Feature Stories

Standing Up To The Storm

UMass/Northeastern team engineers protocols for offshore wind turbines

UMass Amherst chemical engineer Shelly Peyton in her laboratory

Stopping the Spread of Breast Cancer

Chemical Engineer Shelly Peyton has developed an unique approach to breast cancer research

The Green Latrine

Treats waste, protects health, and generates electricity with microbial fuel cells

View of future site of Teso University in Uganda.

Building Green

Collaborating to design a brighter future for war-torn Uganda

UMass Amherst microbiologist Derek Lovley in his laboratory

Running on Microbes

Microbial electrosynthesis yields fuel and unleashes new applications

UMass Amherst scientists study methane-exhaling microbes that live underwater

Waiting to Exhale

Researchers define limits of microbial life in an undersea volcano

UMass Amherst Goldwater Scholar Benjamin Waldman '13 in the lab.

Calling All Motivated Scholars

The Office of National Scholarship Advisement wants you

Michael Akresh is conducting research on the Prairie Warbler habitat.

Keeping the Song Alive

Doctoral student Michael Akresh is working to promote songbird conservation

Economist Michael Ash looks over the report "Justice in the Air" in his office.

Environmental Scoreboard

Economists mine EPA data for the right to clean air and water

James, Young, Director, Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies

A Reason to Remember

The Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies

Stressed?

Campus researchers are discovering how and why stress manifests across the life span

UMass Amherst Chemistry students in the Rotello lab at work

Biosensors Detect Bacteria

A simple test for bacteria contaminated water

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