Tutkijat ovat löytäneet vieraan (#alien) näköisen uuden jättivirusten populaation Bostonin läheltä maaperästä. Virukset ovat bakteerien kokoluokkaa ja niiden perimä vastaa kooltaan joidenkin monisoluisten eliöiden perimää. #MaxPlanck -instituutin ja #UniversityofMassachusetts #Amherst tutkijat toteavat kuinka vähän vielä tiedämme planeetta maan elokehästä.

Lähde: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.30.546935v1

New lawsuit seeks to stop colleges from rewarding 'legacy' applicants :

An Associated Press survey of the nation's most selective colleges last year found that legacy students in the freshman class ranged from 4% to 23%.
#affirmativeaction #alumni #Amherst #ChicaProject #civilrights #college #collegeadmissions #discrimination #EducationDepartment #Harvard #IvyLeague #JohnsHopkins #NAACP

https://kbindependent.org/2023/07/03/new-lawsuit-seeks-to-stop-colleges-from-rewarding-legacy-applicants/

big thunderstorm rolling over #amherst today

power has flickered out a couple of times, but my desktop and modem are on backup batteries

highly recommend. they're about $150 each and totally pay for themselves

Beginning today 6/5 in #Hadley #Amherst daytime milling and paving work Route 9 from University Drive to North Maple Street. Work occur daily, Monday - Friday, from 7am until 3:30pm. Work is expected through the end of June.

Amherst Reunion program on AI. #amherst

Morning Mastodonians!

Still recovering from the fantastic and fantastically busy Friday, where went to see @adrienne graduate with a degree in Veterinary Sciences from UMass Amherst. Beautiful sunny day, which meant hot in the stands for the 2 ceremonies but it was lovely and tearjerking to see her finally walk that stage. A good dinner and then a long drive back made for a long day.

#graduation #umass #flagship #amherst #graduate

Beginning today 5/1, in #Amherst one lane with alternating traffic on Northampton Road (Routes 9 & 116), from east of the intersection of University Drive to South Pleasant Street. Work will occur daily Monday through Friday, from 7:00am until 5:30pm.

“A certain slant of light” on this spring morning. #111Words #EmilyDickinson #Poetry #Winter #Spring #Amherst #Basel https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-certain-slant-of-light-on-this-spring.html

NOON TODAY (Eastern)

#Amherst #Historical #Society lecture -- via Zoom:

Jane Wald, Executive Director of the #EmilyDickinson #Museum
will speak about the history of the property and structures from the time they passed out of the hands of the Dickinson family (with dispersion of collection objects) into other private ownership and then into the ownership of Amherst College, and the subsequent creation of a modern public museum

#Writers #Authors #HistoricPreservation

#Amherst #Historical #Society lecture
Friday noon (Eastern), via Zoom:

Jane Wald, Executive Director of the #EmilyDickinson #Museum
will speak about the history of the property and structures from the time they passed out of the hands of the Dickinson family (with dispersion of collection objects) into other private ownership and then into the ownership of Amherst College, and the subsequent creation of a modern public museum

https://mailchi.mp/dc7652d8146a/history-of-the-emily-dickinson-museum?e=07c9f9f66f

#Writers #Authors #HistoricPreservation

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Glace Bay family reunited with ancestor's First World War medal

A First World War medal discovered in a hobby coin shop in ##amherst, N.S., has been returned to the soldier's descendants in Glace Bay, N.S.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/first-world-war-medal-private-michael-jackson-1.6809025?cmp=rss

#OSS in #HigherEd

Charles Schweik, author of “Internet Success: The Study of Open Source Software Commons” and professor in the Department of Environmental Conservation and School of Public Policy at #UMass #Amherst, has been appointed director of the #UMassAmherst Information Technology Program.

Much of his research focuses on understanding the social and technical contexts of #OpenSource software.

#EdTech #HigherEducation #OpenEdTech #EdTechChat

https://www.umass.edu/news/article/charles-schweik-appointed-it-program-director

Here, in #Amherst #Massachusetts, #university students 3 decades ago engaged in the #Blarney Blowout" in which they drink themselves to the point of sickness or antisocial behavior.

Town & Gown thought they had the problem solved, but it is out of hand again. The innovation this time was "blackout rage gallons"--jugs of alcohol, electrolytes, & water. Note #Holocaust "joke."

College binge drinking on ‘borgs’ leads to record visits to Cooley Dickinson Hospital https://www.gazettenet.com/UMass-town-react-to-a-weekend-of-borg-drinking-50165727

4/n

Most commentators see the invitation of #HampshireCollege in #Amherst #Massachusetts to potential transfer students from #NewCollege #Florida as good in itself & good publicity.

Not all agree:

“Who is Hampshire College?” New College of Florida’s Interim President Richard Corcoran asked .... “I am disappointed by their attempt to get free publicity and insert themselves into a narrative of progress and success in liberal arts education here in Florida.”

https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/03/hampshire-college-makes-special-transfer-offer-to-students-at-florida-college-now-run-by-conservatives/

#HigherEd 5/n

#HampshireCollege in #Amherst #Massachusetts is not the only institution of #HigherEd inviting transfer students from #NewCollege #Florida dissatisfied with conditions under the #DeSantis -inspired #conservative takeover

These U.S. universities are offering New College students incentives to transfer
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/education/2023-03-15/us-universities-offering-new-college-students-incentives-transfer

Out-of-state colleges pitch their schools to Florida students and educators | WFLA https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/out-of-state-colleges-pitch-their-schools-to-florida-students-and-educators/

#HigherEd 4/n

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

##amherst mayor hopes incentives will boost development amid #housing shortage

Councillors are trying new avenues to create more #housing to address a critical shortage in the town — offering incentives to developers and recently giving a property to a non-profit to create affordable #housing.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amherst-mayor-hopes-incentives-will-boost-development-amid-housing-shortage-1.6778839?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Family of woman who died in ##amherst ER suing #novascotia Health

The family of a woman who died after waiting several hours for care in an emergency room in ##amherst, N.S., is suing the province's health authority.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/family-woman-er-death-suing-nova-scotia-health-1.6756204?cmp=rss

Source: CBC #news #novascotia

Renovations at ##amherst emergency department slowed by COVID outbreak

The planned reopening of the #cumberland Regional Health Care Centre in ##amherst has been delayed by a #COVID19 outbreak among workers conducting the renovations, according to a release from #novascotia Health.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amherst-hospital-covid-delay-reopening-renovations-1.6745440?cmp=rss

Filing under *Historic*; One more good #NSstorm might put it #UnderTheSea #WX

#TantramarMarshes, AKA #Tintamarre National Wildlife Area; tidal saltmarsh around the Bay of Fundy on the Isthmus of Chignecto.

On one side, the Highest Tides in the World, pushing over this narrow Isthmus that connects #NovaScotia to #NewBrunswick.
https://www.iclr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ICLRWebinar-Tantramar_Marshes_Flood_March_19_2021.pdf ◄ #PDF
#Dykes #WAYCTV #Amherst #Wildlife #Tidal #Saltmarsh #Isthmus #Fundy #Chignecto #Marshes #Birds #Flooding #ClimateChange #Aulac #NS #NB

Spotted today in #Amherst #StreetArt