The public is invited to join astronomers at the UMass Sunwheel, beginning at 5:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 10, to safely observe an eclipse of the sun. A crescent-shaped sun will rise in the northeast, and it will remain partially eclipsed by the moon until 6:33 a.m. An eclipse occurring at sunrise is a rare and beautiful event. Because the eclipse will occur just 10 days before the summer solstice, the Sunwheel’s standing stones will lend extra significance to the moment.

By ensuring ethnic diversity in a largescale genetic study, an international team of researchers, including a University of Massachusetts Amherst genetic epidemiologist, has identified more regions of the genome linked to type 2 diabetes-related traits.

New research by UMass Amherst astronomer Daniel Wang reveals, with unprecedented clarity, details of violent phenomena in the center of our galaxy. The images, published recently in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, document an X-ray thread, G0.17-0.41, which hints at a previously unknown interstellar mechanism that may govern the energy flow and potentially the evolution of the Milky Way.

Following an analysis of all 26,656 pregnancy discrimination charges filed with the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and state Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs) between 2012 and 2016, researchers from the UMass Amherst Center for Employment Equity (CEE) have released the most comprehensive review of the issue of pregnancy discrimination in American history.

 A new professorship in psychological and brain sciences at UMass Amherst has been established through a financial commitment of $1.2 million from Robert S. Feldman and his wife, Katherine E. Vorwerk.