The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) has appointed David Cort, associate professor of sociology, and Kathy Roberts Forde, associate professor of journalism, to the positions of SBS associate deans for equity and inclusion.

In an unexpected new finding, biochemists at UMass Amherst report observing that a damage-containment system in stressed bacteria can become overrun and blocked, but that this leads to cells responding by turning on very different pathways to make sure that normal growth continues.

Five educators were recently selected as Isenberg Teaching Fellows, a first-time annual award that recognizes the innovative application of new technologies in the classroom.

The National Science Foundation this week announced a five-year, $26 million initial grant to a consortium led by the University of Arizona to form a new Engineering Research Center, the Center for Quantum Networks, with partners at other top universities, including Distinguished Professor Don Towsley of the College of Information and Computer Sciences.