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Featured Events
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Healey-Driscoll Administration Awards MassGeo $500,000 Grant to Study Wetlands
This project will develop a Massachusetts-specific baseline to determine how much carbon wetlands absorb and release.
PSE’s Reika Katsumata Wins Young Scientist’s Award
The prize recognizes young Japanese researchers, and is considered one of the most prestigious awards in science and technology in Japan.
CNS Physicist John F. Donoghue Wins J.J. Sakurai Prize for Work on Theoretical Particle Physics
This prize is "a testament to the caliber of [Donoghue's] research and a recognition of the excellence of theoretical particle and nuclear physics at UMass."
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