Author: Rebecca Fricke

Sen. Will Brownsberger Hosts GMO Forum 0

Sen. Will Brownsberger Hosts GMO Forum

Professor Vierling participated in a forum sponsored by Senator Will Brownsberger ( D, Belmont) in order to provide the public with more information.  Check out his blog posting for a complete statement by the...

Girls Inc. Comes to Campus 0

Girls Inc. Comes to Campus

On Tuesday, November 3rd Girls Inc. from Holyoke came to the UMASS campus and shadowed UMASS women in STEM.  The girls attended one class, toured their UMASS student’s lab and ate lunch in Worcester...

Prof. Vierling Receives Three Year NSF Grant 0

Prof. Vierling Receives Three Year NSF Grant

“AMHERST – In 2013, then Gov. Deval L. Patrick announced the award of $95 million to the University of Massachusetts to outfit half of the life sciences building. That award has helped UMass biochemist Elizabeth...

Mary Fowler Receives Summer Scholarship! 0

Mary Fowler Receives Summer Scholarship!

Rising Senior Mary Fowler was just informed that the Scholarship subcommittee of the Graduate Operations Committee of the Plant Biology Graduate Program has awarded her a 2015 Ray Ethan Torrey Scholarship. The scholarship will...

Is there an up side to GM Plants? 0

Is there an up side to GM Plants?

Elizabeth’s talk was well received. People had good questions and one woman said, “I don’t think people realize how complicated this issue is. They are too quick to decide whether they are for or...