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Located in western Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a national research university recognized for superb faculty, outstanding teaching and top-notch students who come from across the state and around the world.
Number of Employees 1,169
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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Unlikely stimulus projects
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Springfield design center eyed by UMass
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Human trials on for new antibody to neutralise rabies virus
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UMass says licensing income nearly doubled in FY09
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Udas named the next UMassOnline chief
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No place like home: passed over for the chancellorship at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2005, Dr. J. Keith Motley is a classic example of "good things come to those who wait."
- 2007-11-15
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] BOSTON It seems everyone in Boston knows Dr. J. Keith Motley. The list of schools and civic organizations he helps run or founded himself, like the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School and concerned of Black Men of Massachusetts is extensive. Hearing former student talk about how Motley,...
UMass Online Announces UMass Boston's History Professor Spencer Di Scala Awarded Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2007-05-09
SHREWSBURY, Mass. -- UMassOnline, University of Massachusetts' online education division offering more than 1,300 accredited courses within 66 degree and certificate programs, announced UMass Boston's History Professor Spencer M. Di Scala was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by the University of Continuing Education Association UCEA at its recent annual...
LEAP in Massachusetts
- 2007-03-22
At an April meeting cosponsored by AAC & U and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, business leaders and educators met to discuss connections between college learning and the needs of the global economy. On behalf of the National Leadership Council for Liberal Education and America's Promise LEAP, council members Peter Karoff,...
UMass Lowell's Toxics Use Reduction Institute Honors Leaders at State House Recognition Ceremony
- 2006-06-14
BOSTON -- Nine Massachusetts community groups, companies and individuals will be honored on Thursday, June 15, 2006 at the Massachusetts State House as the Toxics Use Reduction Institute TURI presents the 2006 Champions of Toxics Use Reduction Awards. The annual Awards honor leaders who have used innovative and collaborative...
Cyberweek - the Future of the Practice of Law; The First Virtual Bar Association Meeting - October 23 - 28, 2005
- 2005-10-18
WAKEFIELD, Mass. -- "Cyberweek -the Future of the Practice of Law" is a call for attorneys from anywhere in the world to "meet and form virtual committees" at Internetbar.org from October 23-28, 2005 to begin transforming their practices for the digital age. Cyberweek is Internetbar.org's IBO first ever virtual bar...
Intrinsic Motivation for Reinforcement Learning Systems
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- 2005-05-20
Motivation is a key factor in human learning. The authors learn best when they are highly motivated to learn. Psychologists distinguish between extrinsically-motivated behavior, which is behavior undertaken to achieve some externally supplied reward, such as a prize, a high grade, or a high-paying job, and intrinsically-motivated behavior, which is...
Orlando L. Taylor, Ph.D., vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School at Howard University in Washington, D.C., has received the National Communication Association Mentor Award for his teaching and leadership
- 2004-12-06
* Orlando L. Taylor, Ph.D., vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School at Howard University in Washington, D.C., has received the National Communication Association NCA Mentor Award for his teaching and leadership. Additionally, he has been appointed to chair the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Commission on Campus...
David Gray, UMass VP for Information Technology, Named CEO of UMassOnline; President Wilson, Founding CEO of UMassOnline, Appoints UMassOnline Successor
- 2004-05-19
To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors/Education Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4644035 BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--May 19, 2004 University of Massachusetts President Dr. Jack Wilson today named...
Muncie, Ind., University Gets New Leader from Massachusetts.
- 2004-05-12
By Barb Berggoetz, The Indianapolis Star Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 12--MUNCIE, Ind. -- Ball State trustees selected a veteran administrator to become the school's new president Tuesday, making Jo Ann M. Gora the first woman to head a public university in...
It's not just the economy
- 2003-01-01
Higher Education Can Also End the Recession in Our Democracy Remember those who told us 10 years ago that It's all about the economy? Well, there is much more to It than the economy, and the curricula of our colleges and universities need to reflect what we see as important...
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