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The spring issue of UMass Magazine is now live! And full of hidden gems, hotshot alums, health benefits for pet parents, and more. umass.edu/magazine @stockbridge_sch @cns_umass @cafe_umass Katie (Becofsky) Potter @umasskin @umass_anthro #UMassMagazine #lilacland #dogs #archaeology

It’s #UMassGives! Support experiential learning opportunities for students like Molly, a UMass Veterinary and Animal Sciences Dept graduate from Manchester, NH. College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst is dedicated to supporting students’ progress and providing transformative pathways for experiential learning. umass.science/4jri2aP

Today, May 5 at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT), Nilanjana "Buju" Dasgupta of College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst will be engaging in a conversation about her latest book, "Change the Wallpaper," with Jerry Kang, distinguished professor of law at UCLA. UMass PBS umass.science/3GG6HW8

A team of researchers led by a UMPbot graduate student recently made a surprising #discovery: a “shape-recovering liquid” that defies some long-held expectations derived from the laws of #thermodynamics. Polymer Science & Engineering Dept @ UMass Amherst umass.science/3Z0tr9u

Cristina Hirschbiegel, a doctoral student at UMass Department of Chemistry (pictured second from left), was recently named the winner of the Northeast Regional 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition, held at Concordia University in Montreal. #3MT umass.science/4jK4ur6

Kelsey Perry MS ’20, an alumna of ECo at UMass Amherst’s Master of Science in Sustainability Science (MS3) program, recently received the 2025 NEWIEE Rising Star Award her leadership in the offshore #wind industry in MA. umass.science/4dcEWAJ

In April, chancellor Javier Reyes, ECo at UMass Amherst’s Timothy Randhir, and others were part of a UMass Amherst delegation to Springfield Technical Community College’s Sustainathon 2025. College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst umass.science/3GQEV9r

Scientists from College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst are among the researchers honored with the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, awarded to the #ATLAS Collaboration at #CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and its sister experiments #ALICE, #CMS, and #LHCb. UMPbot umass.science/4j60yjv

College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst ECo at UMass Amherst NEWIEE Congratulations Kelsey Perry, UMass MS3 graduate and frequent guest speaker for our Offshore Wind Professional Certificate, for the 2025 New England Women in Energy and the Environment Rising Star Award! We applaud Kelsey’s commitment to building community in her role and beyond!

Icek Ajzen, a professor emeritus from UMass PBS, has been selected as one of five winners for this year’s Fundación BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Social Sciences. umass.science/45ge4xu

Project ITCH researchers from UMass Amherst recently made a surprising finding in Maine: rabbit #ticks with a new type of #bacteria related to #pathogens that can cause spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR) infections in humans. UMassMicrobiology College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst umass.science/3YVF0yJ

A new study led by a pair of Polymer Science & Engineering Dept @ UMass Amherst researchers turns long-held conventional wisdom about a certain type of #polymer on its head, greatly expanding our understanding of how some of biochemistry’s fundamental forces work. umass.science/4dDZ1ju

Arnon Kuzmin, a sophomore College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst Biology student, received the 2025 Sir Harold W. Kroto and Steve F.A. Acquah #GEOSET Award for Excellence in #Science #Communication through #Digital #Media. #UMassBiology umass.science/4mxWZp0

A new study on the evolutionary history of #birdsong by researchers at College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst, published in “Proceedings of the Royal Society B,” is a step forward in the goal of understanding how #communication and #evolution have influenced each other. umass.science/4dKIcU1

In an interview with Women's Health SA, Rebecca Spencer of UMass PBS suggests that being a night owl isn't just a habit, but rather a preference, deeply rooted in our #biology and controlled by our #circadian rhythms. umass.science/3Hovbn7

Lynne McLandsborough has been named director of UMass Ag/Food/Env and will also serve as assistant vice chancellor for research and engagement. UMass Amherst umass.science/4jMJrUd

Scientists working on the Muon g-2 experiment, including UMPbot professor David Kawall and members of his lab, have secured a tremendous achievement of precision that is currently the world’s most precise measurement of the #muon magnetic anomaly. umass.science/4jK5E5i

On Friday, June 20 at 5 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., the public is invited to join UMass Amherst Astronomy at the UMass Amherst Sunwheel to observe sunrise and sunset on the #solstice, the longest day of the year. umass.science/45rowT5

Researchers from @umasscns have found that a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of #donkeys effectively repels the most frequent human-biting #tick in the U.S., commonly known as the deer tick. UMassMicrobiology umass.science/443YByx

To help plants keep ahead of #climate change, ecologists from College of Natural Sciences at UMass Amherst joined Northeast RISCC Network in launching both a Climate-Smart Gardening guide and an extensive #dataset of easily obtainable native #plants that will thrive in the coming decades. umass.science/43RfHkp