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A new working paper from the UMass Amherst Labor Center reveals that more than 1 in 10 workers in Massachusetts depend on benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to feed themselves and their families. The paper also lists the top employers of SNAP recipients. 

A team of ten Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning seniors has been hired by the town of Hartford, CT, to re-envision a 33-acre scrapyard in the city's Parkville neighborhood. It is not an easy project, presenting daunting environmental, economic, and logistical constraints.  

Researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) have released a new Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index, utilizing data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA recently announced an end to all reporting requirements until 2034. 

A team of researchers from the Department of Resource Economics has released the results of a study on the use of AI in college courses. "It's not that AI helped students learn more—it helped them learn more efficiently and confidently," says Christian Rojas, professor and chair of the department.