The following are news items from programs in ECO or affiliated with ECO. All content links to the authors’ webpages.
UMass Main News Office
- Alert: Secure Your Online Spaces
The transition to online teaching and learning, and remote work in general, has highlighted new cybersecurity challenges and concerns. Among them, the need for campus communities to protect online spa … - Governor Baker Extends Non-Essential Business Closures to May 4; Stay-at-Home Advisory Remains in Effect
Gov. Charlie Baker has extended until May 4 his emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide “COVID-19 Essential Services” to close their physical workplaces and faci … - UMass Amherst Will Adjust Student Room and Board Fees
President Marty Meehan and Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy announced March 27 that the university will adjust student room and board fees based on the date that the residence halls closed (March 22) thro … - Donations Sought for Emergency Fund for Student Needs
Alumni, faculty and staff now have an opportunity to help provide emergency financial help to students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students in need of financial assistance as a result of the c … - Families First Coronavirus Response Act
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) extends certain additional benefits to employees, including paid sick leave for COVID-19 related illness and expanded family and medical leave cover …
College of Natural Sciences
- Connecting scientists to their communities
Survey finds that most science faculty members view science communications as a priority, but do not believe their peers feel the same - A new view of salt marshes
Funded by EPA, environmental conservation and public policy professors will use aerial technology to study coastal salt marshes at all tide cycles - Small plant, big impact
Plant ecologist receives U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Project of the Year Award for study of invasive flower’s effects on northeastern forests - Planting the seeds for greener skylines
- ‘Remove one and the system collapses’
Deforestation poses major threat to the symbiotic relationship between Madagascar’s rainforest and lemurs
Building and Construction Technology Program
- Two NE Tree Species Can Be Used in New Sustainable Building Material
UMass Amherst study tested strength of mass timber panels created from eastern white pine and eastern hemlock February 27, 2020 Contact: Peggi Clouston AMHERST, Mass. – Two tree species native to the … - BCT student team participates in NAHB competition and Leah Cicalis receives NAHB Outstanding Student Award
As in years past, BCT sent a team of students to participate in the NAHB Student Residential Construction Management Competition, which is a part of the International Builders’ Show (IBS), held in Las … - BCT’s Spring 2020 Lecture Series Announced
The BCT program just announced its lecture series for the Spring semester 2020. All lectures are free and open to the public. AIA and USGBCI CES credits are available. You can find these events in our … - Washington Post Article on MassTimber Features the Olver Design Building and BCT’s Research
Today, the Washington Post published an article about the rise of MassTimber buildings (which are predominantly made using glulam and cross-laminated timber). The article featured exemplary projects t … - Remembering R. Bruce Hoadley (1933-2019)
This fall we lost one of the most prolific former faculty in our program. R. Bruce Hoadley was a professor in the BCT program at a time when it was called “Building Materials and Wood Technology” (BMA …