by 84 percent from the prior year.

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FogKicker Wins VentureWell’s Open Minds Showcase for Developing Biodegradable, Non-toxic Anti-fog Solution
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
The Springfield-based company FogKicker, founded by alumni Marc Gammell and Yinyong Li, has won VentureWell’s 2017 Open Minds showcase, an exhibition of multidisciplinary groups of students working to bring science- and technology-based inventions to market. The team was awarded the top prize...
Marc Gammell, left, and Yinyong Li
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UMass Amherst Alumni Association to Present 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards at Massachusetts State House
Monday, April 10, 2017

UMass Amherst Alumni Association President Michaella Morzuch will present the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards at noon on Monday April 24, in the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. This year’s recipients include Michael Wessells ’73 MA, ’74 PhD, Distinguished Alumni Award; Suzin Bartley ’80, Distinguished Alumni Service Award; Robert Littleton Jr. ’71, Distinguished Alumni Service Award; Danielle O’Connor Dean ’10, Distinguished Young Alumni Award; Melissa James ’10, Distinguished Young Alumni Award; and Léonce NdikumanaDistinguished Faculty Award.

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