AMHERST, Mass. – An estimated 80% of ornamental plants for sale at garden centers and other outlets are non-native, which means “the average yard does a poor job of supporting native flora and fauna…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Clean Energy Extension recently was awarded a 15-month grant to lead development of community-focused solar siting and financing…
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Seven Massachusetts Department of Mental Health hospitals have been equipped with personal protective equipment for staff, thanks to a decade-long partnership between UMass Medical School and West…
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Chancellor Michael F. Collins talks about the resiliency of the UMass Medical School community in his weekly video address on April 21, detailing the many ways in which faculty, students and staff…
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As employees in nursing homes and hospitals, grocery stores and jails experience a surge in illness from exposure to the novel coronavirus, TNEC landing page The New England Consortium is offering…
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Professors Qiangfei Xia and Jianhua (Joshua) Yang of the electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department have published yet another in a long series of papers in the family of “Nature” academic…
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UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) professor Gerome Miklau, associate professor Andrew McGregor and alumni Chao Li and Michael Hay are scheduled to receive the Alberto…
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TheUMass Amherst Libraries have announced the winners of the 2020 Undergraduate Sustainability Research Awards. A $1,500 scholarship was awarded to first-place recipient, senior Linda Black, for the…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Meir Y. Barth, of Newton, Mass., a 2018 graduate of Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is one of seventy-seven scholars from thirty countries…
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The UMass Amherst Libraries are coordinating efforts for the Pioneer Valley’s participation in the fifth annual international City Nature Challenge (CNC). The Challenge consists of a submission…
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