As tick season kicks in across the country, the executive director of the UMass Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases and his team have found a promising lead in the fight against Lyme disease.

In an email to the campus community, Brandi Hephner LaBanc, vice chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life, provided an update on a review of UMass Police Department (UMPD) actions.

The Group Insurance Commission’s (GIC) annual enrollment for health insurance or flexible spending accounts begins Wednesday, April 5, and ends Wednesday, May 3.

A partnership with Mantra Health to supplement the high-quality, evidence-based psychiatry services offered to students at UMass Amherst was recently announced.

The Retired Faculty Association meeting on Wednesday, April 12, will be a hybrid meeting, hosted on Zoom and in person.

On Friday, April 14, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) will host a Zoom workshop on “Facilitating Class Discussions in the GenEd Diversity Courses.”

Organizers for the 2023 Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference have announced Christina Royal, President of Holyoke Community College will be the keynote speaker at the conference.

Hayley Cotter, lecturer in the English Department and Writing Program, has been awarded the Kemble Fellowship in Maritime History from the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.

Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences associate professor Dan Sheldon has been selected to receive the college's 2023 Outstanding Teaching Award, an honor given annually to a faculty member who demonstrates excellence and creativity in teaching and who has a positive impact on their students and mastery of their subject.

Martin “Marty” Norden, professor in the Department of Communication for over 45 years, died after a recent illness. The Department of Communication is planning a memorial for Wednesday, April 5, from 5 to 7 p.m., in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center.