University of Massachusetts Amherst

Three doctoral students and one postdoctoral researcher who work in the environmental health science labs of faculty members Alexander Suvorov and Alicia Timme-Laragy received awards at the 2024 Society of…

On Friday, June 28, UMass Facilities Management will begin treating beech trees on campus for Beech Leaf Disease (BLD), a rapidly spreading complex associated with the foliar nematode Litylenchus crenatae. The disease causes damage to a…

The Supreme Court ruled last year that rivers that only flow in response to weather events—called ephemeral streams—do not fall under the protection of the Clean Water Act. New research published in the journal Science, led by…

The UMass Fine Arts Center (FAC) will expand its physical presence on campus and in the community in the 2024-25 season, presenting concerts at the Mullins Center and with new venue partnerships with The Drake and Amherst Cinema in downtown…

The School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) has announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 Outstanding Teaching and Student Scholarship awards and Delta Omega Honor Society Rho Chapter inductees at the school’s end-of-the-year…

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Smith College have developed a new method to assess the equity implications of carbon taxes, which are among economists’ favored solutions to address the looming threat of…

The UMass Fine Arts Center has announced that Kristina L. Durocher will join its leadership team as the inaugural visual arts director, a role in which she will provide leadership and vision for the organization’s…

Paul M. Collins, Jr., professor of legal studies and political science, has been honored for the second time with the C. Herman Pritchett Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science…

University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientist Lynne McLandsborough has won the 2024 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for her research that offers a solution to a sticky sanitation and food safety dilemma hounding the peanut butter…

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech), and state and local officials gathered today at the university’s Gloucester Marine Station to celebrate $3 million in…