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Poster Session Showcases Undergraduate Research and Extension by Summer Scholars

Christine Hatch and Luke McInnis at CAFE summer scholar poster session

Sep 17, 2018

The thirty-plus well-dressed undergraduates were on their best behavior as they spoke with guests in front of the thirty-plus academic project posters that were pinned to boards throughout the airy room near the top of the UMass Amherst Campus Center late one September afternoon. The academic posters sported images, charts and graphs designed to impart the months of hard work put in by this enthusiastic cohort of “Summer Scholars.”

Senior Adam Salhaney Wins Food Technology Research Competition

Senior Adam Salhaney wins national food technology competition (IFT18)

Aug 8, 2018

Adam Salhaney, a senior food science major and Center for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (CAFE) “summer scholar” from Holliston, won first place honors in the undergraduate research competition at the Institute of Food Technology’s annual meeting (IFT18) in Chicago from July15-18.

A Great Idea Ten Years Ago is Still a Great Idea Today

4-H campers discuss how to create a phone application

Jul 5, 2018

Climate change, over-fishing, biodiversity, deforestation and declining bee populations. Serious stuff. Perhaps these topics are not what you imagine 12-16 year olds spending their summer time thinking about… but you would be wrong.

To mark a decade of their “Summer of Science” program, Massachusetts 4-H Youth Development Program leaders explored ways in which to make an already-successful program even better. This June, the result of good planning brought together eager young students from across the state to discuss real issues and make real recommendations for how to address them.