General Information
The Department of Astronomy, which is part of the greater Five College Astronomy Department, includes the Astronomy Departments of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and UMass Amherst. It currently consists of 17 research and teaching faculty (23 total in FCAD), 10 research fellows and associates, 100 undergraduate majors and 25 graduate students.
Email addresses are username @ domain. Domain is astro.umass.edu unless otherwise noted.
The FAX number for the department is: (413) 545-4223.
All ground mail should be directed to:
University of Massachusetts
Department of Astronomy
LGRT-B 619E
710 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9305
Quick Contacts:
Department Head: Grant Wilson
Office: LGRT-B 619J
Graduate Program Director: Min Yun
Office: LGRT-B 522
Undergraduate Program Director: Ronald L. Snell
Office: LGRT-B 517K
Business Manager: Emily Robinson
Office: LGRT-B 619D