Academics

LaChance will integrate climate-justice principles into STEM learning and involve students in local communities to educate them in socially sound plastics use.

4+1 programs enable students to earn their MS and BS degrees in a combined effort, graduating with both in as few as five years.

The NSF program supports outstanding early-career graduate students in STEM fields who are pursuing research-based graduate degrees at U.S. institutions.

Dr. Sergio F. Breña recently received a curriculum development award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Foundation.  

Casey Brown of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department has been named by Provost John McCarthy as one of six UMass Amherst Provost Professors.

UMass Amherst BRiDGE Program honors Chemical Engineering undergraduate Oliver Arukwe with its BRiDGE to Education Award.

Research Fellow Patrick Wittbold received a Chancellor’s Citation for his “extraordinary talents” and “outstanding contributions” to UMass Amherst.

Peng Bai and Ashish Kulkarni receive prestigious five-year grants through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) program.

Professor Blair Perot and his collaborator have been awarded a U.S. Patent for a “Wind Turbine Airfoil Structure for Increasing Wind Farm Efficiency.”

Peyton's research revolves around crucial questions: Where, how, and why does breast cancer spread?