This past week the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives received a donation from the Associação Académica (commonly known as the Academica Club). The Academica building, located on 627 South Main Street, is being sold and the Association is being dissolved. The materials, which include the Associação Académica flag, the portraits of past club presidents, team photos, opposition team pennants, and other ephemera, will be collected and curated at the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives.
AMHERST, Mass. – Seven University of Massachusetts Amherst undergraduates, graduate students and an alumna have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants to travel abroad as English teaching assistants or to perform research projects they designed.
Additionally, two students have received Boren National Security Education Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships to study critical languages in regions critical to U.S. interests. While living abroad, the students will immerse themselves in the culture of their host country.
UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing and Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor Kiley Medeiros is the recipient of the 2021 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Medeiros was chosen for her commitment and passion for Nursing education. The faculty members — one from each of the five UMass campuses — will receive $10,000 awards in recognition of their exceptional teaching and commitment to their students.
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AMHERST Mass. – One of the recent revolutions in computing has been the advent of cloud-based platforms, which handle everything from music and video streaming to crunching enormous amounts of data for scientific research. Cloud infrastructure, used by companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and others, is growing exponentially, and demands an ever-increasing amount of energy, and any serious attempt to grapple with global climate change will therefore have to address computing’s carbon footprint, says a University of Massachusetts expert leading a team to work on the issue.
Neutron stars, the collapsed cores of dying massive stars, are one of the universe’s mysteries. With the exception of black holes, neutron stars are the smallest and densest things in existence.
Maggie Sullivan ’21, of West Roxbury, Massachusetts was celebrated by Governor Charlie Baker at a virtual ceremony as a “29 Who Shine Award” recipient. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education award honors 29 outstanding students, one from each public institution, in the Class of 2021. Sullivan, who is majoring in Political Science and minoring in Leadership and Civic Engagement with a 4.0 GPA, was chosen for this prestigious student award for her work increasing the educational aspirations of students in SouthCoast communities.