As part of the New2U collection program during student move-out, more than 50 student volunteers and campus staff will be collecting unwanted items including clothing, futons, lamps and televisions to be resold next fall at the New2U move-in tag sale. Last year the program collected about 12 tons of material during move-out. The tag sale in the fall made $11,000 in one day.

A new study led by epidemiologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s School of Public Health and Health Sciences suggests that high intake of dietary vitamin D and calcium may be modestly associated with lower risk of early menopause, the cessation of ovarian function before age 45. Early menopause affects about 10 percent of women and is associated with higher risk of cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and early cognitive decline.