Department of Environmental Conservation

The following are news items from programs in ECO or affiliated with ECO. All content links to the authors’ webpages.

UMass Main News Office

• Wynn, Jonathan
  City revitalization, music festivals, and cultural eventsJonathan Wynn’s research focuses on urban culture and the impact of music festivals and other temporary cultural events on city revitalization. …
• Baker, Erin
  Industrial engineering; Wind Energy; Energy, the environment & economic decision-makingErin Baker is a professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering and director of the Wind …
• Scharrer, Erica
  The role of the media in the lives of children, adolescents, and adults; Parenting in an age of mediaErica Scharrer studies media content, opinions of media, media effects and media literacy, particul …
• Brigham-Grette, Julie
  Climate evolution of the arctic; Sea level historyJulie Brigham-Grette is an expert in the evolution of the climate and sea level in the Arctic region from the Mid-Pliocene (4 million years ago) throu …
• Peering into Black Holes Using an Earth-sized Telescope
  Subhead: UMass Amherst join radio astronomers worldwide to form the ‘Event Horizon Telescope’Contact Name: Janet LathropContact Phone: 413/545-0444Contact Email: jlathrop@umass.eduApril 5, 2017AMHERST …

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UMass Advising Blog

• HAPPY END OF THE SEMESTER FROM UA!
  And good luck with Finals!
• International Students and Travelers – STAY CONNECTED!
  On Wednesday we reminded you to pay attention to your UMass email over the summer so you do not miss any important information.   But what if you're leaving the country?Remember that you must sti …
• Stay Connected Over the Summer!
  REMEMBER: Over the Summer break you must still keep up with your UMass responsibilities, be they academic (e.g. checking SPIRE to get into a class, or responding to emails regarding your academic stat …
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  If you're planning on applying to the Isenberg School of Management, time is running out.Applications are due by Friday, May 1 at 5:00pm.If you have questions about the process, make an appointme …
• 5-Day Study Plan
  It's hard to believe, but there are only two more weeks left in the semester before finals. It may feel overwhelming trying to finish final papers and projects, but make sure to give yourself a l …

Building and Construction Technology Program

• BCT Alumnus Profile: Chris Therrien (MS ’17 and BS ’16)
  After graduating from the BCT undergraduate major, Chris Therrien pursued our Professional Master’s program in Building Systems and is now a Project Engineer with Suffolk Construction. He recently sen …
• Congratulations to BCT’s class of 2018!
  Congratulations to our graduating students in BCT’s class of 2018! We are tremendously proud of you and we wish you all the best for your upcoming professional life. As in years past, we couldn’t only …
• Polymer Science’s Al Crosby gives talk about pressure-sensitive tapes
  For the last talk of our BCT Spring 2018 lecture series, Prof. Al Crosby from Polymer Science at UMass Amherst spoke about the many uses of adhesion in construction and the principles behind them. He …
• 2017-2018 BCT Awards and Scholarships Handed Out
  This afternoon at the annual ECO departmental awards picnic, we honored this year’s group of BCT award and scholarship winners. This is always an exciting part of the academic year because we can shin …
• Steve Hoyt gives talk on performance glazing
  Last week, we enjoyed a talk by Steve Hoyt of A.W. Hastings & Co., where he elaborated on options to use performance glazing for building envelope optimization. Flanked by two of our new mockup cu …