Nancy S. (DerGiragossian) Craig, 80, of Northampton, a retired typist in alumni relations and environmental health and safety, died Feb. 6.
Born Jan. 27, 1937, in Northampton, she was a 1954 graduate of Northampton High School and also attended Northampton School for Girls, Holyoke Junior College...
AMHERST, Mass. – For a second straight year, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is included in “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck,” released Jan. 31 by The Princeton Review.
In the annual guide, the education...
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UMass Amherst alumnus Robbie Bergquist and his sister Brittany, co-founders of Cell Phones for Soldiers (CPFS), have been named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 Class of 2017 for their efforts to connect military members serving around the globe. Bergquist graduated from UMass Amherst in 2014...
Joseph S. Larson of Pelham, professor emeritus of environmental conservation, has been elected chairman of the Massachusetts Fisheries and Wildlife Board. He succeeds George Dary of Lenox who served on the board for 38 years, 32 as chairman.
The Fisheries and Wildlife Board consists of seven...
The UMass Amherst Chamber Choir, under the direction of Tony Thornton with guest conductor E. Wayne Abercrombie, fills the newly renovated Old Chapel with the sounds of the Alma Mater and best wishes for a Happy New Year.
Alumna Kyung-Wha Kang is serving as special advisor on policy to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who took office Jan. 1.
Kang, who earned her Ph.D. and M.A. through the communication department in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, headed Guterres’ transition...
In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg and neuroscientist Mary Catanese at UMass Amherst examined the effects of the compound bisphenol S (BPS) on maternal behavior and related brain regions in mice. They found subtle but striking behavior changes in nesting mothers exposed during pregnancy and lactation and in their daughters exposed in utero.
Fourteen graduates were honored Sept. 23 as the inaugural class of the civil and environmental engineering department’s Academy of Distinguished Alumni. The awards recognize their contributions to the engineering profession.
CEE department head Richard Palmer and College of Engineering dean...
The Annual UMass Amherst Homecoming Day Parade will step off from McGuirk Alumni Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 a.m., featuring the Minuteman Marching Band, numerous floats, Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy and the Town of Amherst Select Board.
