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Chemist Zhou Lin Named 2026 Cottrell Scholar

As a Cottrell Scholar, Lin was chosen through a rigorous peer-review process.

Published date Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Go to all news list News

Agroecologist Joshua Arnold to Join International Team Studying Urban Future of Food

The CIFAR Arrell Future of Food Initiative is a multi-year effort to address mounting pressures on the global food system.

Published date Monday, March 2, 2026 Go to all news list News

Lili He Named Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors 2026 Class

This program recognizes those at NAI member institutions who have successfully produced, patented, and commercialized beneficial technologies.

Published date Thursday, February 26, 2026 Go to all news list News

USDA Awards CNS Food Scientist Lili He $800K Grant to Advance ‘Closer to Zero’ Food Safety Goals

The FDA and USDA’s Closer to Zero (C2Z) initiative is a national effort to reduce toxic elements in foods eaten by babies and young children.

Published date Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Go to all news list News

CNS Physicist Andrea Thamm Recognized with Sloan Research Fellowship

Thamm's research has increasingly looked to a theoretical kind of black hole called a “primordial black hole.”

Published date Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Go to all news list News

Peggi L. Clouston and Alexander C. Schreyer Co-Author Definitive Guide on Mass Timber

This book arrives at a critical time as the architecture, engineering, and construction industry increasingly turns to sustainable wood products.

Published date Thursday, February 5, 2026 Go to all news list News

Eco PhD Candidate Maina Handmaker Conducts Research to Protect Migratory Shorebirds

Together with a network of collaborators all around the hemisphere, Handmaker is studying the migratory behavior of the whimbrel.

Published date Thursday, January 22, 2026 Go to all news list News

Former OEB Darwin Fellow Toby Kiers Wins Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Kiers's research "has fundamentally advanced understanding of the living systems beneath our feet."

Published date Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Go to all news list News

Christina Allingham and Matthew D. Moore Included on 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40 List

This list reflects the achievements and creativity of up-and-coming food safety professionals from around the world. 

Published date Thursday, December 18, 2025 Go to all news list News

UMass Extension’s Nicole Bell Considers Ways to Keep Neighbors Happy When Keeping Bees

Bell explains what neighbors can do to mitigate insect externalities.

Published date Friday, December 5, 2025 Go to all news list News

Michael Williams Wins GSA’s 2025 Structural Geology and Tectonics Career Contribution Award

Williams's research focuses on the confluence of ductile structural geology, metamorphic petrology, igneous petrology, geochronology, and tectonics. 

Published date Monday, November 24, 2025 Go to all news list News

Isaac Larsen of EGCS Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Larsen uses field, geochemical, remote-sensing, and modeling tools to quantify rates of Earth surface change and understand how landscapes evolve.

Published date Friday, November 14, 2025 Go to all news list News

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