The award, from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, supported Huang’s participation in the organization’s annual meeting in Boston, where she presented research on rapid fabrication of heteroatom-doped porous carbon fibers.

The four-day program brought together more than 125 faculty members and students from 16 universities, including UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth and UMass Lowell, to explore offshore wind energy.

A new law signed by Gov. Maura Healey aimed at helping people with autism during interactions with police has roots on the UMass Amherst campus. The so-called “Blue Envelope Bill” sets up a voluntary program where drivers or passengers can provide information helpful to law enforcement during traffic stops or other encounters. 

Two graduate students and an alumna will conduct research in Uganda, Vietnam and the Netherlands, respectively, and another alumna will teach in South Korea as awardees of Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants for the 2026-27 academic year.

Smith works in the Muscle Physiology Laboratory under the guidance of Distinguished Professor Jane Kent.

Founded in 1965-66 as the nation’s first Department of Exercise Science, the department marked the milestone with a conference and celebration June 14-16.

The Queering Menopause Project seeks to better understand the diverse experiences of sexual minority women navigating peri/menopause.

Samantha Silverberg, undersecretary of transportation policy, learned about the university’s transportation research, highlighted the benefits of working in the transportation sector and flew a UMassAir drone during a recent visit to campus.