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Computing for the Common Good
UMass computer scientists create technology to do good in the world
In 2017, when Professor Laura Haas was recruited to lead the campus’s newly created College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS), she knew she wanted to distinguish the college in some way. “I... More
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Mapping the Brain
UMass Amherst scientists use revolutionary approaches to illuminate human behavior
How do electronic signals in the brain translate to experiences? It’s the “hard question of consciousness.” What happens in our brain when we make the choices we do? Scientists at UMass Amherst are... More
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Be Revolutionary
UMass students take a bold approach to research and scholarship
UMass Amherst continues to attract truly remarkable students. The campus’s varied opportunities allow students to challenge convention, think in new ways, and create change instead of waiting for it... More
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Building a Just Society
Educator challenges institutions to rethink attitudes rooted in oppression
Growing up as a first-generation American in a working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn, Jamila Lyiscott learned how to navigate the contrasts between her family’s Caribbean background and an... More
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Floating Turbines
A new way to develop offshore wind
Have you ever wondered why surfers prefer riding the waves on the Pacific coast of the United States rather than the Atlantic? Unlike the steep drop of the west coast continental shelf, the eastern... More
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Supermassive Honor
UMass Amherst astronomers honored for first-ever black hole image
The international team of astronomers of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) mission – including eight from the University of Massachusetts Amherst – who earlier this year unveiled the first direct... More
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