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 …

College of Natural Sciences

Error: Feed has an error or is not valid

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 …
• 
  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

• 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 …
• Ted Sheridan and UMass alumnus Greg Orwat present their passive house projects
  For millenniums Architects have been designing beautiful geometries enhancing our public realm. For perhaps 50 years, to different degrees, Architects have been designing buildings that perform more a …
• Steven J. O’Neill Lectures on Risk Management in Construction
  Steven J. O’Neill, a lawyer specializing in construction law and litigation, recently provided us with what may well be described as the one of the most important guest lectures for the professional c …
• BCT’s Spring 2018 Job Fair is Next Week
  The Building and Construction Technology spring job fair for jobs in construction, project management, green building, materials, building systems, and related fields is coming up on Wednesday, Februa …
• UMass RCMC Team Takes 11th Place at International Builders Show
  BCT’s National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) student chapter worked relentlessly through the 2017 Fall semester on their submission of the Residential Construction Management Competition (RCMC) …