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Researchers find today’s energy policy decisions may not show full effects until 2034.

July 15, 2025
Close view electric meter. Credit: Getty Images

The research may ultimately push forward the boundaries of AI hardware, human-machine co-learning, brain-computer interfacing and disease modeling.

July 14, 2025
Guangyu Xu

UMass Amherst microbiologist James Holden lends his lifetime of experience with rare microbes to NASA effort to find life on Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

July 14, 2025
The hydrothermal microbes Holden studies thrive in lightless, oxygen-less conditions a mile or more beneath the ocean’s surface. Credit: James Holden

The UMass Board of Trustees awarded tenure to 42 UMass Amherst faculty members and appointed three to distinguished professorships at its quarterly meeting June 11.

July 10, 2025
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The DEFA Film Library’s virtual animation film festival, The Colorful World of Animation: A Short History, is available for free and is open to the UMass community and the public from July 11–Aug. 29, 2025. 

July 10, 2025
DEFA Colorful World

Professor and Chair of Environmental Health Sciences Song Liang recently participated in a scientific meeting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to address the global challenge of parasitic contamination in food. 

July 10, 2025
Song Liang

UMass interns gathered for an evening of connection, career insight and community-building at Summer Networking Night, a collaboration between UMass Career Development and Professional Connections Hub, the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce and staffing firm ALKU designed to help students gain confidence and build meaningful professional relationships.

July 10, 2025
Summer Networking Night