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- May 7, 2008 PhD candidate Nick Hendricks, PSE awarded NIST/GRC fellowship from the Semiconductor Research Corporation
- May 7, 2008 Ray Bradley, Geosciences, invited to speak at UMass’ two-day “Climate Change Think Tank” with other academic and government experts
- May 7, 2008 Sophomore Kelli Pattavina, Biology, awarded $4,000 American Society of Plant Biologists 2008 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- May 6, 2008 Senior Ross Dubois, Astronomy, received Commonwealth College Dean's Award for senior project
- Apr 30, 2008 Jeanne Hardy, Chemistry, received $825k NIH grant to study proteins that cause cell death, affecting diseases like Alzheimers
- Apr 29, 2008 Computer Science researchers have developed and are marketing UBot 5, a robotic assistant for the elderly
- Apr 29, 2008 The Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute received $1.6 million in federal funds for biomedical research
- Apr 28, 2008 J. Zane Barlow, Biology, and graduate student Shabnam Beheshti, Mathematics & Statistics, selected as 2008 UMass Amherst Distinguished Teachers
- Apr 22, 2008 Julie Brigham-Grette, Geosciences, invited to discuss climate changes in the Artic and Antarctica at University of Oklahoma’s Polar Palooza
- Apr 21, 2008 Duncan Irschick, Biology, featured in National Geographic, Science Daily for his research on rapidly evolving lizards in transplanted environments
- Apr 14, 2008 UMass Amherst co-sponsor of STEM Research Academy for Young Scientists after-school bird club for 4-8 graders at Greenfield’s Newton School
- Apr 14, 2008 Ray Bradley, Geosciences, featured in 2-part radio spot on WFCR’s Field Notes discussing effects of accelerated accumulation of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere
- Apr 11, 2008 Junior Michael Krainin, honors double major in Computer Science and Mathematics, named Goldwater Scholar
- Apr 10, 2008 Alejandro Heuck, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, awarded $40,000 American Lung Association grant
- Apr 10, 2008 Eric Bittman, Biology, awarded $292,159 NIH grant for Suprachiasmatic Control of Peripheral Circadian Rhythms
- Apr 10, 2008 Michael Knapp, Chemistry, awarded $203,853 NIH grant for “Molecular Mechanisms of Hypoxia Sensing by the HIF-Hydroxylases”
- Apr 10, 2008 Robert Hallock, Physics, received $125,000 NSF grant for “Helium Films: Localization and Transitions”
- Apr 5, 2008 Scott Garman and Karsten Theis, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, presented their teaching initiative on enhancing faculty-student interactions in large enrollment science classes at UMass Instructional Technology Conference
- Apr 3, 2008 13 Biology undergraduates selected for 2008 Summer Research Internship Program and $3,600 stipend
- Apr 1, 2008 Alfred Crosby, Polymer Science & Engineering, received 2008 Rohm & Haas New Faculty Award
- Apr 1, 2008 Liz Sterner, PhD candidate in Polymer Science & Engineering, awarded 3-year $93,000 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
- Mar 31, 2008 Betsy Dumont, Biology, Co-PI on $982,633 NSF grant for Biomesh website to advance biological research through computer modeling techniques
- Mar 28, 2008 Kevin Fu, Computer Science, 1 of 8 UMass professors to receive $30,000 President’s Office grants to develop promising technologies for commercialization
- Mar 27, 2008 Lila Gierasch, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, invited speaker at National Science Teachers Association Shell Science Seminar
- Mar 14, 2008 Andrew McCallum, Computer Science, received $113,949 grant to study “Situation Understanding Bot Through Language and Enivronment”
- Mar 14, 2008 Neal R. Erickson, Astronomy awarded $231,922 NSF grant for Large Millimeter Telescope research
- Mar 13, 2008 John F. Donoghue, Physics, received $320,000 NSF grant for research on “Elementary Particle, Nuclei and Relativity”
- Mar 13, 2008 Oliver Brock, Computer Science, featured in Boston Globe article regarding interactive robot for Lou Gehrig’s patients
- Mar 12, 2008 Jim Kurose, Computer Science, elected to Computing Research Association Board of Directors
- Mar 12, 2008 Kevin Fu, Computer Science, featured in national news including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal for research about security flaws in cardiac defibrillators
- Mar 6, 2008 Beverly Woolf, Computer Science, and research team develop emotional intelligence in computerized tutors
- Mar 6, 2008 Physics faculty integral to CERN’s completion of world’s most powerful particle accelerator
- Mar 3, 2008 Jeanne Hardy, Chemistry, awarded $825,000 NIH grant to develop “allosteric switch” in controlling human cell death
- Feb 29, 2008 Rick Adrion, Computer Science, awarded 2008 Computing Research Association Distinguished Service Award
- Feb 28, 2008 Alejandro P. Heuck, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, awarded $80,000 American Lung Association Grant
- Feb 27, 2008 Maura Cannon, Biochemistry, discovery of how plants form cell walls has implications for biofuels and nanotechnology; related article is Editor’s Choice in Science
- Feb 27, 2008 Larry Schwartz, Biology and Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute featured on 3/27 podcast
- Feb 27, 2008 UMass Amherst produces second podcast on Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
- Feb 25, 2008 Beverly Park Woolf, Computer Science, awarded $185,634 NSF grant
- Feb 25, 2008 Robert Weis, Chemistry, Anthony Shrout (PhD ’05 Chem) and Edward Esposito (PhD ’05 Chem) featured in article about their biotech business, PA Technologies LLC
- Feb 23, 2008 Karsten W. Theis, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, awarded $516,000 American Cancer Society grant for Transcription-Coupled DNA Repair
- Feb 20, 2008 Alfred J. Crosby, Polymer Science & Engineering, received $94,433 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute grant for Korean Research Partnership
- Feb 18, 2008 Geosciences received $99,581 Geological Survey grant to study San Gorgonio Fault Complexity
- Feb 16, 2008 Laura Cadonati, Physics, receives $300,000 NSF grant for gravitational waves, black hole collisions and supernova explosions research
- Feb 15, 2008 Michael Dolan, Geosciences, elected Secretary of International Society of Protistologists
- Feb 15, 2008 Michael Dolan, Geosciences, elected Secretary of International Society of Protistologists
- Feb 15, 2008 Tobias Baskin, Biology, named U. S. Partner of Center for Integrated Plant Biology, Univ. of Nottingham, UK
- Feb 6, 2008 S. “Thai” Thayumanavan, Chemistry, has findings in Nature Nanotechnology on nanopore membrane function
- Feb 5, 2008 Thomas P. Russell, Polymer Science & Engineering, elected to National Academy of Engineers
- Feb 1, 2008 Barry Holstein, Bill Mullin, & Boris Svistunov, Physics, received new American Physical Society Outstanding Referee Awards
- Jan 28, 2008 Research by Steven Petsch, Geosciences, shows that natural gas reservoirs provide new information about global warming
- Jan 24, 2008 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Teaching Initiative offers 6 classes that foster active learning through novel teaching technology
- Jan 17, 2008 Jennifer Ross, Physics, discovers molecule playing a role in Alzheimer’s disease
- Jan 15, 2008 Lorenzo Sorbo, Physics, featured in New York Times about Big Brain Theory
- Jan 11, 2008 Michael Maroney, Chemistry, featured in Chemical Heritage Foundation’s “Distillations” podcast
- Jan 10, 2008 Min Yun, Astronomy, discovers new hydrogen clouds showing gravitational interactions between galaxies
- Jan 10, 2008 Ryan Hayward, Polymer Science & Engineering, received NSF CAREER award
- Jan 8, 2008 Alejandro P. Heuck, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, received $308,000 American Heart Association grant to develop cholesterol probes
- Jan 7, 2008 Daniel McIntosh, Astronomy, works with 2 international teams that perform some of the largest-area Hubble Telescope surveys
- Jan 2, 2008 Karsten Theis, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, awarded $516K American Cancer Society grant to study DNA repair in cancer
