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- College of Engineering
Ensuring Equity in the Transition to Renewable Energy
The ELEVATE program, associated with UMass Amherst's Energy Transition Institute, supports interdisciplinary graduate student research, training, and community engagement.
Faced with the existential…

- Revolutionize Access
- College of Engineering
UMass Aeronautics Team Soars to New Heights in International Competition
The UMass Aeronautics Team, an undergraduate-student competition team open to all departments in the College of Engineering, left a permanent mark on a prestigious international “design, fly, and build”…

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- University Libraries
UMass Amherst Libraries Host “Focus on Photographic Archives: Collector and Archivist in Conversation”
The UMass Amherst Libraries hosted “Focus on Photographic Archives: Collector and Archivist in Conversation,” a conversation with collector Paul Rheingold about photographic archives.
The event,…

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- College of Engineering
Research to Save Lives in Severe Weather
The Paros Center for Atmospheric Research at UMass Amherst leads research to improve the nation’s ability to forecast, plan for, and respond to shifting climate and hazardous weather.
On September 29,…

- Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
- College of Engineering
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…