The Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, The Netherlands, recently ranked the University of Massachusetts Amherst 42nd in the world, just after University College London, and 35th in North America in its Leiden Ranking for 2013, based on the science publication performance of 500 major universities worldwide. The ranking, an “advanced indicator of scientific impact” covers five areas: biomedical and health sciences, life and earth sciences, mathematics and computer science, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities.
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The three chicks hatched by the mating pair of adult peregrine falcons nesting atop the W.E.B. Du Bois Library were banded May 29, allowing wildlife officials and researchers their first opportunity to study the tiny birds and the nesting box they currently call home.
The Environmental Health and Safety department has received the Excellence in Safety Award from the Safety Council of Western New England. The award was presented recently at the organization’s 96th annual awards banquet held at Chez Josef in Agawam.
Radhameris A. Gómez, a doctoral candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study transportation engineering in Madrid, Spain during 2013-14. 
The Massachusetts Senate passed a $34 billion dollar state budget on May 23 that earmarks $454.8 million for the five-campus UMass system, $23 million less than the budget proposals presented by Gov. Deval Patrick and approved by the State House of Representatives and advocated by UMass President Robert Caret.