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UMass Amherst Researchers Join $26 Million Quantum Computing Effort to Build Internet of the Future

Quantum computing is one of the most potentially transformative areas of computer research happening today. Now, an interdisciplinary team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, under the leadership of…

Athletics

Kathy Coyner Makes Leadership Gift to Support Women’s Basketball

AMHERST, Mass. – UMass Athletics announced a leadership level gift by Dr. Kathy Coyner '01 to support the women's basketball program - the largest gift in program history. "This gift is to give credit…

Athletics

22 University of Massachusetts Hockey Student-Athletes Earn Hockey East All-Academic Nods

AMESBURY, Mass. – Twenty-two University of Massachusetts hockey student-athletes have earned spots on the Hockey East 2023-24 Men's All-Academic Team, the league announced on Tuesday. The Minutemen…

Developing the Health Care Workforce of the Future

At multiple UMass Amherst schools and colleges, students are preparing to change the way health care is delivered in the United States.

In October 2023, American Medical Association President Jesse M…

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Public Interest Technology at UMass Announces 2024-25 Faculty Fellows

Public Interest Technology at UMass (PIT@UMass) has announced that nine faculty members have been selected for the third PIT Faculty Fellows cohort.

The PIT Faculty Fellowship focuses on building…

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SEL Building Design Wins Grand Prize in Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge

The building design for the Sustainable Engineering Laboratories(SEL) recently won the grand prize in the New Constructions category of the Embodied Carbon Reduction Challenge, a collaboration between the…