Harvard to Receive High Performance Computing Grants

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Momentum Building

Explore BusinessWest (Jan 31 2012)

...s and education (she’s in both, technically), Michel, who splits her time between the SEC and UMass Amherst, where she serves as executive director for economic development and regional partnerships, has...... to the college, such as T.W.O., the workforce-training initiative undertaken in collaboration with Holyoke Community College, and the MassGreen Initiative, a program designed to train people for jobs in gre... (Read Full Article)

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Fledgling Holyoke computer center gives $600000 in grants

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UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses in Holyoke, Springfield

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...t it would be great to have the new president speak,” said Doris Ransford, president of the Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce. UMass president Robert Caret discusses economic development with businesses i...... said there are plans to build a $95 million life sciences research and development facility at the Amherst campus, specifically designed for university-industry collaboration, which could help attract indus... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...es in Westfield,” he said. “And without it, that is money that would have been spent in the mall in Holyoke or in some other city.” Dobelle and Michael F. Konig, a former Westfield State professor who is now......gion refers to 26 colleges and universities, the largest being the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the University of Connecticut. Closer to home, Westfield State has an annual economic impact ... (Read Full Article)

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Railroad developments on track for Valley

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...ect to rehabilitate the Pan Am southern tracks that extend from Greenfield through Northampton into Holyoke is slated for completion in the next few years, with some of its components already in the works. ......hat the town will retain passenger rail service. Without it, some 14,000 passengers who now use the Amherst train depot will have to take buses or find other means of transportation to Northampton to get ... (Read Full Article)

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Groundbreaking Developments

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...ition to a portfolio that boasts a number of local projects. They include Mill Valley Estates in Amherst, Edgewood Apartments in Westfield, Churchill Homes in Holyoke, Chicopee Village Townhouses, and several projects in Springfield, including Allen Park I & II, For... (Read Full Article)

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More than 1,000 Pioneer Valley third graders learning about film through program at Amherst Cinema

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...hird graders moved from the Edward N. White Elementary School to the cushioned theater seats of the Amherst Cinema. Some of these students have never left Holyoke nor been to a theater quite like this non-profit, but they are having the kind of time where it was... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke to benefit from $250,000 grant for middle school science students thanks to computing center

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..., officials said. Rick Adrion, a computer science professor at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, and Christopher Hill, a geoscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, are ......ool students study weather patterns using computer simulations. (AP Photo/National Weather Service) HOLYOKE – The pending presence of a high performance computing center downtown has led to a $250,000 grant ... (Read Full Article)

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Western Massachusetts food programs receive grants from Project Bread to fight hunger

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...ton Survival Center; • Franklin County Community Meals Program, of Greenfield; • Salvation Army, of Holyoke; and • Berkshire Food Project, of North Adams. “We run two emergency food shelters in Hampshire C......rams in Western Massachusetts. Here is a list of the agencies, by community where they are located: Amherst: Amherst Survival Center; Massachusetts School-to-Farm Ashfield: Hilltown Churches Food Pantry Athol: Salvat... (Read Full Article)

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Palmer, Amherst, Montague among communities advocating restoration of passenger rail service along New England Central rail line

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Utilities say nearly all customers to have power restored by Friday or Saturday

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...s to collect tree limbs and other debris from the storm if the waste is placed along the tree belt. Amherst Amherst Town Manager John P. Musante reported Thursday afternoon that about 20 percent of the town was stil......ectrician to repair damage to their homes, such as if downed wires ripped off part of their houses, Holyoke Mayor Elaine A. Pluta said. The city will begin curbside collection of ... (Read Full Article)

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Care Center in Holyoke receives National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the White House

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... current and former professors, including author Christopher Couch, Ph.D., who has taught at Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke colleges and the University of Massachusetts. Administrator of the course is Bard College in New Yo... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke Community College focuses on computer literacy with the new Thomas Gill III Community Technology Center

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... program that supports the work of students and faculty from the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst and Hampshire colleges who are volunteering with community organizations in the area. Mt. Joe to Go... (Read Full Article)

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Editorial: New UMass president Robert Caret setting right tone

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Caret visited Springfield, Holyoke and Amherst on Tuesday, Day 2 of a four-day listening tour that will take him across the Bay State, courtesy of... (Read Full Article)

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UMass receives $2.5 grant to help train health care workers in Holyoke, Springfield

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..., “We’re keeping very good company.” UMass receives $2.5 grant to help train health care workers in Holyoke, Springfield Published: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 5:00 AM Diane Lederman, The Republican By Diane ...... Risa Silverman, Gloria DiFulvio, Dan Gerber, Elaine Puleo, Linda Downs-Bembury and Stuart Chipkin. AMHERST – To say University of Massachusetts researchers are pleased with a recent $2.5 million grant to... (Read Full Article)

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High-tech conference coming to Holyoke

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...r universities and corporations, will only have about 25 employees. High-tech conference coming to Holyoke Published: Monday, October 03, 2011, 6:01 AM Updated: Monday, October 03, 2011, 7:27 AM Jim Ki......Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Mass High Speed Computing Associated PressHOLYOKE - Amherst computer science professor Jim Kurous takes a cell phone picture of the construction site for the f... (Read Full Article)

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Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts distributes grants to four counties

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...deeper social issues,” Kumble said in a prepared release. The grant recipients are: Õ¤Girls Inc. of Holyoke ($5,000 a year for two years). Õ¤Hilltown Safety at Home, in Amherst, for its “Advocacy Services to Domestic Violence Victims” program ($6,500 in 2011, $6,000 in 2012).... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Department of Public Health re-evaluating decision to close drug-testing lab in Amherst

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...r drug samples, Dorant said. Right now, for example, the Springfield police drop off samples at the Amherst lab once a week and the Holyoke police, once every three weeks. The public health department planned to transfer the work in Amherst to the state lab in Boston, according to Dorant. (Read Full Article)

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The Republican to publish special section celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

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... the state’s Hispanic residents live in Western Massachusetts, particularly in Springfield and Holyoke where Hispanics make up 38.9 and 48 percent of the population respectively, according to the 2010 c......mer spending. Martin Carrera, is the owner of La Veracruzana, Mexican restaurants with locations in Amherst and Northampton. Carrera’s family moved here from Mexico when he was just a baby. “I remember when ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass nanotechnology center due to get grant for advanced solar panels, cell-phone touchscreens

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...iversity in New York, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , The University of Michigan, Mount Holyoke College, The University of Puerto Rico, and Rice University. UMass Amherst also got word Tuesday that it has received $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to trai... (Read Full Article)

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Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts

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...his fall, Harnois, who has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, would have had to leave the region to continue his pharmacy education. Instead, he’s in the pionee....... Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Cooley Dickinson Hospital, both in Northampton, Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, and Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenf... (Read Full Article)

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Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges receive $1 million National Science Foundation grant for biomathematics

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Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire colleges will form a Four College Biomathematics Consortium to support joint investig... (Read Full Article)

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Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund Inc. strengthens small businesses with ...

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The Enterprise Fund, which has offices in Holyoke, is a nonprofit community development financial institution that makes loans to small businesses in......ything from triathletes to marathon runners to golfers.” Sullivan, a University of Massachusetts at Amherst graduate who lives in Springfield, built his year-old gym at 18 Maple Court in East Longmeadow part... (Read Full Article)

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