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Feature Stories

Brain scans and magnified brain cell
Brain, Disrupted
The environmental effects of toxins on brain development
Mother and child in Ixil community in the highlands of Guatemala.
Somebody’s Children
Examining adoption and reproduction politics across race, culture, and country
Andrea Foulkes and Nicholas Reich stand in the Integrated Sciences Building
‘Big’ Discoveries
Next-generation analytics lead to biomedical insights
Tess Brickley '15, Kelly Malone '13, Alexander Borges '14, Ankur Sheel '13
High Impact
Campus honors undergraduates for their achievements
Sneakers for Success (2012) recipients of the first annual David Wolf Prize.
Growing Innovation
UMass competition feeds the ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem’
UMass professors Levi Stockbridge, Richards Stein and Carl Fellers.
150 Years of Innovation
Applied research in UMass history
Selection of Espada's published works spread out on table.
“The Republic of Poetry”
Making the invisible visible and shedding light on the struggle for social justice
Subject tests the PERCEPT system in the Knowles Engineering building.
Visionary Eye
PERCEPT wireless scanning system enables the blind to navigate buildings with ease
Archaeologist Whitney Battle-Baptiste at Eluthera field site.
African Diaspora
Archaeology as a tool for social justice
UMass Amherst resource economist Sylvia Brandt in her office.
Breathe Easy
Putting a price tag on pollution
UMass Innovation Institute director Jim Capistran in front on new UMass building
The Door is Open
UMass Innovation Institute has successful first year courting industry
View of offshore wind turbine, Kentish Flats, photo credit: Phil Hollman
Winds of Change
IGERT charts a path for next generation wind energy experts