UMass Amherst Receives $2.5 Million from Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Reshape STEM Education
This grant will allow UMass to provide key STEM-related experiences to students to counter racial disparities.
College of Natural Sciences Researchers Develop Grassroots Framework for Managing Environmental Commons
This new framework can help respond to ecological threats that are widely dispersed across a varied landscape and whose solutions are not immediately obvious.
Mathematics and Statistics' Panos Kevrekidis Elected to European Academy of Sciences and Arts for Work on Nonlinear Waves
UMass Amherst’s Panos Kevrekidis, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, was recently elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.
UMass Amherst Researchers Crack the Cellular Code on Serpin Protein Folding, Opening New Therapeutic Avenues for Many Diseases
The research is the first to investigate the folding of proteins know as serpins, implicated in a number of diseases.
Ezra Markowitz and Co-Authors Help U.S. Government Understand How Climate Change Will Affect American Society
UMass Amherst’s Ezra Markowitz participated in the development of the federal government's fifth annual National Climate Assessment (NCA5).
New UMass Research Describes Porous Carbon Networks’ Potential Use in Energy Storage, Wound Healing, and Other Applications
A new technique that the research team refers to as “freeze-burn” could advance the frontiers of functional porous material synthesis for various uses.
Microbiology Laboratory Uses Tiny Earth Curriculum in Preparation for World AMR Awareness Week
The Department of Microbiology used World AMR Awareness Week as an opportunity to learn about antimicrobial resistance.
ESA’s Euclid Mission, With Help from UMass, Releases First Images of the Cosmos
The agency relied on UMass researchers to study dust attenuation corrections that aided the measurements needed for the telescope to do its historic work.
Emeritus Professor Mike Rhodes Honored with Geological Society of America Distinguished Geological Career Award
The award highlights a long career at UMass, where Rhodes made numerous foundational contributions to geology.
College of Natural Sciences Researchers Among ‘Most Highly Cited’ in the World for 2023
UMass Amherst researchers—including College of Natural Sciences faculty—have been recognized as among the world’s most highly cited researchers this year.
Julie Brigham-Grette Argues that the Cryosphere is "Ground Zero" for Climate Change in New Op-ed
Brigham-Grette and her co-author highlight the importance of the cryosphere (Earth’s ice sheets, sea ice, permafrost, polar oceans, glaciers, and snow).