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Effects of Technology on Media, Journalists and Consumers to Be Focus of Lecture on Dec. 5
Friday, November 17, 2006

AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts’ journalism department will host a free public lecture titled, “Journalism 2.0—How Technology is Changing the Media, Journalists and Consumers,” on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

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Bhutanese student receives grant from Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund
Friday, November 17, 2006

Tashi Zangmo of Bhutan, a graduate student in the School of Education, is working toward her doctorate with the help of an $11,000 grant from the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF).

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Mental Health Services awarded suicide prevention grant
Friday, November 17, 2006

Mental Health Services has been awarded a three-year, $225,000 grant to expand its suicide prevention efforts.

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Astronomer creates map that reveals relativistic pinball machine
Thursday, November 16, 2006

New clues about the origins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. An extraordinarily detailed image of the remains of an exploded star provides crucial insight into the generation of cosmic rays.

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$3.2 Million Grant Will Fund Polar Expedition To Siberian Lake, Led by UMass Amherst Scientist
Thursday, November 16, 2006

AMHERST, Mass. – An international team of scientists led by Julie Brigham-Grette of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received $3.2 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund an expedition to a polar lake in Siberia.

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UMass Amherst Student from Bhutan Selected To Receive Margaret McNamara Memorial Award
Thursday, November 16, 2006

AMHERST, Mass. – Tashi Zangmo of Bhutan, a graduate student in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is working toward her doctorate with the help of an $11,000 grant from the Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF). Zangmo received the grant from among 134 applicants.

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Mental Health Services at UMass Amherst Awarded Suicide Prevention Grant
Thursday, November 16, 2006

AMHERST, Mass. – Mental Health Services at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has been awarded a three-year, $225,000 grant to expand its suicide prevention efforts.

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Obituary: Cecilia C. Pesienski, retired Admissions typist
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Cecilia C. Pesienski, 83, of South Windsor, Conn., a retired typist I in the Admissions Office, died Nov. 3 at home.

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UMass Amherst Astronomer Creates Map That Reveals Relativistic Pinball Machine
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

New clues about the orgins of cosmic rays, mysterious high-energy particles that bombard the Earth, have been revealed using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. For the first time astronomers, including Michael Stage of UMass Amherst, have mapped the rate of acceleration of cosmic ray electrons in a supernova remnant.

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New earthquake model for L.A. finds some faults moving faster than expected
Wednesday, November 15, 2006

An analysis of slip rates for 26 active faults in the Los Angeles metropolitan area validates a new approach to modeling fault tectonics and finds that some faults may be moving faster than earlier models estimated, according to researchers in the Geosciences Department.

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