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Graduate students are tied to a constellation of support services, resources, and staff members across all of UMass.

Brenda Nyarko is a current Nursing doctoral student conducting innovative research on the impact of hospital equipment on nurses and patients.

The Graduate School is proud to officially announce that Katherine Reeves has been named as the new Senior Vice Provost for Graduate Education.

The Graduate School invites all new grad students to an exciting day of making connections and getting to know UMass Amherst!

There will be new federal regulations coming along for making digital documents ADA accessible. These requirement affect our own digital material...

University of Massachusetts graduate students took their science and research expertise to Capitol Hill during the recent 2026 CASE Workshop.

Dr. Heidi Bauer Clapp, director of the new office of grants and fellowships, was recently named as the new Vice President for NAFA.

Each year the Graduate School hosts a Celebration of Graduate Excellence, recognizing remarkable talent, dedication, and innovation.

Alexander Wilk, a College of Natural Sciences student in Earth, Geographic & Climate Sciences, was named the winner of the 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT).

Organized by Heidi Bauer-Clapp, the Three Minute Thesis Competition serves as a celebration of the exemplary research produced by UMass graduate students.

The nomination deadline has been extended to Friday, February 27th

The Graduate School provides this overview of how the landscape of external funding for graduate students is changing as we look towards the spring and beyond.