Five Students and Staff Win 2026 Engineering Community Awards
This award recognizes individuals for their contributions to building a supportive, engaged, and inclusive community at the Riccio College of Engineering.
CEE’s Christian Guzman Receives Lilly Fellowship
Guzman will use his fellowship to redevelop a course in groundwater/subsurface hydraulics and deliver groundbreaking engineering themes to upper-level students.
UMass Amherst Appoints CBE’s Wei Fan Provost Professor
This prestigious honor is awarded to tenure-level faculty with the rank of professor who are not already appointed to named or distinguished professorships.
ECE’s Christopher Kniss and Elise Polizzi Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
This National Science Foundation program recognizes and supports outstanding students pursuing research-based graduate STEM degrees.
Graduate Student Highlight: Jiteshri Dasari
Dasari came to UMass Amherst to pursue deeper research in formal verification of digital hardware, building on her time working in the semiconductor industry.
Commencement 2026 Recap
The College of Engineering Class of 2024 was honored with commencement ceremonies and activities on May 17 and 18.
CRF Chooses MIE’s Hari Balasubramanian and BME’s Dmitry Kireev as Family Research Scholars
The Center for Research on Families program mentors UMass faculty through a year-long grant-writing process and creates lasting family-research connections.
Gessica Bonheur Receives 21st Century Leader Award
She is one of the eleven undergraduate recipients of the award, who were chosen in recognition of their strong academic records and exemplary achievements.
Tre Allen-Robinson: 2026 Jack Welch Scholar
The scholarships provide full funding for undergraduates throughout their years at UMass Amherst, including support for summer research and study abroad.
UMass Amherst to Honor CBE Graduate Student John Arigbede with Commitment to Diversity Award
Chemical engineering doctoral candidate recognized for research, leadership and efforts to strengthen graduate student life.