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  1. Articles mentioning both Western New England University and University of Massachusetts

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    1. Students invited to MassMutual Building Your Future Conference on Jan. 8

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 2 2013) Education

      Students invited to MassMutual Building Your Future Conference on Jan. 8 ...s basketball team, delivered the keynote speech at the 10th annual MassMutual Academic Achiever Conference at Western New England University on Jan. 10, 2012. SPRINGFIELD - Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. and Wes... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Western New England University

    2. Students and adults rally to urge Springfield youth to pursue higher education as a key to success

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 26 2012) Education

      ...-Amherst, American International College, Holyoke Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, Western New England University, Springfield College, Bay Path College, Westfield State University and Elms Col... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts

    3. Henry Thomas, Urban League of Springfield president, named head of UMass Board of Trustees

      Explore masslive.com (Jun 27 2012)

      Henry Thomas, Urban League of Springfield president, named head of UMass Board of Trustees ...ide just the kind of 21st Century leadership that will guide UMass into its next extraordinary chapter. “ The UMass Board of Trustees functions as a legislative body and deals mainly with questions of policy. UMass Presi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts

    4. College graduate hiring up, with local grads finding success

      Explore masslive.com (May 7 2012) Education

      College graduate hiring up, with local grads finding success ...he in-demand majors are engineering, business and accounting. Jeffrey Silver, director of career services for UMass departments that are not in the business school, said he’s also had students with liberal arts majors fi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College

    5. MassMutual promotes Nicholas Fyntrilakis to vice-president as he aids Rebuild ...

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 27 2012)

      ...s degree in business administration from Western New England University and a bachelor’s of science from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. “Nick’s creative problem solving skills, passion for his work, and str... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Western New England University

    6. College building continues in the Pioneer Valley

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 24 2012) Education

      College building continues in the Pioneer Valley ...ilding. At Western New England University, major renovations to of 48-year-old Herman Hall on the campus of Western New England University began in January. The academic building is undergoing an $8.3 million renovatio... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield College

    7. Millbrook Scholars Program provides inner-city Springfield teens skills to succeed in work force

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 17 2012) Education

      Millbrook Scholars Program provides inner-city Springfield teens skills to succeed in work force ... home attend Springfield Technical Community College and plan to attend Western New England University or the University of Massachusetts upon graduation. Adjustment counselors from the area high schools, such as Roberto... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College

    8. Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 11 2012) Education

      Higher education institutions turn out a well-prepared workforce which helps attract business ...Photo by Mark M. Murray / The RepubilcanProfessor Jake Krans, Ph.D, left, from the Neuroscience department at Western New England University works in the lab with Julia Hadden, right a senior from North Smithfield R.I. C... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    9. Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 13 2012) Education

      Westfield State University President Evan Dobelle: education equals jobs ...c activity in Massachusetts was approximately $1.43 billion, according to the university. The spending of the UMass Amherst campus, its employees and students helped to support an additional 5,174 jobs in the commonwealt... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Springfield College

    10. Primed for Recovery

      Explore BusinessWest (Dec 19 2011)

      Primed for Recovery ... of those engines to heat up substantially to enjoy any real improvement. “We have such diversity; except for UMass and Baystate and MassMutual, everything is really fragmented in this region,” he explained. “There’s a l... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

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

      Explore masslive.com (Sep 12 2011) Education , Health Care

      Western New England University opens pharmacy college, only one in Western Massachusetts ...rone of St. Cloud, Fla. and Justine H. Avery, right, of Fairhaven, Ma. in a lab in the College of Pharmacy at Western New England University. Western New England University's College of Pharmacy welcomes its first studen... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   University of Connecticut   Big Y Foods

    12. Westfield State University marks upswing after name change

      Explore masslive.com (Jun 25 2011) Education

      Westfield State University marks upswing after name change ...setts under authority granted by the board of higher education, concurred in by the boards of trustees of the University of Massachusetts and of said state universities.” Dobelle hints that while Westfield does not yet o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Westfield State University   Western New England University

    13. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Jun 7 2011)

      Profiles in Business ...e doing all this, Blair took on another challenge, or detour, as he called it — earning his juris doctor from Western New England College School of Law. The four-and-a-half-year odyssey of night school was a learning exp... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

    14. Clean energy grants worth $160K awarded by MassCEC, MTTC - Mass High Tech Business News

      Explore masshightech.com (Mar 23 2011) Education , Energy , Life Sciences

      ...e, the production of biofuel from the algae, and the concentration and separation of the biofuel. • Yong Kim, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth’s Department of Bioengineering, “Ultra-Effective Fiber-based Bioconversi... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Life Sciences Center

    15. Life sciences research at Pioneer Valley colleges is poised to become leading hub

      Explore masslive.com (Feb 19 2011) Education , Health Care , Life Sciences

      Life sciences research at Pioneer Valley colleges is poised to become leading hub ...ovation. susan leschine umass life sciences Photo by Carol LollisSusan Leschine, professor of Microbiology at Umass in her office Thursday afternoon. In 1997, Dr. Susan Leschine, a UMass microbiologist, was searching wit... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Life Sciences Center   Smith College

    16. Economic Outlook 2011

      Explore BusinessWest (Dec 21 2010)

      Economic Outlook 2011 ...t in the jobs situation. This goes double for Western Mass., said Bob Nakosteen, professor of Economics at UMass Amherst, because this region lacks what he calls a “jobs-creating fuel source” like the technology and b... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Associated Industries of Massachusetts   Western New England University

    17. Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 6 2010) Aerospace/Defense , Manufacturing

      Defense, Homeland Security contracts key for many Western Massachusetts businesses, colleges ... $1.75 billion in contracts in 2009. The University of Massachusetts had $949,000 in research contracts. Western New England College and Mount Holyoke College also received defense-related research funding, accordin... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Mount Holyoke College   Associated Industries of Massachusetts

    18. Profiles in Business

      Explore BusinessWest (Nov 26 2010) Aerospace/Defense

      Profiles in Business ...the region and far outside it, to a host of municipal buildings. The biggest project in the portfolio was the UMass Medical Center complex in Worcester, a $50 million project when built in 1970s, but perhaps a $500 milli... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College   MassMutual Center

    19. Western Massachusetts People in Business: A2Z staff accept Retail Excellence Award, John ...

      Explore masslive.com (Oct 21 2010) Financial Services

      Western Massachusetts People in Business: A2Z staff accept Retail Excellence Award, John ... ...ology advisory boards of Western New England College and Asnuntuck Community College. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. 101710 john heaps John Heaps • John F. Heaps Jr., president and chief ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   MassMutual   Western New England University

    20. Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers

      Explore masslive.com (May 8 2010) Education

      Yankee Candle founder Michael Kittredge, Msnbc host Rachel Maddow and actor Bill Cosby among this year's college commencement speakers ...ssachusetts: May 15, Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium, Sheila C. Bair, chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Western New England College: May 22, 2 p.m., Alumni Healthful Living Center, Conrad Ricketts, co-executive pro... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College

    21. FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. to get $3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

      Explore masslive.com (Apr 8 2010) Energy

      FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. to get $3 million in financing from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center ...neer Valley startup has looked elsewhere. In 2008, Qteros, a biofuels company that grew from research at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, moved its headquarters to Marlborough. “I think candidly it is a littl... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Amherst

    22. Springfield's unemployment rate dips from 15.2% tp 12.4%

      Explore masslive.com (Mar 30 2010) Education

      ...e are starting to see the shoots of a recovery,” said Karl J. Petrick, an assistant professor of economics at Western New England College. But Petrick said talk that the recession is over is premature. “Consumers were st... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Springfield

    23. Navy Lab seeks users for its research - MassLive.com

      Explore masslive.com (Jan 18 2010) Aerospace/Defense , Education , Information Technology , Life Sciences , Manufacturing

      ...h Laboratory. Projects include radar, information technology, chemistry, remote sensing and space science. "UMass also has relationships with local companies, but we have never brought all three, the university, the c... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Springfield

    24. UMass trustees OK public law school

      Explore masslive.com (Dec 11 2009) Education

      ... trustees OK public law school Friday, December 11, 2009 By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Trustees of the University of Massachusetts voted by a wide margin on Thursday to approve creation of the state's first public... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Western New England University   Springfield

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