Nov. 6, 2009
With the retirement of Sandy Anderson, director of Campus Services, there has been a realignment of several functions within the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities and Campus Services.
Nov. 5, 2009
The Fine Arts Center has engaged theater artist Talvin Wilks to explore the future direction for the New WORLD Theater.
Nov. 5, 2009
A group of Computer Science researchers recently joined with 61 other teams nationwide to participate in building and deploying a virtual laboratory funded by the National Science Foundation for experimenting with future Internet architectures, or networks.
Nov. 5, 2009
As part of the Greater Springfield-University of Massachusetts Amherst Partnership established last year, campus officials intend to establish a “Downtown Design Center” in Springfield to assist the city with economic development projects, according to Chancellor Robert C. Holub.
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Nov. 4, 2009
The Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers is among the best graduate creative writing programs in the country, according to Poets & Writers Magazine.
Nov. 4, 2009
Public radio stations WFCR and WNNZ raised more than $267,500 during the fall on-air fund that ended Oct. 24, besting last year’s record of $257,000.
Nov. 3, 2009
M.V. Lee Badgett, professor of Economics and director of the Center for Public Policy and Administration, will deliver the first Distinguished Faculty Lecture in this year’s series on Monday, Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room in Goodell Hall.
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Nov. 3, 2009
Ice fields on Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly shrinking and thinning, according to a research team including geoscientist Douglas Hardy and colleagues at Ohio State University.
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Nov. 3, 2009
Journalism professor Ralph Whitehead, Jr., will participate in a forum with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on the challenges facing the American middle class in the 21st century on Nov. 5 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C.
Oct. 30, 2009
The new, $50-million Recreation Center has opened, ushering in a new era of campus health and fitness opportunities.
Oct. 29, 2009
After just three weeks, the Faculty and Staff Campaign has received more than $471,000 in gifts and pledges and more than half of a $500,000 matching fund established by the campus has been used, according to Tom Navin, director of Annual Giving in the Development Office.
Oct. 28, 2009
Given the opportunity to teach the courses they have always wanted to, faculty from 21 departments are engaging students in discussions about dozens of topics, including the cost of food, privacy in a digital world, “quiet classics,” renewable energy and the hidden powers of poetry.
