University of Massachusetts Amherst

Brokk Toggerson, senior lecturer in physics, is one of five exceptional University of Massachusetts faculty awarded the 2024 Manning Prize for Excellence in Teaching, an annual $10,000 stipend given to one faculty member from each campus in…

UMass Police Officer Bianca Dixon received a Medal of Valor Award from The American Legion Department of Massachusetts Law and Order Committee during a June 8 ceremony held at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in…

UMass Dining at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has won gold in the “Innovative Dining Program” category for the Loyal E. Horton Award presented by the National Association of College & University Food…

An international team of scientists has recently found that non-native species are expanding their ranges many orders of magnitude faster than native ones, in large part due to inadvertent human help. Even seemingly sedentary…

Students who enroll in the Positivity and Relaxation Training (PART) program finish calmer, less stressed and happier than they were when they began, according to a two-year study by the UMass Amherst Center for Program Evaluation. The …

Stephen Schreiber, founding chair of the UMass Amherst Department of Architecture, was recently awarded the National Council of Architectural Registration Board’s (NCARB) highest honor, the President’s Medal for…

The UMass Amherst Human Security Lab has been awarded an $80,000 research grant by the Lex International Fund, hosted by the Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, to launch a scientific study of how active-duty U.S.…

Isabella Weber, associate professor of economics, has been awarded the 2024 Ellen Meiksins Wood Prize by the Broadbent Institute, a Canadian progressive policy and training organization. The prize, established…

Pamela Adams, director of bakery operations and executive pastry chef for UMass Dining, received a Commonwealth Heroine award from the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women for her role in feeding and finding employment for dozens…

Doctoral students Sindhoora Prakash and Yukti Kathuria in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering are the winners of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Master Modeler Competition,…