University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) has announced the selection of the 2024-25 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence. The eight fellows are: Michelle Facette, biology Shannon Hogue, classics Anne Kerth, Afro-American…

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) held its annual Research Day on April 17 in the Campus Center Auditorium. Now in its 27th year, SPHHS Research Day is a showcase for the research and practice conducted by students in…

The Instructional Design, Engagement and Support (IDEAS) group is accepting applications until May 29 for the Instructional Innovation Fellowship (IIF). Now in its third year, the fellowship brings together instructors from a wide range of…

Three UMass Amherst doctoral students have been awarded 2024 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Dissertation Innovation Fellowships, which support doctoral students in the humanities and interpretive social sciences as they…

Krishna Chaitanya Rao Kathala, a post-graduate student in AI and data science, delivered a lecture on data-driven decision-making at Princeton University March 30 as part of the HackPrinceton series. Kathala’s presentation to a diverse…

Heart disease tied to atherosclerosis—the buildup of plaque in the arteries that can lead to heart attack and stroke—is the leading cause of death in the United States, but many people don’t notice symptoms of the condition until…

Sonia Nieto, professor emerita of language, literacy and culture in the College of Education, is one of 250 new members elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences for 2024, the academy announced this week. Nieto’s…

With a federal subsidy that has provided less expensive or free broadband internet to more than 23 million American households due to run out of money by the end of May, a new University of Massachusetts Amherst study reveals that…

UMass Amherst undergraduate students Andrea Peter ’25 and Livvy Krakower ’24 were among the 2024 Five College Prose and Poetry Prize recipients honored at a reading and reception April 18 in Hampshire College's Harold F. Johnson Library.…

Award-winning journalist, author and editor Charles Sennott ’84, founder and editor-in-chief of The GroundTruth Project, will receive the World Press Freedom Award from the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation on May 1, World Press Freedom Day.…