Kinesiology professor Barry Braun presented an invited lecture on April 2 at the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Health and Fitness Summit in Atlanta.
Titled “Too much sitting: How does it affect appetite and weight?,” Braun's talk helped attendees better understand the...
Lisa Chasan-Taber, professor of epidemiology, has authored “Writing Dissertation and Grant Proposals: Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics” to be published early next month by Chapman and Hall.
Abed Jaradat, the apartment complex coordinator for Lincoln and North apartments in Residential Life, received an award for Service to the Commission for Global Dimensions of Student Development and to the American College Personnel Association - College Student Educators International during its...
Jane Fountain, Distinguished Professor in political science and public policy, was named last month to the “Top Federal 100” by Federal Computer Week. She is one of only two academics to make the list.
“Federal IT would not function without people like this year’s Fed 100,...
Floyd L. Williams, professor emeritus of mathematics and statistics, spoke on “Magnetic resolvent trace formula for 2d black hole vacua” during the western spring sectional meeting of the American Mathematical Society held April 4-6 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque....
Robert A. Rothstein, Amesbury Professor of Polish Language, Literature and Culture, was an invited speaker at "Passing the Torch," a symposium on Jewish music archives and the future of Yiddish song held April 6 at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York.
His paper, "In...
Historian Barbara Krauthamer is being recognized as a UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar for her unique view of the history of slavery and emancipation in the Americas. Her groundbreaking research and award-winning books give voice to those who are underrepresented in the historical record, presenting...
Debbie Felton, associate professor of classics, received the 2013-14 Award for Excellence in College Teaching from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) during the organization’s annual meeting held April 2-5 in Waco, Texas.
CAMWS, founded at the University of...
John Organ, division chief of the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region and an adjunct associate professor in the department of environmental conservation, received the Wildlife Management Institute’s 2014 George Bird Grinnell...
Kevin Kittilstved, assistant professor of chemistry, has been named an “Emerging Investigator” by the Journal of Materials ChemistryA of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
As the first students in the iCons Program prepare to graduate early next month, a new interactive gallery is highlighting the research they conducted under the auspices of the four-year integrated science program.
Launched in the 2010-11, iCons employs multi-disciplinary team-based learning on...
The School of Public Health and Health Sciences has announced the results of the faculty-juried poster competition from the 17th Annual Research Day held April 8.
Posters were judged based on content and presentation and awarded in two categories: Research and Practice. An additional student was...
Cory Greever and Jocelyn Hafer, doctoral candidates in the department of kinesiology, have been awarded research grants of $5,000 apiece from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).
Hafer will use her funds, provided by the ACSM Foundation, for her study titled, “Physical activity: a...
The Science and Engineering Library (SEL) in the Lederle Graduate Research Center lowrise will be closed from May 9 to Aug. 30 for a window replacement project.
Books housed in SEL may be requested online (www.library.umass.edu) through World Cat Local (UMA Worldcat) or the Five College Catalog,...
Members of the “first class” of iCons students will present the results of their iCons 4 thesis projects, for which they carried out authentic scientific research in faculty laboratories, at the inaugural...
The Valley Jazz Network, an outreach arm of the Fine Arts Center, is presenting a Latin Jazz Informance with faculty member and saxophonist Felipe Salles and the Gonzalez Brothers Quintet on Wednesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m...
“If I Knew This,” an exhibit of paintings by saxophonist and poet Oliver Lake, is on view through May 13 at the Augusta Savage Gallery in New Africa House.
An opening reception is being held Tuesday, April...
