In July, the College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) hosted three summer programs promoting youth STEM participation and faculty from the college participated in a fourth hosted by the College of Natural Sciecne.
According to figures compiled by the Laboratory of Medical Zoology (LMZ), a national tick-testing service at UMass Amherst, tick submissions from California increased by just under 250 percent from 2017 to 2018, the largest single increase from any state, and are on track to match that level this year, as well, predicts microbiologist and LMZ director Stephen Rich.
The "Pass It On" book circle invites faculty and staff to participate in its fall session of reading and discussing “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by Mahzari R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald.
Mike Jercinovic, associate professor and director of the campus’s Geosciences Electron Microprobe/Scanning Electron Microscope facility, accepted the Microanalysis Society’s (MAS) Fellow Award at its annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, on Aug. 5.
UMass Amherst has arranged a membership program with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, providing free access to one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world.
The U.S. Department of Energy this month announced that 73 scientists from across the nation, including assistant professors Scott Hertel, physics, and Isaac Larsen, geosciences, will receive funding for their investigations as part of its Early Career Research Program.
The UMass Amherst Libraries, along with two other universities, were recently awarded a National Leadership Project Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to fund an immersion program to train faculty and instructors on how to integrate the use of makerspaces and technology into their courses.
The UMass Amherst campus recently hosted the 2019 Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Summer Institute, attended by more than 150 women and gender non-conforming people dedicated to advancing Chicana/Latinx and Native American students, academics and activists.
The first meeting of an informal support and discussion group for UMass trans, non-binary and gender-nonconforming staff, graduate students and faculty will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Campus Center, rooms 174-176.
