The following are news items from programs in ECO or affiliated with ECO. All content links to the authors’ webpages.
UMass Main News Office
- School of Public Policy Wraps Up Inaugural Beacon Hill Project
The School of Public Policy has wrapped up the inaugural year of its Beacon Hill Project, which brings students on monthly trips to Boston for a front-row view of the policymaking process. “Our first … - Mahoney Life Sciences Prize Honors ‘Shrink-wrap’ Approach to Protein Therapeutics
AMHERST, Mass. – Sankaran “Thai” Thayumanavan, professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been chosen to receive the campus’s 2019 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for his paper … - UMass Graduate Students Again Among Top Recipients of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
For the third time in the last four years, UMass Amherst is the third leading institutional producer of National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipients among Massachusetts colleges … - Chemical Engineer Sarah L. Perry Receives 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award for 2019
Sarah L. Perry, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received the 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award for 2019. The awards, $45,000 over three years, ar … - The Micro-level Beauty of Science on Display at UMass Amherst
*** MEDIA ADVISORY *** The Micro-level Beauty of Science on Display at UMass Amherst DATE: Thursday, April 25 TIME: 2-5 p.m. WHAT: Second Annual Research Art-Science Exhibition WHER …
College of Natural Sciences
- Marine protected reserves do more than restore fish
- Tiny songbirds, incredible stamina
Geolocating ‘backpacks’ track blackpoll warblers from Alaska and Canada to South America - UMass ecologists on-board to help state's fishing industry
The Gloucester Times reported (Feb 28, 2019) on how UMass Amherst is helping boost Massachusetts's economic growth opportunities in the commercial fishing industry. The following is an excerpt. … - Phoenix homeowners help birds — with landscaping
Urban ecologists investigate bird diversity - Sea turtles 'cold-stunned' by late migration
Researchers pinpoint climate factors that lead to increase in stunning and stranding events
Building and Construction Technology Program
- BCT Summer and Fall Continuing Education Courses and Events at Mount Ida Campus in Newton Announced
BCT is again offering continuing education courses and professional-focused events at UMass Amherst’s new Mount Ida Campus in Newton, MA. Extend your knowledge and expand your professional horizon wit … - Peter Levy speaks about the role of energy modeling in building design and construction
Peter Levy (MS, BEMP, LEED AP, CPHC), who is now co-owner of The Green Engineer Inc., a building energy consulting firm, is an alumnus of BCT’s undergrad major as well as our Master’s program. He spok … - Ezra Small speaks about UMass Amherst’s sustainability efforts
The first lecture of our spring BCT seminar series was given by Ezra Small, who holds the title of Campus Sustainability Manager at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. In his engaged presentat … - BCT’s Spring 2019 Lecture Series Announced
The BCT program just announced its lecture series for the spring semester 2019. All lectures are free and open to the public. AIA and USGBCI CES credits are available. You can find these events in our … - Clouston and Schreyer discuss Mass Timber on Mass Construction podcast
Joseph Kelly of MassConstruction.org visited BCT last week for a tour of the Olver Design Building, our award-winning home at UMass. He also brought along his microphone and taped a podcast with Profe …