Four days of special events are on tap as the UMass Amherst community will celebrate the Class of 2024 with a series of Commencement and senior recognition ceremonies through Sunday, May 19.

Award-winning research led by UMass Amherst shows that to be successful, guide-dog users and trainers need to provide insight into features that make robotic helpers useful in the real world.

UMass Amherst and Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges are collaborating to hold the third annual Five College Job Fair from 1-4 p.m. at the Smith College Indoor Track & Tennis Complex.

Ganguli, a professor of economics whose research focuses on labor economics and the economics of science and innovation, led a discussion at the Innovation Policy Forum hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

The Donahue Institute report found that in addition to generating $16.4 billion in economic activity and creating 6,670 jobs over 10 years, the initiative is expected to add $10.1 billion to the Massachusetts GDP and increase total income to $9.3 billion over 10 years.

The public should plan ahead and expect heavy traffic, some delays and road closures getting to and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst due to student move-out and Commencement activities Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 19.

No matter their endeavor, each of the dozen creators in this year’s Senior Series embodies UMass Amherst's revolutionary spirit, pursuit of progress, and unwavering commitment to the greater good.

The French Nutri-Score system provides insights as the U.S. explores new labeling.

Tihitina Andarge, Sean McBeath and Mohammad (Kiron) Shakhawat have been awarded $15,000 to employ a citizen science approach to collecting drinking water samples and testing them for “forever chemicals,” persistent substances that resist breaking down.