Springfield Renaissance School celebrates 100 percent college acceptance rate for seniors for 4th year in a row

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...epted a wide variety of colleges, from Smith College and Brigham Young University to the Amherst College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Springfield Technical Community College and Holyoke Community College,... (Read Full Article)

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UMass Innovation Challenge Awards $55,250 to Three Teams in Finals | Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst

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UMass research team chosen to conduct $3.64 million research project on casino gambling

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... and social impacts of introducing casino gambling to Massachusetts, as well as problem gambling. AMHERST - A University of Massachusetts-Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences research team has been chosen ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to speak at Amherst Town Meeting about funding consultant to look at community-campus issues

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... look at ways to strengthen the neighborhoods bordering the university, and bolster the local economy. "UMass Amherst is an engaged and committed member of the Amherst community," Subbaswamy said in a statement when he m... (Read Full Article)

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UMass Amherst's 30th chancellor, Kumble Subbaswamy, inaugurated; said it's "an honor beyond words"

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...th that needs them, said Henry M. Thomas III, Chair of the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees. The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s 30th chancellor, Kumble R. Subbaswamy, was inaugurated in a ceremony ope... (Read Full Article)

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UMass-Amherst Undergraduate Research Conference: 7 intriguing research projects

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... on Twitter on April 26, 2013 at 1:51 PM, updated April 26, 2013 at 1:53 PM View/Post Comments AMHERST -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst is hosting the 19th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference today at the ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass celebrates opening of new Agricultural Learning Center

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...the new agricultural learning center with a ceremonial groundbreaking Thursday afternoon at the 40-acre site. AMHERST – With descendants of the families who once farmed the land in attendance, University of Massachusetts... (Read Full Article)

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Community Profile: Springfield

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...no matter what the Mass. Gaming Commission decides later this year. Kennedy also mentioned the interest UMass Amherst has shown in a downtown location. “That is real. We’re having discussions with them, and we’re expecti... (Read Full Article)

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University of Massachusetts and other education projects keeping heavy construction companies, workers busy

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...ime yet. It’s tough.” Both Gagliarducci and Garand pointed specifically to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst which, according to its 2012-13 capital spending plan, spent $450 million on construction and renovati... (Read Full Article)

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UMass celebrates 150th anniversary starting Monday with Earth Day event

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...er will talk about their new book “Beauty, Cravings, Virtue: A Celebration of the Architectural Legacy of the University of Massachusetts Amherst” at 4 p.m. in Goodell's Bernie Dallas Room. On April 25, the university’s ... (Read Full Article)

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World-renowned artist Tim Rollins brings art education talents to Springfield's Renaissance Public School in W. E. B. Du Bois inspired workshop

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...r Time,’ set for September at the University Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The exhibition will feature more work by Rollins and his students, inspired by Du Bois. “They get to ... (Read Full Article)

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Pioneers of innovation share ideas at TEDx UMass Amherst

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...tudents Two students in UMass' Isenberg School of Management – Nate Tepper and Kareem Agha – founded the TEDx UMass Amherst project in early December. Tepper and Agha handpicked a few fellow students and networked throug... (Read Full Article)

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UMass Amherst Chancellor Subaswammy proposes hiring outside consultant to evaluate town-gown issues

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...dering the university and bolster the local economy. “UMass Amherst is an engaged and committed member of the Amherst community,” Subbaswamy said in a prepared statement. “Throughout the course of our 150 years of shared... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts legislative leaders propose to increase gas, cigarette taxes to finance transportation improvements | masslive

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...omobiles. The authority provides fixed-route bus service and paratransit service to 24 communities, including Amherst, Chicopee, Holyoke, Northampton, Palmer, Springfield and Westfield. Here are key details of a plan by ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass pumps $200K into 8 tech projects

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...rded $25,000 to each of eight technology projects that are being driven by faculty on four UMass campuses The University of Massachusetts has awarded $25,000 to each of eight technology projects that are being driven by ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass gets $1.6M NIH grant

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...in doctoral or other professional programs at 20 institutions including UMass Amherst. A new institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a four-year, $1.6 million award from the National Institutes ... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst receives state grant to study wastewater reuse in municipality, University of Massachusetts and Amherst College

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...UMass are looking at a possible anaerobic digester to be located next to the wastewater treatment facility at UMass, the opportunity for reusing water at the facility will also be explored. UMass, meanwhile, is holding a... (Read Full Article)

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Second year of MAAC championships in Springfield a success, but not with local fans

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... issued sometime this spring.” The MAAC commissioned a study through the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts to get a better idea on the economic impact of the tournaments. The study is expec... (Read Full Article)

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Girls gather to build Lego robots at Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke

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...nformation Technology Education (CAITE) program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. In addition to UMass Amherst’s CAITE and the MGHPPC, the event was co-sponsored by LEGO Education, For Inspiration and Recogn... (Read Full Article)

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‘Challenge Accepted’ | BusinessWest

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...woes. Wanda found a position at Baystate, while Marcos eventually found work as an adjunct professor at UMass Amherst, teaching Environmental Policy. He would later apply for, and win, a job as a land-use environmental p... (Read Full Article)

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UMass professor Stuart Shulman's DiscoverText software sifts through reams of data to ID what's unique

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...ally defensible docket that can be presented to a judge if there’s litigation,” said Shulman, director of the UMass Qualitative Data Analysis Program, which trains and employs people to code text from different sources. ... (Read Full Article)

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University of Massachusetts biostatisticians use new data analysis approach to 'advance genetic knowledge of many diseases'

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...c association studies to formally test at a new, locus-level, association. Other members of the team at UMass Amherst are Rongheng Lin, an assistant professor, and postdoctoral researchers Gregory Matthews and Ujwall Das... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke gets $325,000 from state to help students learn English in summer school; Springfield shares $45,000 grant

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...e said. Partners with Holyoke in that grant are Holyoke Community College; the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Mount Holyoke College, in South Hadley; Hampshire College, in Amherst; and Westfield State University... (Read Full Article)

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UMass needs a walk-in presence in Springfield, Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy says

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...y young people in Springfield. Miller said the stations will keep studios on Hampden Street here and at UMass-Amherst. The stations have raised $5.3 million toward the $7 million fundraising goal. the $7 million goal inc... (Read Full Article)

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