University of Massachusetts Amherst

Grace Casselberry, postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Environmental Conservation (ECo), was recently awarded the American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) to…

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEWVEC) have published new findings on Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne illness that can cause…

The Health, Environment and the Arts (HEART) Initiative team invites faculty, staff, deans, librarians and other campus leaders to learn how arts-based practices can enrich their own research by sponsoring two zine-making workshops that…

The Office of Human Resources and the Office of the Chancellor invite all UMass employees to the annual Lunch on the Lawn, Thursday, Aug. 22 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Haigis Mall. Come see friends and colleagues from across campus and…

Yubing Sun, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, and Jun Yao, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, have received a three-year, $564,510 award from the U.S. National…

Maria José Botelho, professor in the Language, Literacy and Culture Program in the College of Education, and Amilcar Shabazz, professor and undergraduate program director in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, were…

Two students and two ensembles from the Jazz & African-American Music Studies Program (JAAMS) in Department of Music & Dance have been selected to receive 2024 Student Music Awards from DownBeat Magazine. Widely recognized as the…

New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that programming robots to create their own teams and voluntarily wait for their teammates results in faster task completion, with the potential to improve…

Sarah Perry, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been chosen as one of two national recipients of the 2024 American Chemical Society (ACS) Macro Letters / Biomacromolecules / Macromolecules Young Investigator…

Carolina Aragón, an associate professor of landscape architecture who is also a climate artist and founder of Art for Public Good, has collaborated with the Cooler Communities Program and John J. Duggan Academy in…