AMHERST, MASS. – The opening of MGM Springfield – the first resort-style casino in the state – stimulated the local and statewide economy and enhanced job and educational opportunities for a diverse…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Taking advantage of unique properties of sediments from the bottom of Sawtooth Lake in the Canadian High Arctic, climate scientists have extended the record of Atlantic sea-surface…
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AMHERST, Mass. – In the four battleground states where Latino voters are most likely to influence 2020 election results — Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Texas — Latinos have lower wages, are less…
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AMHERST, Mass. – In a new climate modeling study that looked at the impacts of accelerated ice melt from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) on future climate, a team of climate scientists reports that…
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AMHERST, Mass. – For apple growers in Â鶹ÊÓƵ and across the country, thinning the crop each year is a labor-intensive practice that must be done to ensure that trees bear fruit each year, that…
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Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at , www.umass.edu/poll, AMHERST, Mass. – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weigh on minds heading into the election, new Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst / WCVB Poll results released today find 79% of Â鶹ÊÓƵ…, Leadership During the Pandemic, The poll found that while voters have a dismal view of the federal government’s response to the pandemic, they are overwhelmingly pleased by the leadership shown at the state and local levels. Sixty-…, Schooling During the Pandemic, With the new school year now underway, the poll found that only 10% of Â鶹ÊÓƵ parents’ children are attending school in-person full time, while more than half (53%) report their children are…, Eviction & Foreclosure Protections, In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Â鶹ÊÓƵ passed an emergency law to stop evictions and foreclosures. The temporary ban expired Oct. 18, although some federal…, Racial Justice & Black Lives Matter, “Months after the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and even in the midst of the steady decline in the number of Black Lives Matter protests across the state, the Black Lives Matter…, Possible Special Senate Election, Asked about their preference in a potential Democratic primary for a special Senate election, should a possible President Biden appoint U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren to a cabinet position, U.S. Rep.…, Methodology, This Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst / WCVB Poll of 713 registered voters in Â鶹ÊÓƵ was conducted Oct. 14-21 by YouGov. YouGov interviewed 725 registered voter respondents who were…, Topline results and crosstabs for the poll can be found at , www.umass.edu/poll
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AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers led by microbiologists Klaus Nüsslein and Marie Kroeger at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst in a new report say they have pinpointed the source – methane…
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Kalpen Trivedi, associate provost and director of the International Programs Office (IPO), has been selected to serve in the chair stream for the International Education Leadership Knowledge…
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More Americans identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, or other non-binary identities (LGBTQI+) than ever before, but significant gaps remain in data collection and…
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A research team including Charlie Schweik and Brenda Bushouse of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Amherst has been awarded $3.4 million in grants from the National Science Foundation’s Growing…
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