Lynne McLandsborough to Serve as CAFE Director

McLandsborough, who will also serve as assistant vice chancellor for research and engagement, will oversee a wide variety of programs.
CNS Chemist Craig Martin Wins 2025 Mahoney Life Sciences Prize
Martin has won this prize for his research into synthesizing vaccine-quality RNA.
CNS Faculty Members Among UMass NSF CAREER Award Recipients
Brian Cheng (Environmental Conservation) and Yuan Li (Astronomy) represented CNS this year.
CNS Ecologists Release Dataset of Climate-smart Plants
If native plants are going to survive rising temperatures associated with climate change, they need human intervention.
Mohammad Atari Receives APS Rising Star Designation
The APS title recognizes researchers whose “innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.”
CNS Physicists are Looking to Muons to Explain What the Standard Model Can’t
This long-awaited result is a tremendous achievement of precision and is currently the world’s most precise measurement of the muon magnetic anomaly.
CNS Researchers Find That a Donkey Skin Secretion Naturally Repels Deer Ticks
In their experiments, the researchers determined that the compound is as effective as DEET.
MassCEC Emerging as Top Regional Resource for MA’s Climatetech Push
This roadshow event is part of an effort to demonstrate that climatetech is a state-wide economic opportunity.
CNS Researchers Are Taking the Guesswork Out of Birdsong Evolution
The research is a large step forward in the goal of understanding how communication and evolution have influenced each other.
Stockbridge Students Recognized with Scanlon Awards
Stockbridge students won two of the ten campus-wide Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Awards.
Stockbridge School Honors Class of 2025
The school’s 103rd Commencement took place on Saturday, May 17 in Stockbridge Hall’s Bowker Auditorium.