A new AI model developed by UMass Riccio College of Engineering researchers could be the key to unlocking the full potential of personalized prostate cancer treatment. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/ai-tool-computing-radiation-dose-created-umass-amherst-leads-way-personalizing

Join us as we kick off the 2026–27 academic year at the 59th Annual Community Breakfast! 📅 Tuesday, September 1, 2026 🕢 7:30–9:00 a.m. 📍 Student Union Ballroom https://umass.irisregistration.com/Form/CommunityBreakfast

An NIH-supported team is developing new medical device technology to prevent bladder cancer recurrence by exfoliating the bladder lining to remove diseased cells before they become cancerous. https://bit.ly/4h8xomD

New research from UMass finds Supreme Court justices often make small concessions, even when they strongly disagree, to build influence and shape future decisions. The sharpest opinions may not tell the whole story. https://bit.ly/4gQvJll

A shoe-box sized prototype today and a potential game changer for HIV testing tomorrow! UMass researcher Chang Liu has been awarded $1.3 million from NIH to advance a next-gen at-home HIV test that could make early detection more accessible. https://bit.ly/4f45y9w

Being an ER doctor is stressful, but until now, no one was exactly sure to what extent. Now UMass researchers have developed an approach to figure out how patient behavior affects physicians’ emotions and patient care. https://bit.ly/3SXMHV4

Big news! Two grants totaling more than $2.1 million from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center will give UMass researchers and their partners powerful new tools to develop treatments for diseases ranging from heart failure to cancer. https://bit.ly/4vnSVLu

⚽ 🚌 What a ride! UMass Transit Services has been proud to support FIFA World Cup transportation to and from Gillette Stadium. Huge thanks to our student employees helping to get fans from around the world get where they need to go! 👏👏👏

What if we've been thinking about plant growth all wrong? Time-lapse images from UMass researchers suggest that temperature controls growth of grasses like wheat, corn, and rice. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/grasses-provide-most-worlds-calories-were-only-now-starting-learn-how-they-grow

A simple text message led to a team documenting a rare moment—the first stages of an invasive species establishing itself in a new environment. But it’s not all bad! This invasive species can also be a rich food source for seabirds, crabs and other animals. https://bit.ly/4y9W1VI

UMass Amherst-led team of microbiologists and @manningcics.bsky.social computer scientists has developed a series of approaches to vastly speed up the search for better tuberculosis drugs with PAC-MAN and AI. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/fighting-worlds-deadliest-infection-pac-man-and-ai

Prof. Paul Collins talks to Newsweek about what the result of revisiting a 62-year-old ruling on defamation, as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has called for, might be. "It would make it much, much easier for public figures to succeed in defamation cases." https://bit.ly/4xX1vDl

Clarence Thomas wants Supreme Court to revisit 66-year-old opinion

The Supreme Court revisiting the case, New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, would be "very significant," a legal expert told Newsweek.

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A split-second decision can make all the different in patient care. UMass researchers are using eye-tracking technology to help identify design flaws in systems associated with more medication errors, and find ways to create safer healthcare technology. https://bit.ly/4f5GE9r

"The cranberry is the crown jewel for Massachusetts agriculture, and because cranberries live at the intersection of food and health, there is great opportunity for innovation," says Luis Márquez, new director of the UMass Amherst Cranberry Station. https://bit.ly/4v7JX4X

Luis Márquez Named Director of UMass Amherst’s Cranberry Research Station | UMass Amherst

With backgrounds in academia and biotech, Márquez sees a bright future in the cranberry as a medicinal food

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New research from is tackling one of healthcare's toughest balancing acts: scheduling surgeons more efficiently. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/scheduling-surgeons-umass-amherst-researchers-identify-factors-could-influence

Space suits and other aerospace components need to be flame-retardant, strong and flexible. New research from @umassengineering.bsky.social has demonstrated a potential new avenue for making such plastics. https://bit.ly/4oFynfA

“The combination wins out,” says UMass Prof. Paluch Prof. Paluch on using strength training alongside aerobic exercise to reduce heart disease risk in women. “Together they outperform either alone.” https://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness/strength-training-could-lower-heart-attack-risk-for-women/

Strength Training May Lower Heart Attack Risk in Women, New Study Finds

Women who got at least 2 hours per week of resistance training had lower heart disease and heart attack risks compared with less active peers. Those benefits grew if they did cardio, too.

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What if tissues use electricity to coordinate repair? New findings from UMass researchers of voltage spikes in skin cells suggest rethinking how cells may communicate over much greater distances than previously thought. https://bit.ly/3QwlDeG @pnasnexus.org @darpa.mil @pnas.org

Why do hand-prepared foods seem fresher, higher quality, & safer? This is the "handmade food halo effect," & findings from researchers at @isenbergumass.bsky.social @uh.edu Pennsylvania State University, and César Ritz Colleges suggest we can benefit from being more hands-off! https://bit.ly/4vjeQEn

To avoid competing with profitable products they already own, many pharmaceutical companies keep R&D in-house, retaining control of product development that outsourcing cannot guarantee, say researchers at Cornell and @umassamherst.bsky.social. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/org...

Boundaries of the firm

Limiting the cannibalization of existing patented products

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The world's problems can seem too big...until you start learning how Building Solidarity Economies can be a way forward. "This was actually a solution and something that we could build, instead of just talking about all the problems that we faced," says Chloe Spurr ’24 https://bit.ly/4orKnRI

Joya Misra @joyamisra.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social receives the 2026 Jessie Bernard Award, recognizing scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass the role of women in society & honors those who have demonstrated significant cumulative work. bit.ly/ASA26Awards

For almost 50 years, our center has been conducting research, education and training in wind energy! www.umass.edu/windenergy/h...

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After quitting the Cold War, US Navy captain William Heronemus and a scrappy crew from @umassamherst.bsky.social built an experimental wind turbine based on helicopter rotor engineering and the rear axel of a truck. Their work birthed the modern wind energy industry.

Today, we celebrated the transformation of the Gloucester Marine Station into a next-generation marine science hub! The project has notably added a Living Seawall, the second in North America, that will serve as a coastal laboratory. https://bit.ly/445DNXL

Could there be an AI that uses dramatically lower energy? UMass Amherst researchers think so and have developed a novel AI that takes cues from the human brain. https://www.umass.edu/news/article/next-gen-ai-can-learn-continuously-while-consuming-fraction-computing-energy-required

Next-Gen AI Can Learn Continuously While Consuming a Fraction of the Computing Energy Required by Today's AI Systems | UMass Amherst

UMass AI pioneer Hava Siegelmann has redesigned deep neural networks for powerful, adaptive computation at a fraction of the energy needs.

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That UMass is adept at a meal program that works for those with serious allergies—and has one of the best nutrition programs in the country— played key roll in this student's decision to attend. https://bit.ly/3SklQC9

Navigating college with a rare metabolic disorder: How one UMass sophomore is finding her place at the dining table - Daily Hampshire Gazette

AMHERST — The aromas of freshly prepared meals waft through the University of Massachusetts Amherst dining halls, highlighting the wide array of food options available to students prepared by the Dini...

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Prof. Daniel López-Cevallos was among the presenters at a recent conference on immigration enforcement and public health, hosted by Drexel University. https://drexel.edu/uhc/news-events/news/2026/June/Immigration-Enforcement-And-The-Peoples-Health

Immigration Enforcement And The Peoples Health

In late April, the UHC, Latino Health Collective, and PHDSAG hosted an event highlighting research about how immigration enforcement is affecting the public’s health, and to learn from community organ...

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Recent polling from UMass is among the stats being noted in this piece from @us.theconversation.com on public education for undocumented students. bit.ly/4aBR91t

Most Americans broadly support public education for undocumented students – regardless of their political affiliation and religion

Some states are trying to challenge a long-held precedent that undocumented children are allowed to attend public school free of charge.

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“I want people to see the massive ways that we could treat cancer,” Prof. Neil Forbes tells Inside Precision Medicine about a UMass study that highlights a new approach to fighting cancer. “There are a lot of possibilities that I think are untapped.” https://bit.ly/4olmZVT

Engineered Salmonella Delivers Cancer-Killing Virus to Tumors

Engineered Salmonella delivers oncolytic viral DNA to tumors, producing tumor eradication and durable antitumor immunity in mice.

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Five Campuses. One Class of 2026. 🎓 Take a look back on this commencement season across the UMass campuses. Congratulations to the entire UMass Class of 2026! 🎉 @umassamherst.bsky.social @umassboston.bsky.social @umasschan.bsky.social @martymeehan.bsky.social