University of Massachusetts Amherst

UMass Amherst has been named a recipient of the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. Additionally, as one…

A University of Massachusetts astronomy professor is science lead on a $5 million proposal selected by NASA to develop new space satellite missions that bridge gaps in our understanding of the evolution of the universe. Alexandra…

Eleni Christofa, professor, and Jimi Oke, assistant professor, both of civil and environmental engineering; and Nathan Senner, assistant professor of environmental conservation, have been awarded 2024 Armstrong Fund Grants. The Armstrong…

Whitney Battle-Baptiste, professor of anthropology and director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Center, has been selected to be the Archaeological Institute of America’s (AIA) Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lecturer for…

While some governments have imposed a tax on unhealthy ingredients in processed foods, others have opted for an outright ban. A recent study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst economists sheds new light on…

One of the challenges of creating realistic-looking and delectable plant-based meat is mimicking the marbled effect of animal fat that many carnivores expect and enjoy. A University of Massachusetts Amherst food…

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Dining culinary competition team brought home gold at the Canadian College and University Food Service Association (CCUFSA) culinary competition held in Charlottetown, Prince…

University of Massachusetts Amherst researcher Thomas Mackie has received a $2.1 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to advance the meaningful engagement of communities that are affected by…

Regina Galasso, director of the UMass Amherst Translation Center and associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese studies, has been selected as the 2024 Ilse Andrews Service Award recipient by the New England Translators Association…

Donald Fonseca, a doctoral student in the Department of Environmental Conservation, was recently awarded a Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support his work in…