Xiaochuan Tong, PhD, ’21 at commencement
Xiaochuan Tong, PhD, ’21

The College of Management’s recent PhD graduate Xiaochuan Tong ’21 was awarded the 2022 KPMG Outstanding Dissertation Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) in the Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance (GIWB) section, which is awarded to only one recipient each year.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

Michelle Wu, the first woman and person of color elected to lead the city of Boston as mayor, will deliver the keynote address at the university’s 54th commencement ceremony on Friday, May 27, 2022. The Class of 2022 graduation will be held, for the first time, at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center.

UMass Amherst graduate student Aishwarya Sahai
UMass Amherst graduate student Aishwarya Sahai will be part of the annual NYU Abu Dhabi International Hackathon for Social Good. 

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Jamila Lyiscott, assistant professor of social justice education, was awarded the 2022 Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award by the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES).

Graduate programs in several disciplines at the University of Massachusetts Amherst rank among the best in the nation as reported in the new 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools.

In the weeks leading up to spring break, UMass Amherst political scientist Charli Carpenter had been closely following the war in Ukraine.

Next time you order a pizza or whip up a creamy risotto, go ahead and load on the mushrooms.

Adding more of the edible fungi into your diet may be one way to counteract the health risks associated with the Western-style diet (WSD), which often features an abundance of fatty foods and added sugars.

UMass researchers led by Sanjay Arwade, civil engineering, are collaborating on the National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium’s project to quantify and assess the risk to offshore wind installations of Atlantic coast hurricanes. 

A disbelief in human evolution was associated with higher levels of prejudice, racist attitudes and support of discriminatory behavior against Blacks, immigrants and the LGBTQ community in the U.S., according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

UMass Amherst  postdoctoral researcher Lucas Griffin
UMass Amherst  postdoctoral researcher Lucas Griffin

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has compiled a massive dataset that overlays years’ worth of information on the position, migration and interaction of sharks and game fish.

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