Landscape services is hosting a Mother’s Day and spring plant sale on Wednesday, May 6. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Student Care Supply Closet.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy emphasized this week that UMass Amherst is fully committed to resuming classes in the fall of 2020, whether remote, face-to-face or in some combination.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy invites the campus community to join in virtual celebrations of the UMass Class of 2020 on May 7 and 8. These online events do not replace the traditional campus ceremonies, which will be rescheduled for an appropriate date after restrictions on large gatherings are lifted.
The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) program is holding the Seventh Annual Senior Exposition on Thursday, April 30 from 3:30-6 p.m. via Zoom. Following the exposition is the Seventh Annual iCons Senior Celebration, to celebrate the accomplishments of iCons seniors and to present several awards.
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy provides a video message on the final day of classes for the spring 2020 semester. The chancellor praises the campus community for stepping up in the coronavirus crisis, and looking forward says, “Without doubt, UMass Amherst will be open and educating our students this fall.”
The Office of Equity and Inclusion will be holding an online session open to members of the UMass community to discuss the recent spate of Zoom disruptions in classrooms, meetings and other virtual spaces. These disruptions have included a number of racist, misogynistic and other attacks.
For years, geologists have debated how and when a network of canyons under the Greenland Ice Sheet formed, especially one that is so deep and long it’s called ‘Greenland’s Grand Canyon.’ Its shape suggests it was carved by running water followed by glaciation, but until now, “the genesis of this canyon, and similar features in northern Greenland, remain(ed) unknown,” authors of a new paper say.
UMass Amherst food scientist Hang Xiao has received a new federal grant to expand his research into the health benefits of certain fruits and vegetables; in this case, strawberries.
John Jacobs, co-founder of the lifestyle brand Life is Good and member of the UMass Amherst Class of 1990, will provide a message of optimism and resilience to the Class of 2020 in a special video as part of the university’s virtual senior celebration May 8 on www.umass.edu. Jacobs will deliver a full address as keynote speaker for the class during an in-person commencement event at a later date.
