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.
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.
Blazing a Trail for Massachusetts in Advanced Metaoptics
The development and adoption of emerging metalense technology is advancing in the commonwealth, thanks to a partnership between UMass Amherst and EMA.
U.S. Census Bureau Recruits UMass Icons Program Students to work on Equitable Access to Electrical Power
Students from UMass Amherst’s Integrated Concentration in STEM (iCons) Program were recruited by the U.S. Census Bureau’s The Opportunity Project (TOP)
Institute of Diversity Sciences Awards 2023 Grants
UMass Amherst’s IDS recently announced that it has awarded five grants to multidisciplinary teams of researchers in its annual seed grant competition.
Institute of Diversity Sciences Announces 2023-24 Faculty and Student Sloan Fellows
The Sloan Student Fellows Program is a research-mentoring program welcoming Black, Latine/Hispanic and Indigenous (BLI) undergraduate students at UMass Amherst
Nine UMass Amherst Faculty Members Receive NSF Career Awards in 2022-23 Academic year
Nine faculty members across the UMass Amherst campus have been named the recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER awards.
Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council Joins the UMass Amherst icons Industry Consortium to Enhance Local economy Through Internships
The Western Massachusetts EDC and the UMass Amherst iCons Program are paving the way for talented students to excel in their academic and professional pursuits.
Five CNS Students Named Fulbright Scholars
Recipients of Fulbright awards are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement as well as a record of service and leadership potential.
CNS Researchers Highlighted in Research.com's 2023 Lists of Top Scientists
Five College of Natural Sciences (CNS) faculty members have been named among the top 100 researchers and academics in their fields.
Three CNS Graduate Students Receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
Fellows include students studying ecology, polymer science and engineering, and physics.