University of Massachusetts Amherst

Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, professor of economics, has been named to the second cohort of the Earth Commission, a broad group of international researchers from the natural and social sciences appointed by the global…

College of Education professors Torrey Trust and Robert W. Maloy, together with doctoral student Nanak Hikmatullah, have published a chapter on AI and teacher education in “Exploring New Horizons: Generative Artificial Intelligence and…

A group of researchers led by University of Massachusetts Amherst engineers have created ultraviolet (UV) rays-emitting glass that can reduce 98% of biofilm from growing on surfaces in underwater environments, as reported in the…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded $100,000 to the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (WGSS) in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) as part of its “Affirming Multivocal Humanities” initiative to advance the…

Chancellor Javier Reyes has announced that Marsha McGriff has been named Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion. The announcement was made in the email below, which was sent to the university community on April 2.

A research team led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, in collaboration with the University of Alaska-Anchorage and Columbia University, has conducted the widest-ever hydrological tracer analysis of the Dry Andes region in…

Chancellor Javier Reyes has announced that Sheri Neshiem has been appointed Vice Chancellor and Chief Human Resources Officer. The announcement was made in the email below, which was sent to the university community on April 3.

Recent research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst evaluates how well machine learning can identify different insect species by their sound, from malaria-carrying mosquitoes and grain-hungry weevils to crop-pollinating…

The third annual Energy Transition Institute Symposium, held on March 30, started with a question: What does a just energy transition look like? The myriad of multifaceted and nuanced answers kept touching back on a common theme: bring the…

Lucy Xiaolu Wang, assistant professor in the resource economics department, has been appointed by the International Health Economics Association (IHEA) as a convenor of a new Special Interest Group focusing on the…