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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,…
- College of Engineering
- Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
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…
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Opportunities Unlocked
Thanks to crowdfunding campaigns through the MinuteFund, student organizations make co-curricular experiences affordable for everyone.
Each year, UMass Amherst’s student organizations plan a variety…
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The Gift of Opportunity
Financial aid opens doors to meaningful experiences for the leaders of tomorrow.
At UMass Amherst scholarships change lives.
They create possibilities that were once unavailable or unthinkable…