BOSTON - June 8, 2011: Facing a $54 million Fiscal Year 2012 funding gap, the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Board of Trustees today approved a 7.5 percent fee increase for the upcoming academic year.…
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Robert C. Holub will serve another year as Chancellor of the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst and will then step down from the post, the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº announced today, June 30. "I…
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BOSTON - Aug. 17, 2011: In his first testimony before a legislative committee, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº President Robert L. Caret today urged the state to provide more funding for the construction…
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BOSTON - Sept. 12, 2011:UMass President Robert L. Caret and the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Board of Trustees today established an 18-person search committee that will conduct a national search for a…, Trustee Philip W. Johnston, , UMass Amherst Class of 1968, President and founder of Philip W. Johnston Associates, former state Secretary of Health and Human Services, Professor W. Richards (Rick) Adrion, , Ph.D., Faculty Delegate to the Board of Trustees, Computer Science, Professor Joseph Bartolomeo, , Ph.D., Chair, Faculty Rules Committee, Chair of English Department, Marilyn S. Billings, , Faculty Rules Committee Member, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, Professor Sergio F. Brena, , Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Zachary J. Broughton, , Student, Undergraduate Student Government Association Senator, UMass Amherst, Priscilla M. Clarkson, , Ph.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1969, Dean and Distinguished Professor, Commonwealth Honors College, Trustee Edward W. Collins, , Jr., International Representative, IBEW, David Fubini, , UMass Amherst Class of 1976, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Director, McKinsey & Company, Ronald F. Grasso, , Jr., UMass Amherst Class of 1992, President, UMass Amherst Alumni Association, First VP, Wealth Management, Smith Barney, Inc., Eugene M. Isenberg, , UMass Amherst Class of 1950, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Chairman and CEO of Nabors Industries, Ltd., John F. Kennedy, , UMass Amherst Class of 1976G, President, UMass Amherst Foundation Board of Directors, Chancellor Jean F. MacCormack, , Ed.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1979EdD, Chancellor, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Dartmouth, Professor Mzamo P. Mangaliso, , Ph.D., UMass Amherst Class of 1988PhD, Isenberg School of Management, Trustee S. Paul Reville, , Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, Hongmei Sun, , Student, Graduate Student Association President, UMass Amherst, Marcellette G. Williams, , Ph.D., Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations, ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, Trustee Victor Woolridge, , UMass Amherst Class of 1980,Vice President, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, LLC The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº is a five-campus system, with campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and…
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Springfield, Mass. (September 18, 2011) - The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº announced today that it has awarded four-year scholarships to two Springfield children as it joins forces in an important…, About the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº is a five-campus system, with campuses in Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester. The University's flagship campus is located in Amherst and Worcester is…, About Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Emmy-award-winning reality program "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," now entering its 9th season, is produced by Endemol USA, a division of Endemol Holding. It's executive-produced by Brady…
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AMHERST - The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Amherst Chancellor Search Committee held its first meeting today, September 28, with committee Chairman Philip W. Johnston pledging an "open, thorough and…
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BOSTON, November 4, 2010 - Akamai's Paul Sagan was named Public Company CEO of the Year, Boston Power's Christina Lampe-Onnerud took the Private Company CEO award and Acme Packet and Carbonite won…
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WESTBOROUGH - Nov. 18, 2010:³È×ÓÓ°Ôº President Jack M. Wilson was honored last night with the 2010 Westborough Good Scout Award - an award presented to those in the MetroWest area…
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BOSTON - Nov. 29, 2010:³È×ÓÓ°Ôº President Jack M. Wilson today announced the five recipients of the 2010 President's Public Service Award. The awards are presented annually to…, Professor W. Richards (Rick) Adrion, Ph.D., Computer Sciences Department, College of Natural Sciences, UMass Amherst, : In recognition for his leadership and achievements, Dr. Adrion is being honored for his role in developing, broadening, expanding and improving computing and information technology activities for…, Associate Professor Lisa M. Gonsalves, Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction Department, College of Education and Human Development, UMass Boston, : Dr. Gonsalves is being honored for her exemplary public service demonstrated through her passionate concern with issues of access and equity in education that profoundly influenced school policies…, Associate Professor Marguerite L. Zarrillo, Ph.D., Physics Department, College of Engineering, UMass Dartmouth, : Dr. Zarrillo is being recognized for her professional expertise and scholarship in traffic engineering and management to benefit local, regional and national transportation providers in planning…, Associate Professor Doreen Arcus, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, UMass Lowell, : Dr. Arcus is being recognized for her unwavering commitment to our most vulnerable children. As a developmental psychologist, she has partnered with school systems and organizations to advocate for…, Professor Lucy M. Candib, M.D., Family Medicine and Community Health, School of Medicine, UMass Medical School, : Dr. Candib's devotion to family medicine and long-term commitment to her community can be felt every day by learners, patients, and clinicians in Worcester. For almost four decades, Dr. Candib has…
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BOSTON -- Dec. 8, 2010:The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº system contributed over $4.8 billion to the ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº economy in Fiscal Year 2010 - a return on investment of more than $11 for every $1 in…, Regional Impact, :, Amherst and the Pioneer Valley:, For businesses in Amherst and the surrounding region, UMass Amherst generates $1.434 billion in economic activity and 5,174 external jobs. "With UMass emerging as a major research institution,…, Greater Boston:, For businesses in Greater Boston, UMass Boston generates $632 million in economic activity and 2,516 external jobs. "We've long appreciated the significant impact UMass Boston has on our local…, Dartmouth and the South Coast:, For businesses in the Dartmouth/New Bedford/Fall River area, UMass Dartmouth generates $356 million in economic activity and 1,329 external jobs. "The diversity a university like UMass Dartmouth…, Lowell and the Merrimack Valley:, For businesses in Lowell and the Merrimack Valley, UMass Lowell generates $490 million and 1,711 external jobs. "The ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº Lowell represents the future of Lowell and the…, Worcester and Central ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº:, For businesses in Worcester and Central ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº, UMass Medical School generates $1.752 billion and 5,439 external jobs "The biotechnology industry in Central ³È×ÓÓ°Ôº would not exist…
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