http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/ UMass Amherst News Office - News Releases en-us edblag@admin.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95616.php AMHERST, Mass. – Experiments at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute (PVLSI) at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Mass., reported in a recent British Journal of Cancer, confirm that University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineer Neil Forbes’ delivery and trigger system has for the first time successfully placed TRAIL, a cancer-fighting protein, directly into solid tumors and on cue, turned it on. The treatment improved the 30-day survival time of mice with mammary tumors from 0 to 100 percent. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95483.php AMHERST, Mass. – Christopher Salthouse, the new Dev and Linda Gupta Assistant Professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will deliver the first Gupta Lecture on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 4 p.m. in the Massachusetts Room of the Mullins Center. A reception follows the talk. The event is free and open to the public. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95484.php AMHERST, Mass. – The Psychological Services Center (PSC) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is now offering services to veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), focusing on those with experiences living or working in high-risk environments. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95465.php *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** DATE: Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 TIME: 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. PLACE: Gordon Hall, 418 North Pleasant St., Amherst Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95471.php AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst broke ground today for a new, $12.5 million police station. The building, located at 585 East Pleasant St. across from the North Fire Station, will be one of the most advanced, energy-efficient structures on campus. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95407.php AMHERST, Mass. – The Environmental Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst holds its final fall 2009 Environmental Lecture Series on Monday, Nov. 16 with “Climate-Change Denial and Conservatism: Exploring the Connections,” a talk by Riley Dunlap, Regents Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University. The lecture will be in the Cape Cod Lounge at the Student Union at 3:30 p.m. and is free and open to all. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95338.php AMHERST, Mass. - We are pleased with this outcome. The administration at UMass Amherst has consistently questioned the appropriateness of this speaker in an academic setting. Without equivocation we have condemned his past violent acts and the notion that violence is an appropriate way to accomplish social change. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95277.php AMHERST, Mass. - The university administration does not in any way support the presentation by Ray Luc Levasseur and was very clear in supporting the library’s recent decision to cancel its talk. The university administration did not invite this speaker and would not invite him. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95264.php AMHERST, Mass. – The third in a series of monthly Hillside Salons hosted by Sabine Holub, wife of Chancellor Robert C. Holub of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 17 from 6-8 p.m. at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst. It will feature one of the museum’s architects, Kevin Chrobak of Juster Pope Frazier, Northampton. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95286.php *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** DATE: Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 TIME: 1 p.m. PLACE: 585 East Pleasant St., Amherst, opposite the Amherst Fire Department North Station. Officials from the University of Massachusetts Amherst will break ground for a new $12.5 million police station on Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. The 27,130-square-foot complex will serve as the new home of the 76-member UMass Amherst Police Department. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95153.php AMHERST, Mass. – “The Wende Flicks Collection,” a new, 12-DVD set of feature films and documentaries from the former East Germany is being released Nov. 9 by the DEFA Film Library at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95156.php AMHERST, Mass. – John Elder Robison, author of The New York Times best-seller “Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s,” will speak at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Monday, Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Bernie Dallas Room in Goodell Building. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95079.php AMHERST, Mass. – A forum for candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Edward M. Kennedy will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Bowker Auditorium. The forum is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts and public radio stations WFCR and WNNZ. It is free and open to the public. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95082.php AMHERST, Mass. – The University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries has canceled a Nov. 12 talk by Ray Luc Levasseur, a former leader of the United Freedom Front. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95080.php *****MEDIA ADVISORY***** Event: League of Women Voters of Massachusetts U.S. Senate Candidates’ Forum Date: Sunday, Nov. 8, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public Participants: Democrats: U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano, Alan Khazei, and Stephen Pagliuca; Republicans: State Sen. Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson have committed to attending. Attorney General Martha Coakley has not committed due to a schedule conflict Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95010.php UMass Amherst convenes 2nd annual green economic development event AMHERST, Mass. – Job coaches say networking is a key strategy for plugging into a new career, and the new green energy economy promises many fresh opportunities. Organizers of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Clean Energy Connections Conference, set for Tuesday, Nov. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Springfield’s MassMutual Center, say it should provide superb networking opportunities because representatives of more than 50 area businesses, agencies and higher education programs are expected to attend. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95017.php AMHERST, Mass. – As modern systems increasingly rely on networks of small, specialized computers and sensors to operate train and bus systems or monitor weather, for example, testing performance and reliability at scale becomes more important. A group of University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientists 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. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/95019.php AMHERST, Mass. – The Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has engaged theater artist Talvin Wilks to explore the future direction for the New WORLD Theater. Operations at New WORLD Theater were suspended at the end of September 2009 due to budget cuts, even as the theater company received new grant awards from the Ford, Surdna and the Nathan Cummings foundations, totaling $375,000. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/94965.php AMHERST, Mass. – The Master of Fine Arts Program for Poets and Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is among the best graduate creative writing programs in the country, according to Poets & Writers Magazine. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/storyarchive/articles/94968.php AMHERST, Mass. – Ralph Whitehead, Jr., journalism professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, 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 Thursday, Nov. 5 at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST