Cassie Phillips speaks about sustainable forestry

Cassie Phillips speaks about sustainable forestry

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Last Friday we had the pleasure of hosting a lecture by Cassie Phillips, Vice President for Sustainable Forestry at Weyerhaeuser. She spoke as part of this semester's impromptu BCT lecture series "Building with Wood" and her talk presented a global view on sustainable forestry, covering issues like land use changes, forestry practices, and forest certification systems. With a background in Forestry and Law, Cassie Phillips oversees Sustainable Forestry at Weyerhaeuser. Founded in 1900, Weyerhaeuser is a forest products company that has operations in 10 countries. The Company’s business segments are Timberlands, Wood Products, Cellulose Fibers, and Real Estate. BCT would like to thank Ray Kinoshita Mann (Department of Architecture) for making this talk possible. Link: LinkedIn profile University of Maryland - Global Forest Change website (a reference for those that attended)  ...
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Welcome (Back) Students!

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Welcome to BCT to all our new students and welcome back to all current ones. We hope you all had a great summer! If you have any exciting summer projects that you would like to share, please don't forget to do so on our Facebook wall. Let me take the opportunity to share some quick news with you: We have a new faculty member, Ho-Sung Kim! Dr. Kim will be teaching BCT 313 and a new course on solar design this semester and the LEED course and a construction course in spring. Drop by his office and welcome him to the program when you have a chance! There's a lot happening with our future home, the Integrated Design Building (IDB for short). You can keep up with it all on our project page. For one, it will now feature a state of the art wood structure instead of the more common steel. Construction will break ground next spring and opening is now set...
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Learn more about the IDB on our project page

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First renderings have been made available by the architects of the Integrated Design Building (IDB), BCT's new home starting 2016. You can view those and learn more about the project (including current status and donation opportunities) on our new project page: https://www.umass.edu/bct/about-us/the-integrated-design-building-at-umass-bcts-new-home-in-2016/...
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Commencement 2014

Commencement 2014

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We had the absolute pleasure to congratulate our graduating undergrad (BS) and grad (MS) students today and yesterday at UMass' commencement. Most but definitely not all of our undergrads are shown in the image above. Below are more impressions from these ceremonies. We are so proud of you all!!! All the best from us. ...
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BCT NAHB Student Chapter Volunteers for Rebuilding Springfield

BCT NAHB Student Chapter Volunteers for Rebuilding Springfield

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On Saturday April 26th the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Chapter in BCT volunteered for Rebuilding Springfield. The rainy weather did not stop the NAHB members and the many other volunteers from cleaning up yards, fixing homes, and helping out residents of the neighborhood. Students at this event were Neil Hourahan, John Coroa, John Yip, Chloe Rutkowski, Frankie Kelly and Tom Bliss. The NAHB is looking forward to other volunteer opportunities and any students interested in joining the group can find more information here: https://www.umass.edu/bct/for-students/nahb-student-chapter/ ...
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