Students and faculty of the University of Massachusetts are set to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 with a series of new initiatives and advocacy platforms promoting sustainability for the environment.
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UMass Pow Wow honors Native American culture
Honoring Native American cultural traditions in dance, music, crafts and food, the University of Massachusetts will host a powwow on Saturday in conjunction with Thursday’s scheduled symposium, “Indigenous Peoples, Cultural Survival through Art Education and Health.”
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Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute expands research lab in Springfield
The Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute announced the beginning of a $4.3 million project on April 13, to expand the research space of the former engineering manufacturing building in Springfield in order to make way for a state-of-the-art biomedical research facility.
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UM chemists devise new method of creating electricity
Chemists at the University of Massachusetts have identified a new polymer-based method for creating devices used to convert sunlight into electricity.
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UM professor receives Fellow honor
In honor of his contributions to his scientific field, University of Massachusetts professor of polymer science and engineering Thomas Russell has been named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS).
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UM seeks better access to communication
The University of Massachusetts hopes to increase the access to communication resources among universities with the recent absorption of the Outreach Marketing and Technology department by University Relations.
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UMass partnership offers full scholarships for 25 Chelsea High School students
Resulting from a partnership agreement signed by the University of Massachusetts and Bunker Hill Community College last week, 25 seniors from Chelsea High School have received full yearly scholarships for pursuing higher education.
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UMass-Springfield partners in educating with green job skills
The University of Massachusetts teams with Springfield’s Putnam Vocational Technical High School to educate design students on the green job skill needed to pursue a career in an energy efficient economy.
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Governor Patrick holds economic summit meeting at UMass
Along with several staff members and other economics experts, Governor Deval Patrick attended the Pioneer Valley Regional Economic Summit meeting last Friday to assess, among other topics, the state of public education following the recession.
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UMass cautions safety with pedestrian awareness campaign
Officials at the University of Massachusetts have launched a campaign of pedestrian awareness for the spring semester titled “R U Ready 2 Stop?,” of which they hope along with engineering studies and increased enforcement of traffic laws, will help curb the rate of auto accidents on campus caused by distracted drivers and pedestrians.
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