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Work begins on first-ever student housing on campus of UMass Boston
2016-12-02 21:23:00| American School & University
$120 million complex for freshman students is expected to open in 2018 read more
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Business Innovation Center under construction at UMass Amherst
2016-09-16 19:34:00| American School & University
$62 million, 70,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in early 2019. read more
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Business Innovation Center under construction at UMass Amherst
2016-09-16 19:34:00| American School & University
$62 million, 70,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in early 2019. read more
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UMass to divest from fossil fuel holdings
2016-05-25 21:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
WWLP: The University of Massachusetts has become the first major public university in the United States to divest its endowment from fossil fuels. The unanimous vote from the Board of Directors of the UMass Foundation comes after intense protests on the universitys Amherst campus last month. The issue of fossil fuel divestment has attracted increased attention recently, due to concerns about global climate change. During the protests last month, students held sit-ins demanding a firm commitment from...
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New Discovery At UMass Amherst May Lead To More Efficient Solar And Opto-Electronic Devices
2016-02-26 06:35:16| chemicalonline Home Page
Chemists and polymer scientists collaborating at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report in Nature Communications this week that they have for the first time identified an unexpected property in an organic semiconductor molecule that could lead to more efficient and cost-effective materials for use in cell phone and laptop displays, for example, and in opto-electronic devices such as lasers, light-emitting diodes and fiber optic communications.
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