Highlights from the 2015 "UMass in Winter" photo contest. More than 370 submissions were submitted by students, alumni, faculty, staff and campus visitors. See all 40 finalists at bit.do/winterphotocontest…
The Joint Task Force on Resource Allocation (JTFRA) has posted a second draft report and invites comments from the campus community before submitting its final report to Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy later this spring.
The task force co-chairs, Elizabeth Chilton, associate vice chancellor for...
The Presidential Search Committee is holding an open forum on Tuesday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m. in 168C Campus Center to hear comments from the campus community.
A 15-member advisory committee has been formed by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to recommend how the campus can develop an international admissions policy that is as open as possible while complying with federal laws.
At the Feb. 19 Faculty Senate meeting, the chancellor said the International...
UMass Amherst is realigning its academic advising program to better serve the one-in-four first-year students who enter the university without a declared major.
Beginning in September, all undeclared first-year students will join the new Exploratory Track Program and be placed in one of eight...
Researchers in the Muscle Physiology Lab led by kinesiology professor Jane Kent, were recognized by the American Physiological Society for authoring one of its best articles of 2014.
“Human skeletal muscle...
George “Bud” C. Anderson, 79, of Buckland, a retired trades worker at Physical Plant, died Feb. 27 at Vibra Hospital in Springfield.
Born in Buckland, he attended Arms Academy in Shelburne Falls.
He served...
Marie L. Wilga, 70, a retired clerk in the chemistry department, died Feb. 26 due to complications of ALS.
She was born in Northampton and was a graduate of Northampton High School and attended Springfield Technical...
The Inside UMass email newsletter will not be published during Spring Break, March 16-20. News items and notices for the March 12 issue must be submitted by Tuesday, March 10 at 5 p.m.
The Faculty Senate will hear a presentation from the Joint Task Force on Resource Allocation at its meeting on Thursday, March 12 at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall.
The task force recently posted a second draft report...
The College of Natural Sciences invites graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to apply for Manning Inventor Fellowships, which provide stipends of either $30,000 (graduate fellows) or $50,000 (postdoctoral fellows...
