Faculty innovation earns UMass 13th spot on Association of University of Technology Managers list

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...iversity of Technology Managers list Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:30 PM Diane Lederman, The Republican By Diane Lederman, The Republican The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 2010 umass logo.jpg AMHERST - The University of Massachusetts placed in the top 15 nationally in generatin... (Read Full Article)

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

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“We always do an annual breakfast focusing on economic development and because UMass is one of the economic drivers of our region we felt it would be great to have the new president sp......ursday, January 26, 2012, 5:16 PM Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 5:16 PM Elizabeth Roman, The Republican By Elizabeth Roman, The Republican The Republican Follow 1 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit ... (Read Full Article)

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Most Amherst downtown property owners participating in new business improvement district

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...rd in October adopted the district proposed by business leaders along with representatives from the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College. That group had been working for more than two years to establish the distric......developer and improvement district committee member lauded the participation of Amherst College and UMass, both of which have worked on the creation of the BID. Property owners will be sent letters asking ... (Read Full Article)

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Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

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...e marketers use to brand the region 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 econom......f $84.1 million. The university has a 629 employees, Dobelle said. In fiscal 2010, the impact of UMass Amherst on economic activity in Massachusetts was approximately $1.43 billion, according to the uni... (Read Full Article)

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Kathyrn Grandonico, 31, elected youngest president of Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce

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...ark Reddit Share Email Print Kathyrn Grandonico.JPG Kathyrn Grandonico By SCOTT MERZBACH Special to The Republican AMHERST – A woman responsible for managing several downtown commercial properties will become the y......board meeting were Larry Archey of Hampshire College as first vice president, Lyne Kendall of the UMass Small Business Development Center Network as second vice-president, Mark Ellsworth of Center... (Read Full Article)

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Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz taps Alan Seewald as new city solicitor

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Students at Springfield's Rennaissance School get a kick out of Five College volunteers

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... Five College volunteers Published: Tuesday, January 03, 2012, 5:00 AM Brian Canova By Brian Canova The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print s4s-7.JPG SPRINGFIELD ...... Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print s4s-7.JPG SPRINGFIELD - Emily Hagan, a 23-year-old UMass grad student, teaches a sneaker-oriented curriculum to Renaissance School students during a week-lo... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts economic forecast fair but storm clouds loom on the horizon

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UMass Chancellor Robert Holub creates committee to look at health service changes

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UMass officials to discuss campus master plan draft with Amherst community Thursday night

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Sometime within the next 50 years, the University of Massachusetts campus will likely have buildings congregated in a cluster near the campus pond, consolidated parki......es and safer, streamlined roads abutting the campus. Home > Breaking News - MassLive.com > Amherst UMass officials to discuss campus master plan draft with Amherst community Thursday night Published: Wedn... (Read Full Article)

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UMass dean Stephen Crosby named by Gov. Deval Patrick to chair Gaming Commission

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...ide for two Republican governors, as the chairman of the fledgling Massachusetts Gaming Commission. UMass dean Stephen Crosby named by Gov. Deval Patrick to chair Gaming Commission Published: Tuesday, Dece...... Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 1:03 PM State House News Service By State House News Service The Republican Follow 3 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Joseph Wagner, Deval P... (Read Full Article)

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UMass offering grants to professors to help them save students money on textbooks

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Editorial: Western Massachusetts construction projects sign of brighter days

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...e Email Print Holyoke High Performance Computing Center Topping Off Ceremony Enlarge John Suchocki, The Republican Holyoke, 11/29/11, Staff Photo by John Suchocki - Topping Off Ceremony at the Massachusetts Green H......es and more jobs. The venture has some heavy-hitters as backers. Partners in the center include the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni... (Read Full Article)

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UMass officials say agreement with Brazil should be boon for Western Massachusetts farmers

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It means an office at UMass for Brazilian scientists and researchers to come to “to collaborate with us to benefit farmers” in ...... Governor's office photoMassachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick, center, joins representatives from the University of Massachusetts and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and Embrapa's president Dr. Pedro Ant... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts employers have more confidence, but not adding jobs, according to Associated Industries of Massachusetts survey

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...d Industries of Massachusetts survey Published: Wednesday, December 07, 2011, 8:00 AM Jim Kinney, The Republican By Jim Kinney, The Republican The Republican Follow 5 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Associated Industries ......ee what happens,” said Michael D. Goodman, chairman of the Department of Public Policy for the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. “That’s not a recipe for the kind of job ... (Read Full Article)

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UMass graduate students hoping to make science fun for everyone

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... that ends the program that pokes fun at scientists, she said, who use jargon that few understand. UMass graduate students hoping to make science fun for everyone Published: Thursday, December 01, 2011, 6...... on research with lots of esoteric words that mean little to the real world around them. A group of University of Massachusetts graduate students is trying to dispel that image over tea and coffee or beer. They ... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center completes first stage of construction

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...sday, November 29, 2011, 1:51 PM Updated: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 2:26 PM Jeanette DeForge, The Republican By Jeanette DeForge, The Republican The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print The Republican | John Suchocki11.29.2011 | HOLYOKE - At the "topping out" ceremony at the Massachusetts Green High......p of world class institutions,” Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray. said. Partners in the ... (Read Full Article)

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Holyoke computing center contractors to teach project details to vocational students

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...igg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 111511 holyoke high performance computing center.JPG The Republican | John SuchockiSteel workers set beams in place for the framework of the high performance computing......“It’s cool stuff. I want to make sure we get the word out,” he said. Partners in the center are the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston University, Northeastern Uni... (Read Full Article)

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Steel frame taking shape for Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center in Holyoke

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...weet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 111511-holyoke-computer-center.JPG The Republican | John SuchockiThe steel frame of the $168 million Massachusetts Green Performance Computing Center......te was chosen because of cheap and plentiful hydroelectric power. Partners in the center are the University of Massachusetts; Harvard University; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Boston University; Northeastern Uni... (Read Full Article)

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Patrick administration plans $10.1 billion in capital projects over 5 year period

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... Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 6:34 PM State House News Service By State House News Service The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Springfield Data Cente......enter Construction gallery (8 photos) By MICHAEL NORTON BOSTON - A $152 million science building at UMass Boston, $102 million related to the Big Dig and $45 million to continue construction of a state dat... (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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... patterns to help students learn, 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 ......ll, a geoscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston, are leading the effort. Umass and MIT are two of the partners building the computing center at the site of the former Mastex Indu... (Read Full Article)

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UMass project 'Population 7' breathes new life into dead downtown Springfield spaces

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A new art installation courtesy of the UMass Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning and a slew of other university and city en......into dead downtown Springfield spaces Published: Friday, November 11, 2011, 5:30 AM Robert Rizzuto, The Republican By Robert Rizzuto, The Republican masslive.com Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print Project ... (Read Full Article)

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12 Massachusetts agricultural groups win $450,000 federal grant to promote locally grown produce

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...elchertown--Staff Photo by Dave Roback--Sara R Cawthon of Amherst picks red delicious apples at the UMass-Amherst Cold Spring Orchards in Belchertown on Monday. Stand Alone feature. DEERFIELD – Community ......ery products. Besides the Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, other grants include: • The University of Massachusetts at Amherst will get $40,000 to market McIntosh apples in Central and South America; • Franklin Coun... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...pdated: Wednesday, November 09, 2011, 12:06 PM State House News Service By State House News Service The Republican Follow 0 Tweet Share close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 052511 deval patrick m......omprise Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s education agenda for his second term. Patrick outlined the goals at UMass Boston on Wednesday morning. The Milton Democrat’s other goals include entitling every child to a... (Read Full Article)

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