Ideas & Innovations

An underwater seascape on the bottom of the ocean

How the secrets of the deep sea may help reveal life beyond Earth

Student holding hangers while standing in a large cardboard box that reads “New2U”

How a campus thrift shop keeps the community afloat

Black and white photo of a wind turbine engineer working on top of a windmill

The first ‘modern’ wind turbine turns 50

A collection of devices showing the new UMass Magazine

Introducing the new UMass Magazine

Annika Berlin seated on the grass in front of the ocean

I spent years avoiding prosthetics—now they’re my job

Illustration of a person standing in front of a sunset with an hourglass in the corner

Surprising facts about your “body clock”

Illustrated version of headshots for Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto

UMass researchers awarded the “Nobel Prize of computing”

Toy robot standing on a light teal backdrop
Microscopic image of various colored gut bacteria

The fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria gets a glow-up